Cautires renatae, Jiruskova & Motyka & Bocak, 2016

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 : 22

Cautires renatae sp. nov.

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Figs 18 , 36 , 56 , 74

Diagnosis

Cautires renatae sp. nov. resembles C. reverandi in the bright humeral part of elytra and the reddish pubescence on the pronotum ( Figs 36–37 ). Additionally, C. renatae sp. nov. has a different shape of the phallus ( Figs 74–75 ).

Etymology

The specific name is in honour of Renata Bilkova, a colleague from the laboratory.

Type material

Holotype

MALAYSIA: ♁, Kelantan, km 12, Road Kg. Raja–Gua Musang, 980 m, 4°38'15" N, 101°30'11" E, 20 Apr. 2013 (AJ0035).

Paratype

MALAYSIA: 1 ♁, same locality data as the holotype (AJ0027).

Measurements

BL 7.6 mm, PL 1.2 mm, PW 1.55 mm, HW 0.85 mm, Edist 0.41 mm, Ediam 0.55 mm, LP 1.1 mm.

Description of the male

Body slender, black, pronotum with orange pubescence, elytra mostly black, only basal third of primary and one fourth of secondary elytral costae with orange pubescence ( Fig. 56 ). Head small, eyes hemispherically prominent, large, eye diameter 1.34 times interocular distance. Antennae flabellate, lamella of antennomere 3 slightly more that 1.5 length of antennomere length ( Fig. 18 ). Pronotum with seven areolae, posterior costae sharp in lateral part and obtuse in middle of pronotum, median areola complete, well-marked, attached directly to basal margin; anterior angles obtuse, lateral margins concave, strongly elevated, posterior angles strongly prominent, ( Fig. 36 ). Elytra parallel-sided, secondary costae developed, transverse costae dense ( Fig. 56 ). Phallus robust, constricted in middle part, obtuse at apex ( Fig. 74 ).

Distribution

Peninsular Malaysia: Kelantan. Cautires renatae sp. nov. is known only from the type locality in the Kelantan state.

Figures

Figs 2–20. Cautires sp. 2. Habitus in dorsal view. 3–20. Male antennae. 3. C. alexae sp. nov. 4. C. andujari sp. nov. 5. C. arribasae sp. nov. 6. C. berembanensis sp. nov. 7. C. campestris sp. nov. 8. C. communis sp. nov. 9. C. griseus Kleine, 1930. 10. C. jasarensis sp. nov. 11. C. katarinae sp. nov. 12. C. kirstenae sp. nov. 13. C. kotatinggensis sp. nov. 14. C. linardi sp. nov. 15. C. maseki sp. nov. 16. C. pahangensis sp. nov. 17. C. nervosus Kleine, 1926. 18. C. renatae sp. nov. 19. C. reverandi Pic, 1925. 20. C. simillimus Kleine, 1926. Scale bars: Fig. 2 = 2.0 mm; Figs 3–20 = 0.5 mm.

Figs 21–38. Male pronotum. 21. Cautires alexae sp. nov. 22. C. andujari sp. nov. 23. C. arribasae sp. nov. 24. C. berembanensis sp. nov. 25. C. campestris sp. nov. 26. C. communis sp. nov. 27. C. griseus Kleine, 1930. 28. C. jasarensis sp. nov. 29. C. katarinae sp. nov. 30. C. kirstenae sp. nov. 31. C. kotatinggensis sp. nov. 32. C. linardi sp. nov. 33. C. maseki sp. nov. 34. C. pahangensis sp. nov. 35. C. nervosus Kleine, 1926. 36. C. renatae sp. nov. 37. C. reverandi Pic, 1925. 38. C. simillimus Kleine, 1926. — 39–40. Male elytra costae, detail: 39. C. andujari sp. nov. 40. C. campestris sp. nov. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.

Figs 41–58. Male elytra. 41. Cautires alexae sp. nov. 42. C. andujari sp. nov. 43. C. arribasae sp. nov. 44. C. berembanensis sp. nov. 45. C. campestris sp. nov. 46. C. communis sp. nov. 47. C. griseus Kleine, 1930. 48. C. jasarensis sp. nov. 49. C. katarinae sp. nov. 50. C. kirstenae sp. nov. 51. C. kotatinggensis sp. nov. 52. C. linardi sp. nov. 53. C. maseki sp. nov. 54. C. pahangensis sp. nov. 55. C. nervosus Kleine, 1926. 56. C. renatae sp. nov. 57. C. reverandi Pic, 1925. 58. C. simillimus Kleine, 1926. Scale bars = 1.0 mm.

Figs 59–78. Phallus. 59. Cautires alexae sp. nov. 60. C. andujari sp. nov. 61. C. arribasae sp. nov. 62. C. berembanensis sp. nov. 63. C. campestris sp. nov. 64. C. communis sp. nov. 65. C. griseus Kleine, 1930. 66. C. jasarensis sp. nov. 67. C. katarinae sp. nov. 68. C. kirstenae sp. nov. 69. C. kotatinggensis sp. nov. 70. C. linardi sp. nov. 71. C. maseki sp. nov. 72. C. pahangensis sp. nov. 73. C. nervosus Kleine, 1926. 74. C. renatae sp. nov. 75. C. reverandi Pic, 1925. 76. C. simillimus Kleine, 1926. 77. C. selangorensis Kleine, 1930. 78. C. tenebricus Kleine, 1926. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.