Cautires pulcher Kleine, 1926

BOCAK, L. & MATSUDA, K., 2003, Review of the immature stages of the family Lycidae (Insecta: Coleoptera), Journal of Natural History 37 (12), pp. 1463-1507 : 1494-1495

Cautires pulcher Kleine, 1926

Differential diagnosis. M. pulcher differs substantially from Cautires yausai and resembles Cautires asper in general appearance. C. pulcher is charactererized within Metriorrhynchinae by entire terga, two knob-like processes at frontal margin of tergum T1, two lateral processes in segments T2 and T3, four processes at posterior margins of terga T1–T3 and A1–A8, very short, fixed urogomphi (figures 96, 97) The whole body is very weakly pigmented, cream white coloured, moderately sclerotized.

Measurements. BL 6.7 mm, PL 1.27 mm, PW 1.82 mm.

Material examined. Two mature larvae, one reared in the laboratory to adult stage, Java, Ijen Plateau N. P., 7 km E of Sodong , 1200 m, Bolm lgt. ( LMBC) .

Remark. Similar larvae were collected in Sumatra (North Sumatra Prov., Mt. Sinnabung, 1300 m, 20.ii.1998, Bolm lgt.) and Madagascar ( Madagascar centr., Moramanga env., 22.xii.1996, P. Švácha). Although these specimens were not reared to the adult stage, they were collected in areas where Cautires and Xylobanus are very common representatives of Lycidae . Larvae of C. pulcher , C. asper , and the above cited unidentified larvae differ substantially from congeneric C. yausai and related Xylobanus angusticollis and X. japonicus (as described by Pototskaja, 1981).