Cautires dembickyi, Dudkova, Pavla & Bocak, Ladislav, 2010

Dudkova, Pavla & Bocak, Ladislav, 2010, A review of the Cautires obsoletus species group from Indo – Burma (Coleoptera: Lycidae), Zootaxa 2527, pp. 28-48 : 36

Cautires dembickyi sp. n.

( Figs 20 , 26 )

Type material. Male, holotype, NE India, Meghalaya, 3 km E of Tura, 500–1150 m 25° 30‘ N, 90° 14’E. 1.– 8. v. 1999, L. Dembicky and P. Pacholatko leg. ( LMBC).

Differential diagnosis. C. dembickyi sp. n. is the only species, which has been found in North-eastern India. It is similar in body shape and colouration to C. testaceus from Southern Burma which differs in the size of eyes and the shape of male genitalia ( Fig. 26 ).

Description. Male. Body small, dorsoventrally flattened, slender, body dark brown to black, pronotum and elytra reddish brown. Head small, hypognathous, partly hidden in pronotum, vertex slightly concave, without setae. Eyes small, elliptical, strongly convex, frontal distance between eyes 1.50 times eye diameter. Antennae shortly flabellate, 11-segmented, covered with short light coloured setae. Maxillary palpi slender, apical palpomere pointed; basal palpomere long, wide in middle; labial palpi short and apical palpomere slender. Pronotum and elytra densely pubescent, pubescence brightly coloured. Pronotum 1.27 times wider than long, slightly concave frontally, basal and lateral margins slightly elevated, strengthened by ridge-like edge; posterior angles sharply projected, two costae form distinct median areola attached to basal margin of pronotum, two less conspicuous lateral areolae at frontal margin ( Fig. 20 ); bottoms of areolae dark brown, ridges bright orange. Elytra with four primary longitudinal costae; secondary costae weaker, cells regular, rectangular in shape. Legs laterally compressed, covered with light coloured setae, two apical tarsomeres light brown, with light setae. Male genitalia with wide apical part of phallus ( Fig. 26 ). Female unknown.

Measurements. BL 7.30 mm, PL 1.21 mm, PW 1.54 mm, HW 1.89 mm, Edist 0.58 mm, Ediam 0.39 mm.

Distribution. North-eastern India, Meghalaya.

Etymology. The specific epithet " dembickyi " is a patronym in honor of L. Dembicky (Brno), the collector of the holotype.

Figures

FIGURES 11 – 22. 11 — Cautires matsudai, general appearance.; 12 — Cautires sp., head from above; 13 — Cautires sp. head from bottom; 14 — Cautires sp., basal antennomere, male; 15 — Cautires sp., basal antennomere, female; 16 — Cautires sp., mandible; 17 — Cautires sp., maxilla; 18 — Cautires sp., labium; 19 — Cautires sp., labrum and hypopharynx; 20 – 22 Pronotum. 20 — C. dembickyi sp. n.; 21 — C. jendeki sp. n.; 22 — C. yunnanus sp. n. Scales 0.5 mm (Figures 11 – 15, 20 – 22), 0.25 mm (16 – 19).

FIGURES 23 – 30. Male genitalia. 23 — Cautires jendeki sp. n.; 24 — Cautires matsudai sp. n.; 25 — Cautires bolavensis sp. n.; 26 — Cautires dembickyi sp. n.; 27 — Cautires hergovitsi sp. n.; 28 — Cautires yunnanus sp. n.; 29 — Cautires kundratai sp. n.; 30 — C. testaceus. Scales 0.5 mm.