Paratelius diversicornis ( Pic, 1912 )

Malohlava, Vladimír & Bocak, Ladislav, 2009, A revision of Paratelius Kazantsev, 1992 (Coleoptera: Lycidae), Zootaxa 2306 (1), pp. 44-50 : 46-47

Paratelius diversicornis ( Pic, 1912)

Scarelus diversicornis Pic, 1912: 5 .

Paratelius diversicornis ( Pic, 1912) : Kazantsev, 1992: 100. Material examined: Male. Malaysia, Borneo, W. Sabah, Crocker Range, road Keningau – Papan , v. 1999, leg. M. Snizek. ( LMBC) .

Diagnosis: P. diversicornis differs from all known Paratelius in the characteristic dark coloration of the elytra.

Redescription: Male. Body small, head and thorax dark brown; abdomen black; pronotum slightly lighter than elytra; elytra lighter at humeri, dark brown to black apically; eyes and anntennae black. Head small, densely pubescent; eyes small, hemispherically prominent, their interocular distance 3.4 times maximum eye diameter. Antennae slender, compressed, moderately flattened, surpassing apex of elytra by 3 antennomeres. Antennomeres 3–11 gradually more slender; apical antennomere eliptical. Elytra slender, parallel-sided, 3.47 times longer than width at humeri, with four well developed primary costae, covered with reddish pubescence. Legs moderately long, slender, flattened, densely pubescent. Male genitalia trilobate; phallus very long, slender, slightly curved; parameres short, reaching to one sixth of phallic length; phallobase short, subtle ( Figs 1 G-H).

Measurements: BL 6.2 mm, PW 1.2 mm, PL 0.8 mm, WH 1.5 mm, Edist 0.71 mm, Ediam 0.21 mm.

Distribution: Malaysia: Sabah: western part of the Crocker Range; Brunei (type locality).

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.