Cautires linardi, 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 : 19

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2016.219
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3853480
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scientific name	Cautires linardi
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Cautires linardi sp. nov.

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Figs 14 View Figs 2–20 , 32 View Figs 21–38 , 52 View Figs 41–58 , 70 View Figs 59–78

Diagnosis

Cautires linardi sp. nov. belongs to the group with the uniformly black body and large eyes. This species has the characteristic shape of the pronotum with the very wide basal part and acutely projected posterior angles ( Fig. 32 View Figs 21–38 ).

Etymology

The specific epithet linardi is a patronym in honour of Benjamin Linard, a colleague from the Natural History Museum in London.

Type material

Holotype

MALAYSIA: ♁, Pahang, Mt. Jasar , N slope, 1550 m, 4°28'56" N, 101°21'55" E, 11 Apr. 2013 (AJ0005).

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Paratypes

MALAYSIA: 1 ♀, Pahang, Tanah Rata, 24–31 Jan. 2003 (VK0451); 1 ♀, Malaysia, Pahang, Tanah Rata, 1–13 Feb. 2003 (VK0625).

Measurements

BL 11.6 mm, PL 1.7 mm, PW 2.5 mm, HW 1.15 mm, Edist 0.66 mm, Ediam 0.71 mm, LP 2.12 mm.

Description of the male

Body uniformly black ( Fig. 52 View Figs 41–58 ). Head small, eyes hemispherically prominent, quite large, eye diameter 1.08 times interocular distance. Antennae flabellate with lamella of antennomere 6 about three times longer than stem of antennomere ( Fig. 14 View Figs 2–20 ). Pronotum transverse, about twice wider than long at midline, with 7 areolae, only postero-lateral ridges weaker, obtuse; median areola complete, well developed, attached directly to basal margin; anterior angles obtuse, lateral margins concave, lateral part of pronotum strongly elevated, posterior angles slender, acutely prominent ( Fig. 32 View Figs 21–38 ). Elytra parallel-sided, primary and secondary costae well developed, transverse costae dense, irregular ( Fig. 52 View Figs 41–58 ). Phallus very slender, only slightly wider in apical part, obtuse at apex ( Fig. 70 View Figs 59–78 ).

Distribution

Peninsular Malaysia: Pahang.