Cladophorus mindikensis sp. nov.

(Figs. 13, 27, 43, 67–68)

Type material. Holotype, male. Papua New Guinea, Mindik, 06°27´S 147°25´E, 1500–1650 m, (A00181, LMBC) ; Paratype, male, same locality data (A00186, LMBC) .

Diagnosis. C. mindikensis has uniquely coloured and wide elytra (Fig. 43). Each elytron has an extensive pale yellow patch in the apical part and the margin of the elytron is completely dark coloured (Fig. 43). C. kailakiensis is its sister species (Fig. 4) and differs in the lamella of antennomere 3 (Figs. 11, 13) and the coloration of the pronotum (Figs. 25, 27). Male genitalia of these species are similar (Figs. 63–64, 67–68).

Description. Male. Body large, 13.7–13.9 mm long, body dark brown to black, pronotum and most of elytra black, light brown patch in apical third of elytra, whole elytral margin black, transition between light and black parts of elytra clearly delimited (Figs. 27, 43). Head small, with small hemispherically prominent eyes, frontal interocular distance 1.8 times maximum diameter; antennae flabellate, long, reaching behind middle of elytral length, antennomere 3 with lamella 1.7 times longer than stem of antennomere, lamella attached to apical part of antennomere (Fig. 13). Pronotum transverse, 1.5 times wider than long at midline, lateral margins slightly elevated, frontal margin slightly anteriorly projected, frontal angles inconspicuous, lateral margins straight to slightly concave, posterior angles acutely projected, all carinae well-developed (Fig. 27). Elytra flat, wide posteriorly, transverse costae well-developed, dense, regular, elytral areoles transverse (Fig. 42). Phallus robust, parallel-sided, with long slender apical part (Figs. 67–68).

Measurements. BL 13.7–13.9 mm, PL 1.75–1.78 mm, PW 2.75 mm, WH 1.60 mm, Edist 1.08 mm, Ediam 0.59 mm, LE 11.3–11.4 mm, antennomere 3: stem 1.1 mm, lamella 1.9 mm.

Distribution. Eastern New Guinea, Morobe province (Fig. 3).

Etymology. The epithet refers to the local name ‘Mindik’, the type locality of the species.