Cladophorus kailakiensis, Bocak, 2017

Bocak, Ladislav, 2017, Species delimitation of colour polymorphic Cladophorus (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from New Guinea, Zootaxa 4320 (3), pp. 505-522 : 512-513

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4320.3.6
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6018049
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scientific name	Cladophorus kailakiensis
status	sp. nov.

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Cladophorus kailakiensis sp. nov.

( Figs. 11, 25 View FIGURES 6 – 32 , 41 View FIGURES 33 – 52 , 63–64 View FIGURES 53 – 78 )

Type material. Holotype. Male, Papua New Guinea, Pt. Moresby, Kailaki, Berem, 09°26´S 147°33´E, 530–940 m (A00122, LMBC) GoogleMaps ; Paratype, male, Papua New Guinea, Pt. Moresby, Varirata N. P., 09°26´S 147°22´E, 700–800 m ( A00176 View Materials , LMBC) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. In contrast with distant relationships, C. kailakiensis resembles in the general colour pattern C. manokwarensis ( Figs. 4 View FIGURES 4 – 5. 4 , 37–38 View FIGURES 33 – 52 ). Both species have brightly yellow coloured pronotum, the extensive black coloured humeral part of elytra and brightly coloured rest of elytra ( Figs. 41–42 View FIGURES 33 – 52 ). The molecular phylogeny identified C. mindikensis as a sister species ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 4 – 5. 4 ) and these species differ in the elytral and pronotal coloration ( Figs. 25, 27 View FIGURES 6 – 32 , 41, 43 View FIGURES 33 – 52 ) and the length of antennal lamellae ( Figs. 11, 13 View FIGURES 6 – 32 ).

Description. Male. Body medium-sized, 10.5–12.9 mm long, body dark brown to black, pronotum and substantial part of elytra brightly yellow ( Fig. 41 View FIGURES 33 – 52 ), humeral tenth of elytra black, other parts of elytra brightly yellow ( Fig. 41 View FIGURES 33 – 52 ). Head small, with small, hemispherically prominent eyes, frontal interocular distance 1.87 times maximum eye diameter; antennae long, reaching beyond two thirds of elytral length, flabellate, antennomere 3 with lamella 2.56 times longer than stem of antennomere, lamella attached close to middle part of antennomere ( Fig. 11 View FIGURES 6 – 32 ). Pronotum transverse, 1.3 times wider than long at midline, lateral margins elevated, frontal margin widely rounded, frontal angles inconspicuous, rounded, lateral margins slightly convex, posterior angles moderately prominent, postero-lateral carinae weak ( Fig. 25 View FIGURES 6 – 32 ). Elytra flat, slightly widened posteriorly, transverse costae weak, regular, elytral areoles slightly transverse ( Fig. 41 View FIGURES 33 – 52 ). Phallus robust, parallel-sided in middle part, apparently constricted basally, with gradually acuminate apex ( Figs. 63–64 View FIGURES 53 – 78 ).

Measurements. BL 10.5–12.9 mm, PL 1.5–1.8 mm, PW 2.20–2.65 mm, WH 1.30–1.54 mm, Edist 0.99 mm, Ediam 0.53 mm, LE 10.6 mm, antennomere 3: stem 0.9 mm, lamella 2.3 mm.

Distribution. Eastern New Guinea, the southern slope of the Owen Stanley Range ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1 – 3. 1 – 2 ).

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