Cladophorus motykai, Bocak, 2017

Bocak, Ladislav, 2017, Species delimitation of colour polymorphic Cladophorus (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from New Guinea, Zootaxa 4320 (3), pp. 505-522 : 514

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4320.3.6
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:Ca50E5A5-B417-4000-B67D-5F6028Da9154
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6018073
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A312190F-EC1C-FF8A-509F-3CEEBF20FADF
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Cladophorus motykai
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Cladophorus motykai sp. nov.

( Figs. 15, 28 View FIGURES 6 – 32 , 44–45 View FIGURES 33 – 52 , 69–70 View FIGURES 53 – 78 )

Type material. Holotype. Male , Papua New Guinea, Crater Mt., Haia, 06°44´S 145°00.1´E, 750–920 m (A00165, LMBC) GoogleMaps ; Paratypes, 2 males, same locality data (A00163, 166, LMBC) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. C. motykai is one of the polymorphic species. The light form resembles C. craterensis in uniform yellow elytra ( Fig. 44 View FIGURES 33 – 52 ), the dark form has most of the elytra dark brown and only humeral third is light brown. The colour pattern resembles C. wasiorensis ( Fig. 45 View FIGURES 33 – 52 ). C. motykai has characteristically slender phallus ( Figs. 69, 70 View FIGURES 53 – 78 ).

Description. Male. Body medium-sized, 12.3–12.5 mm long, body dark brown to black, pronotum and humeral third of elytra light brown, apical two thirds of elytra dark brown to black, transition between light and black parts of elytra gradual, unclear ( Figs. 28 View FIGURES 6 – 32 , 45 View FIGURES 33 – 52 ). Head small, with small, hemispherically prominent eyes, frontal interocular distance 1.7 times maximum diameter; antennae flabellate, long, reaching behind middle of elytral length, antennomere 3 with lamella 4.7 times longer than stem of antennomere, lamella attached to apical part of antennomere (Fig. 154). Pronotum transverse, 1.3 times wider than long at midline, lateral margins apparently elevated, frontal margin slightly projected, frontal angles well marked, lateral margins slightly convex, posterior angles projected, all carinae well-developed ( Fig. 28 View FIGURES 6 – 32 ). Elytra flat, slightly widened posteriorly, transverse costae well-developed, regular, elytral areoles transverse ( Fig. 45 View FIGURES 33 – 52 ). Phallus slender, parallel-sided, with short slender apical part ( Figs. 69–70 View FIGURES 53 – 78 ).

Measurements. BL 12.3–12.5 mm, PL 1.65–1.70 mm, PW 2.10–2.20 mm, WH 1.45–1.50 mm, Edist 0.96 mm, Ediam 0.55 mm, LE 10.1–10.3 mm, stem 0.75 mm, lamella 3.55 mm.

Distribution. Eastern New Guinea, Chimbu province ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1 – 3. 1 – 2 ).

Etymology. The species name is a patronym in honor of Michal Motyka (Olomouc).