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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Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, 17. listopadu 50, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic. & Email: alice. jiruskova @ seznam. cz & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: E 8 EA 3180 - 2399 - 4 EA 9 - 86 BD-DBFC 381 E 2 F 93
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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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Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, 17. listopadu 50, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic. & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 78383404 - FF 9 F- 46 EA-A 1 AE-ACF 3613 E 1 D 69 & corresponding author: ladislav. bocak @ upol. cz
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2016
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Cautires kirstenae
sp. nov.
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Figs 12
,
30
,
50
,
68
Diagnosis
Cautires kirstenae
sp. nov.
belongs to the species with a uniformly black body. It is similar to
C. communis
sp. nov.
and
C. jasarensis
sp. nov.
, but differs from
C. communis
sp. nov.
in the long and slender male antennal lamellae (
Figs 8, 12
) and from
C. jasarensis
sp. nov.
in the more slender phallus (
Figs 66, 68
).
Etymology
The specific epithet
kirstenae
is a matronym in honour of Kirsten Miller, a colleague from the Natural History Museum in London.
Type material
Holotype
MALAYSIA
: ♁,
Pahang
,
Tanah Rata
,
1600 m
,
3–20 Feb. 2005
(VK0419).
Measurements
BL
11.7 mm
, PL
1.5 mm
, PW
2.2 mm
, HW
1.2 mm
, Edist
0.72 mm
, Ediam
0.59 mm
, LP
1.66 mm
.
Description of the male
Body uniformly black (
Fig. 50
). Head small, eyes hemispherically prominent, eye diameter 0.82 times interocular distance. Antennae flabellate, lamella of antennomere 3 about 2.5 longer than stem of antennomere (
Fig. 12
). Pronotum with 7 areolae, fronto- and postero-lateral ridges obtuse, inconspicuous, only median areola complete, marked by well developed ridges, median areola attached directly to basal margin; anterior angles obtuse, lateral margins slightly concave, lateral part of pronotum elevated, posterior angles sharply prominent (
Fig. 30
). Elytra parallel-sided, primary and secondary costae well developed, transverse costae dense, reticulate cells regular (
Fig. 50
). Phallus very slender, only slightly widened in apical fourth, pointed at apex (
Fig. 68
).
Distribution
Peninsular
Malaysia
:
Pahang
. The species is known only from the
type
locality.