Cautires berembanensis, 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 : 12

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2016.219
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3853449
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/35C6DBC0-52EF-49A9-BDEF-9E8C4EADEE40
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treatment provided by	Valdenar
scientific name	Cautires berembanensis
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Cautires berembanensis sp. nov.

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Figs 6 View Figs 2–20 , 24 View Figs 21–38 , 44 View Figs 41–58 , 62 View Figs 59–78

Diagnosis

Cautires berembanensis sp. nov. belongs to a group of the species with the black body and very small eyes. The species is characteristic in the very wide, flat male antennomeres 3–10 ( Fig. 6 View Figs 2–20 ), which is unknown in other Malay species and in the extremely slender phallus ( Fig. 62 View Figs 59–78 ).

Etymology

The specific epithet refers to the type locality of the holotype.

Type material

Holotype

MALAYSIA: ♁, Pahang, Gn. Beremban, 1480 m, 4°27'51" N, 101°23'26" E, 6–28 Apr. 2013 (AJ0092).

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Paratypes

MALAYSIA: 1 ♁, 2 ♀♀, Pahang, Tanah Rata, 1500–1800 m, 2–26 Feb. 2004 (VK0254, VK0275, VK0278).

Measurements

BL 12.1 mm, PL 1.65 mm, PW 2.1 mm, HW 1.5 mm, Edist 0.77 mm, Ediam 0.33 mm, LP 1.21 mm.

Description of the male

Body uniformly black ( Fig. 44 View Figs 41–58 ). Head small, eyes hemispherically prominent, but small, eye diameter 0.42 times interocular distance.Antennae acutely serrate ( Fig. 6 View Figs 2–20 ). Pronotum with 7 areolae, fronto-lateral costae vestigial in proximity to pronotal margin, median areola complete, attached basally directly to pronotal margin; anterior angles obtuse, lateral margins only slightly elevated, straight in whole length ( Fig. 24 View Figs 21–38 ). Elytra parallel-sided, secondary costae well developed, transverse costae dense ( Fig. 44 View Figs 41–58 ). Phallus extremely slender, stick-shaped, only very slightly wider in apical fourth, slightly pointed at apex ( Fig. 62 View Figs 59–78 ).

Distribution

Peninsular Malaysia: Pahang.