Cautires simillimus 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 : 23-24

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scientific name	Cautires simillimus Kleine, 1926
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Figs 20 View Figs 2–20 , 38 View Figs 21–38 , 58 View Figs 41–58 , 76 View Figs 59–78

Cautires simillimus Kleine, 1926: 187 .

Diagnosis

Cautires simillimus belongs to a group of mountain species with a uniformly black body ( Figs 38 View Figs 21–38 , 58 View Figs 41–58 ). This species resembles C. nervosus and C. maseki sp. nov. in the general appearance, but the males of C. simillimus have long and slender antennal lamellae ( Fig. 20 View Figs 2–20 ) and additionally they differ in the relatively robust, parallel-sided phallus ( Fig. 76 View Figs 59–78 ).

Type material

Holotype

MALAYSIA: ♀, Pahang, Lubok Tamang , 3500 ft., 10 Jun. 1923, H.M. Pendlebury ( BMNH). Additional material examined

MALAYSIA: 2 ♁♁, Pahang, Gn. Beremban, 1480 m, 4°27'51" N, 101°23'26" E, 6–28 Apr. 2013 (AJ0011, AJ0073); 1 ♁, Pahang, Gn. Beremban, N slope, 1580 m, 4°29'12" N, 101°23'27" E, 12 Apr. 2013 (AJ0090); 2 ♁♁, 1 ♀, Pahang, Tanah Rata, 1500–1800 m, 2–26 Feb. 2004 (VK0247, VK0259, VK0283); 1 ♁, Pahang, Tanah Rata, 1400–1650 m, 4–11 Apr. 2005 (VK0309); 2 ♀♀, Pahang, Tanah Rata, 1600 m, Cameron Highlands, 3–20 Feb. 2005 (VK0574, VK0620); 1 ♁, Ringlet (MM0005).

Measurements

BL 7.0 mm, PL 1.1 mm, PW 1.5 mm, HW 1.0 mm, Edist 0.50 mm, Ediam 0.45 mm, LP 0.9 mm.

Distribution

Peninsular Malaysia: Pahang. The species occurs exclusively in the high mountains in the Cameron Highlands.

Remark

The identity of this species is based on the general appearance, which might be misleading in some cases, but with a female designated as the holotype we do not have any other possibility for identification. The newly identified specimens were collected in the type locality and the species is common in the Cameron Highlands.