Cautires nervosus Kleine, 1926

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 : 21-22

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2016.219
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3853441
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scientific name	Cautires nervosus Kleine, 1926
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Figs 17 View Figs 2–20 , 35 View Figs 21–38 , 55 View Figs 41–58 , 73 View Figs 59–78

Cautires nervosus Kleine, 1926: 187 .

Diagnosis

Cautires nervosus is one of the uniformly black coloured species ( Figs 35 View Figs 21–38 , 55 View Figs 41–58 ). The species has extremely small male eyes, their diameter only 0.54 times the interocular distance, and a very short antennal lamella of antennomere 3 ( Fig. 17 View Figs 2–20 ). The phallus of C. nervosus is moderately wide ( Fig. 73 View Figs 59–78 ) and differs from the similar phalli of C. maseki sp. nov. and C. simillimus sp. nov. ( Figs 71, 76 View Figs 59–78 ).

Type material

Syntypes

MALAYSIA:1 ♁, Pahang, Cameron Highlands, Tanah Rata, 4800 ft., 13 Mar. 1924; 1 ♁, same locality, Rhododendron Hill, 5200 ft., 22 Jun. 1923; 1 ♁, Lubok Tamang, 3500 ft., 11 Mar. 1924, all specimens H.M. Pendlebury leg. ( BMNH).

Additional material examined

MALAYSIA: 2 ♁♁, Pahang, Tanah Rata, 1500–1800 m, 2–26 Feb. 2004 (VK0516, VK0517); 12 ♀♀, Pahang, Tanah Rata, 1500–1800 m, 2–26 Feb. 2004 (VK0241, VK0243, VK0257, VK0258, VK0266, VK0273, VK0281, VK0282, VK0318, VK0319, VK0518, VK0525); 3 ♀♀, Pahang, Tanah Rata, 1600 m, Cameron Highl., 3–20 Feb. 2005 (VK0570, VK0573, VK0576); 1 ♁, 3 ♀♀, Pahang, Tanah Rata, 1600 m, Cameron Highl., 3–20 Feb. 2005 (VK0360, VK0422, VK0533, VK0571); 1 ♀, Pahang, Gn. Jasar, E slope, 1500 m, 4°28'23" N, 101°22'06" E, 8 Apr. 2013 (AJ0076); 1 ♁, 1 ♀, Pahang, Tanah Rata, 1600 m, Gn. Jasar, 3–9 Feb. 2005 (VK0618, VK0621); 1 ♀, Pahang, Tanah Rata, 24–31 Jan. 2003 (VK0269, VK0270, VK0453); 1 ♁, 2 ♀♀, Pahang, Gn. Beremban, 1480 m, 4°27'51" N, 101°23'26" E, 6–28 Apr. 2013 (AJ0010, AJ0065, AJ0080); 1 ♁, Pahang, Brinchang, Gn. Brinchang, 1800 m, 4°30'34" N, 101°23'09" E, 12–16 Apr. 2013 (AJ0085, AJ0086); 2 ♀♀, Pahang, Tanah Rata, 1600 m, Gn. Jasar, 3–9 Feb. 2005, Bolm leg. (VK0566, VK0567); 1 ♁, Pahang, Tanah Rata, Gn. Jasar, 1600 m, 3 Jan. 2005 (VK0250).

Measurements

BL 8.9 mm, PL 1.5 mm, PW 1.75 mm, HW 1.1 mm, Edist 0.61 mm, Ediam 0.33 mm, LP 1.76 mm.

Distribution

Peninsular Malaysia: Pahang. Cautires nervosus is a very common species in the Cameron Highlands area, but no specimens were recorded outside the Cameron Highlands plateau and adjacent mountain tops with elevation over 1400 m a.s.l.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
SuperFamily	Elateroidea
Family	Lycidae
SubFamily	Lycinae
Tribe	Metriorrhynchini
SubTribe	Cautirina
Genus	Cautires