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

Cautires linardi sp. nov.

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Figs 14 , 32 , 52 , 70

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 ).

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).

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 ). 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 ). 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 ). Elytra parallel-sided, primary and secondary costae well developed, transverse costae dense, irregular ( Fig. 52 ). Phallus very slender, only slightly wider in apical part, obtuse at apex ( Fig. 70 ).

Distribution

Peninsular Malaysia: Pahang.

Figures

Figs 2–20. Cautires sp. 2. Habitus in dorsal view. 3–20. Male antennae. 3. C. alexae sp. nov. 4. C. andujari sp. nov. 5. C. arribasae sp. nov. 6. C. berembanensis sp. nov. 7. C. campestris sp. nov. 8. C. communis sp. nov. 9. C. griseus Kleine, 1930. 10. C. jasarensis sp. nov. 11. C. katarinae sp. nov. 12. C. kirstenae sp. nov. 13. C. kotatinggensis sp. nov. 14. C. linardi sp. nov. 15. C. maseki sp. nov. 16. C. pahangensis sp. nov. 17. C. nervosus Kleine, 1926. 18. C. renatae sp. nov. 19. C. reverandi Pic, 1925. 20. C. simillimus Kleine, 1926. Scale bars: Fig. 2 = 2.0 mm; Figs 3–20 = 0.5 mm.

Figs 21–38. Male pronotum. 21. Cautires alexae sp. nov. 22. C. andujari sp. nov. 23. C. arribasae sp. nov. 24. C. berembanensis sp. nov. 25. C. campestris sp. nov. 26. C. communis sp. nov. 27. C. griseus Kleine, 1930. 28. C. jasarensis sp. nov. 29. C. katarinae sp. nov. 30. C. kirstenae sp. nov. 31. C. kotatinggensis sp. nov. 32. C. linardi sp. nov. 33. C. maseki sp. nov. 34. C. pahangensis sp. nov. 35. C. nervosus Kleine, 1926. 36. C. renatae sp. nov. 37. C. reverandi Pic, 1925. 38. C. simillimus Kleine, 1926. — 39–40. Male elytra costae, detail: 39. C. andujari sp. nov. 40. C. campestris sp. nov. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.

Figs 41–58. Male elytra. 41. Cautires alexae sp. nov. 42. C. andujari sp. nov. 43. C. arribasae sp. nov. 44. C. berembanensis sp. nov. 45. C. campestris sp. nov. 46. C. communis sp. nov. 47. C. griseus Kleine, 1930. 48. C. jasarensis sp. nov. 49. C. katarinae sp. nov. 50. C. kirstenae sp. nov. 51. C. kotatinggensis sp. nov. 52. C. linardi sp. nov. 53. C. maseki sp. nov. 54. C. pahangensis sp. nov. 55. C. nervosus Kleine, 1926. 56. C. renatae sp. nov. 57. C. reverandi Pic, 1925. 58. C. simillimus Kleine, 1926. Scale bars = 1.0 mm.

Figs 59–78. Phallus. 59. Cautires alexae sp. nov. 60. C. andujari sp. nov. 61. C. arribasae sp. nov. 62. C. berembanensis sp. nov. 63. C. campestris sp. nov. 64. C. communis sp. nov. 65. C. griseus Kleine, 1930. 66. C. jasarensis sp. nov. 67. C. katarinae sp. nov. 68. C. kirstenae sp. nov. 69. C. kotatinggensis sp. nov. 70. C. linardi sp. nov. 71. C. maseki sp. nov. 72. C. pahangensis sp. nov. 73. C. nervosus Kleine, 1926. 74. C. renatae sp. nov. 75. C. reverandi Pic, 1925. 76. C. simillimus Kleine, 1926. 77. C. selangorensis Kleine, 1930. 78. C. tenebricus Kleine, 1926. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.