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
2016-08-05
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journal article
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10.5852/ejt.2016.219
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Cautires linardi
sp. nov.
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Figs 14
,
32
,
52
,
70
Diagnosis
Cautires linardi
sp. nov.
belongs to the group with the uniformly black body and large eyes. This species has the characteristic shape of the pronotum with the very wide basal part and acutely projected posterior angles (
Fig. 32
).
Etymology
The specific epithet
linardi
is a patronym in honour of Benjamin Linard, a colleague from the Natural History Museum in London.
Type material
Holotype
MALAYSIA
: ♁,
Pahang
,
Mt. Jasar
, N
slope,
1550 m
,
4°28'56" N
,
101°21'55" E
,
11 Apr. 2013
(AJ0005).
Paratypes
MALAYSIA
:
1 ♀
,
Pahang
, Tanah Rata,
24–31 Jan. 2003
(VK0451);
1 ♀
, Malaysia,
Pahang
, Tanah Rata,
1–13 Feb. 2003
(VK0625).
Measurements
BL
11.6 mm
, PL
1.7 mm
, PW
2.5 mm
, HW
1.15 mm
, Edist
0.66 mm
, Ediam
0.71 mm
, LP
2.12 mm
.
Description of the male
Body uniformly black (
Fig. 52
). Head small, eyes hemispherically prominent, quite large, eye diameter 1.08 times interocular distance. Antennae flabellate with lamella of antennomere 6 about three times longer than stem of antennomere (
Fig. 14
). Pronotum transverse, about twice wider than long at midline, with 7 areolae, only postero-lateral ridges weaker, obtuse; median areola complete, well developed, attached directly to basal margin; anterior angles obtuse, lateral margins concave, lateral part of pronotum strongly elevated, posterior angles slender, acutely prominent (
Fig. 32
). Elytra parallel-sided, primary and secondary costae well developed, transverse costae dense, irregular (
Fig. 52
). Phallus very slender, only slightly wider in apical part, obtuse at apex (
Fig. 70
).
Distribution
Peninsular
Malaysia
:
Pahang
.