Cautires tenebricus Kleine, 1926

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Cautires tenebricus Kleine, 1926

Fig. 78

Cautires tenebricus Kleine, 1926: 96 .

Diagnosis

Cautires tenebricus belongs to a group of mountain species with a uniformly black body. This species resembles C. nervosus and C. maseki sp. nov. in general appearance, but the male genitalia are characteristic in the slender phallus with the widened apical third ( Fig. 78 ).

Type material

Holotype

MALAYSIA: ♁, Perak, Doherty ( BMNH).

Measurements

BL 7.0 mm, PL 1.05 mm, PW 1.35 mm, HW 1.0 mm, LP 0.9 mm.

Distribution

Peninsular Malaysia: Perak.

Remark

Cautires tenebricus has not been found in the recently collected material from the Malay Peninsula and the only known specimen is the holotype deposited in the Museum of Natural History in London.

Figures

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.