Cladophorus pallescens, Bocak, 2017

Bocak, Ladislav, 2017, Species delimitation of colour polymorphic Cladophorus (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from New Guinea, Zootaxa 4320 (3), pp. 505-522 : 514-515

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4320.3.6
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:Ca50E5A5-B417-4000-B67D-5F6028Da9154
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6018077
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A312190F-EC1C-FF89-509F-3840B89FFEC9
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Cladophorus pallescens
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Cladophorus pallescens sp. nov.

( Figs. 17, 29 View FIGURES 6 – 32 , 46 View FIGURES 33 – 52 , 71–72 View FIGURES 53 – 78 )

Type material. Holotype. Male , Indonesia, Papua prov., 3 km N of Bokondini, 03°40´S 138°40´E, 1750–1900 m (JB0121, LMBC) GoogleMaps ; Paratype, male, same locality data (JB0103, LMBC) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. C. pallescens is the only species with black, metallically shining pronotum and yellow elytra except for a humeral patch ( Figs. 29 View FIGURES 6 – 32 , 46 View FIGURES 33 – 52 ). The yellow form of closely related C. bicolor can be similar in the general appearance, but all available C. bicolor have at least a small apical part of elytra infuscate ( Fig. 33 View FIGURES 33 – 52 ). Further, C. pallescens has a robust phallus with the short apex ( Figs. 71–72 View FIGURES 53 – 78 ), long antennal lamellae ( Fig. 15 View FIGURES 6 – 32 ), and quite large eyes.

Description. Male. Body medium-sized, 10.2–10.7 mm long, dark brown to black, pronotum and very narrow humeral margin of elytra dark coloured, rest of elytra light yellow ( Figs. 29 View FIGURES 6 – 32 , 46 View FIGURES 33 – 52 ). Head small, with quite large hemispherically prominent eyes, frontal interocular distance 1.7 times maximum diameter; antennae flabellate, long, reaching to three quarters of elytral length if inclined, antennomere 3 with lamella 3.0 times longer than stem of antennomere, lamella attached to apex of antennomere ( Fig. 17 View FIGURES 6 – 32 ). Pronotum transverse, 1.4 times wider than long at midline, lateral margins slightly elevated, frontal margin moderately projected, frontal angles sharply marked, lateral margins straight, with small bump in posterior third, posterior angles projected, all carinae well-developed ( Fig. 29 View FIGURES 6 – 32 ). Elytra flat, parallel-sided, transverse costae well-developed, regular, elytral areoles slightly transverse ( Fig. 45 View FIGURES 33 – 52 ). Phallus robust, parallel-sided in apical half, with short slender apical process ( Figs. 71–72 View FIGURES 53 – 78 ).

Measurements. BL 10.2–10.7 mm, PL 1.30–1.40 mm, PW 1.90–1.95 mm, WH 1.15–1.20 mm, Edist 0.8 mm, Ediam 0.47 mm, LE 8.5–8.9 mm, antennomere 3: stem 0.8 mm, lamella 2.4 mm.

Distribution. Central New Guinea, Tolikara regency ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1 – 3. 1 – 2 )

Etymology. The species name refers to the pale coloration of elytra.