Paratelius juvencus ( Kleine, 1932 )

Malohlava, Vladimír & Bocak, Ladislav, 2009, A revision of Paratelius Kazantsev, 1992 (Coleoptera: Lycidae), Zootaxa 2306 (1), pp. 44-50 : 47-48

Paratelius juvencus ( Kleine, 1932)

Scarelus juvencus Kleine, 1932: 37–38 .

= Paratelius iunius Kazantsev, 1997: 184 ; Kazantsev & Yang, 1999: 246.

Type material: Holotype, male. B. N. Borneo, Mt. Kinabalu , Keuokok, 3.300 ft, 26 April 1929, H. M. Pendlebury coll., F. M. S. Museum ( BMNH) . Other material examined: Male, Borneo, Sabah, km 55 KK-

Tambunan, 1650 m, Gn. Emas, 22. iii. – 6. iv. 2000, leg. Bolm ( LMBC); male, Borneo, Sabah, Mt. Kinabalu N. P., Feb 2000, M. Snizek ( LMBC) .

Diagnosis: P. juvencus is similar to P. nigricornis n. sp. in the coloration of pronotum and head. P. juvencus has more robust body with elytron less than 6 times longer than its width in the middle part and darker. The male genitalia of both species are similar ( Figs 1 I-J).

Redescription: Male. Body small, robust, head, thorax and abdomen black; elytra dark cinnamon brown; antennae, mouth parts and legs black. Head small, densely pubescent; eyes small, hemispherically prominent, frontal distance 3.4 times maximum eye diameter. Antennae slightly serrate, slender, flattened, antennomeres 3-10 triangular; last antennomere eliptical. Antennae reaching over apex of elytra by four antennomeres. Elytra wide, 3.1 times longer than width at humeri, parallel-sided, with four well developed primary costae, covered with reddish pubescence. Legs moderately long, slender, flattened, densely pubescent. Male genitalia trilobate; phallus very long, slightly turned upwards; parameres short, reaching one sixth of phallic length; phalobase very small, short and subtle ( Figs 1 I-J).

Measurements: BL 6.2 mm, PW 1.0 mm, PL 0.8 mm, WH 1.5 mm, Edist 0.71 mm, Ediam 0.21 mm.

Distribution: Malaysia: Sabah: Mt. Kinabalu, Crocker Range.

Figures

FIGURES 1A–J. Male genitalia in the ventral and lateral views. A, B Paratelius snizeki n. sp.; C, D P. emasensis n. sp.; E, F P. nigricornis n. sp.; G, H P. diversicornis (Pic).; I, J. P. juvencus (Kleine). Scales 0.5 mm.