Sulabanus gen. nov., a new genus of Lycidae (Coleoptera) from Sulawesi
Author
Dvorak, Milan
Author
Bocak, Ladislav
text
Zootaxa
2007
1611
1
24
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.178938
9744cdfc-43f5-49a0-be0b-7ad685892714
1175-5326
178938
Sulabanus amporiwensis
sp. nov.
(Figs. 43–44)
Type
material.
Holotype
. Male. C. Sulawesi,
17 km
E Pendolo,
800 m
, nr. Amporiwo, 120.45.49E, 2.06.33S,
4-9 July 1999
, Bolm lgt. 4
paratypes
.
1 male
, same locality data as the
holotype
;
2 males
, C. Sulawesi,
38km
SE, Pendolo vill. (pass), 120.46.55E,
2.14.03
S,
17 July 1999
, Bolm lgt.;
3 males
, C. Sulawesi,
38 km
SE Pendolo vill. (pass), 120.46.55E,
2.14.03
S,
10-11 July 2001
, Bolm lgt. (
LMBC
).
Differential diagnosis.
Sulabanus amporiwensis
belongs to the
S. major
group and it shares with
S. major
the yellow ventral part of thorax. It differs from
S. major
by having very large eyes (eye diameter equals interocular distance in
S. amporiwensis
and the interocular distance is 1.65 times larger than eye diameter in lateral view in
S. major
). Further distinguishing characters are present in the male genitalia (Figs. 39–40, 43– 44).
Description.
Body with thorax yellow, elytra with yellow transverse patch at humeral third, and other body parts dark brown. Head partly hidden by pronotum. Interocular distance equals maximum eye diameter in lateral view. Pronotum flat, 1.12 times wider that long. Elytra parallel–sided, 2.7 times longer than width at humeri. Male genitalia widened at humeral third; with two teeth on apical part. Internal sac short (Figs. 43– 44).
Measurements.
BL
6.75 mm
, HW 2.0 mm, PL
1.07 mm
, PW
1.21 mm
, Ediam
0.48 mm
, Edist
0.48 mm
, EL
5.4 mm
.
Distribution.
Sulawesi, known only from the
type
locality in the vicinity of Pendolo.
Etymology.
The species is named after the
type
locality of Amporiwo.