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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2016.219
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:638FB522-533A-4EF7-9582-2E0ADF798777
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3853486
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FC371A58-9CB9-4581-9A86-AB6DF50B8BB9
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:FC371A58-9CB9-4581-9A86-AB6DF50B8BB9
treatment provided by	Valdenar
scientific name	Cautires renatae
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Cautires renatae sp. nov.

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Figs 18 View Figs 2–20 , 36 View Figs 21–38 , 56 View Figs 41–58 , 74 View Figs 59–78

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 View Figs 21–38 ). Additionally, C. renatae sp. nov. has a different shape of the phallus ( Figs 74–75 View Figs 59–78 ).

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).

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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 View Figs 41–58 ). 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 View Figs 2–20 ). 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 View Figs 21–38 ). Elytra parallel-sided, secondary costae developed, transverse costae dense ( Fig. 56 View Figs 41–58 ). Phallus robust, constricted in middle part, obtuse at apex ( Fig. 74 View Figs 59–78 ).

Distribution

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