Cautires selangorensis Kleine, 1930

Jiruskova, Alice, Motyka, Michal & Bocak, Ladislav, 2016, High diversity and endemism in the genus Cautires Waterhouse, 1879 (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from the Malay mountain forests, with the descriptions of fourteen new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 219 (219), pp. 1-29 : 24

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2016.219
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3853464
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scientific name	Cautires selangorensis Kleine, 1930
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Fig. 77 View Figs 59–78

Cautires selangorensis Kleine, 1930b: 170 .

Diagnosis

Cautires selangorensis belongs to a group of species with at least the basal part of the elytra covered with a red pubescence. It differs from the similarly coloured species in the relatively slender phallus, which is widest in the apical two fifths of its length ( Fig. 77 View Figs 59–78 ).

Type material

Holotype

MALAYSIA: ♁, Malay Peninsula , Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, 21 Jul. 1929, H.M. Pendlebury leg. ( BMNH).

Redescription of the male

Body slender, black, only basal third elytral costae with reddish pubescence. Head small, antennae flabellate, with lamellae of antennomeres 7–9 about twice longer than respective stems. Pronotum with 7 areolae, postero-lateral costae sharp, well-developed, conspicuous, median areola complete, sharp with elevated margins, areola attached directly to basal margin; anterior angles obtuse, lateral margins concave in the posterior part, posterior angles sharply prominent, pronotum covered with black pubescence. Elytra parallel-sided, secondary costae developed, transverse costae dense. Phallus slender, widest in apical two fifths, apex slender, long 1.2 mm ( Fig. 77 View Figs 59–78 ).

Distribution

This species is known only from the type locality in the Selangor state. Although a wide distribution is expected as in other lowland species, these habitats are heavily affected by urban development and palm oil production and the species has not been recorded since its description.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
SuperFamily	Elateroidea
Family	Lycidae
SubFamily	Lycinae
Tribe	Metriorrhynchini
SubTribe	Cautirina
Genus	Cautires