High diversity and endemism in the genus Cautires Waterhouse, 1879 (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from the Malay mountain forests, with the descriptions of fourteen new species
Author
Jiruskova, Alice
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Author
Motyka, Michal
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Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, 17. listopadu 50, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic. & Email: michal. motyka @ upol. cz & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 242 DF 8 C 7 - 1 E 68 - 45 F 7 - AD 24 - C 4 BC 0 C 5 D 0 D 94
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Author
Bocak, Ladislav
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2016
2016-08-05
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Cautires berembanensis
sp. nov.
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Figs 6
,
24
,
44
,
62
Diagnosis
Cautires berembanensis
sp. nov.
belongs to a group of the species with the black body and very small eyes. The species is characteristic in the very wide, flat male antennomeres 3–10 (
Fig. 6
), which is unknown in other Malay species and in the extremely slender phallus (
Fig. 62
).
Etymology
The specific epithet refers to the type locality of the
holotype
.
Type material
Holotype
MALAYSIA
: ♁,
Pahang
,
Gn. Beremban
,
1480 m
,
4°27'51" N
,
101°23'26" E
,
6–28 Apr. 2013
(AJ0092).
Paratypes
MALAYSIA
: 1 ♁,
2 ♀♀
,
Pahang
, Tanah Rata,
1500–1800 m
,
2–26 Feb. 2004
(VK0254, VK0275, VK0278).
Measurements
BL
12.1 mm
, PL
1.65 mm
, PW
2.1 mm
, HW
1.5 mm
, Edist
0.77 mm
, Ediam
0.33 mm
, LP
1.21 mm
.
Description of the male
Body uniformly black (
Fig. 44
). Head small, eyes hemispherically prominent, but small, eye diameter 0.42 times interocular distance.Antennae acutely serrate (
Fig. 6
). Pronotum with 7 areolae, fronto-lateral costae vestigial in proximity to pronotal margin, median areola complete, attached basally directly to pronotal margin; anterior angles obtuse, lateral margins only slightly elevated, straight in whole length (
Fig. 24
). Elytra parallel-sided, secondary costae well developed, transverse costae dense (
Fig. 44
). Phallus extremely slender, stick-shaped, only very slightly wider in apical fourth, slightly pointed at apex (
Fig. 62
).
Distribution
Peninsular
Malaysia
:
Pahang
.