Cladophorus mindikensis, Bocak, 2017

Bocak, Ladislav, 2017, Species delimitation of colour polymorphic Cladophorus (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from New Guinea, Zootaxa 4320 (3), pp. 505-522 : 513-514

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4320.3.6
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6018063
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scientific name	Cladophorus mindikensis
status	sp. nov.

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Cladophorus mindikensis sp. nov.

( Figs. 13, 27 View FIGURES 6 – 32 , 43 View FIGURES 33 – 52 , 67–68 View FIGURES 53 – 78 )

Type material. Holotype, male. Papua New Guinea, Mindik , 06°27´S 147°25´E, 1500–1650 m, (A00181, LMBC) GoogleMaps ; Paratype, male, same locality data (A00186, LMBC) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. C. mindikensis has uniquely coloured and wide elytra ( Fig. 43 View FIGURES 33 – 52 ). Each elytron has an extensive pale yellow patch in the apical part and the margin of the elytron is completely dark coloured ( Fig. 43 View FIGURES 33 – 52 ). C. kailakiensis is its sister species ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 4 – 5. 4 ) and differs in the lamella of antennomere 3 ( Figs. 11, 13 View FIGURES 6 – 32 ) and the coloration of the pronotum ( Figs. 25, 27 View FIGURES 6 – 32 ). Male genitalia of these species are similar ( Figs. 63–64, 67–68 View FIGURES 53 – 78 ).

Description. Male. Body large, 13.7–13.9 mm long, body dark brown to black, pronotum and most of elytra black, light brown patch in apical third of elytra, whole elytral margin black, transition between light and black parts of elytra clearly delimited ( Figs. 27 View FIGURES 6 – 32 , 43 View FIGURES 33 – 52 ). Head small, with small hemispherically prominent eyes, frontal interocular distance 1.8 times maximum diameter; antennae flabellate, long, reaching behind middle of elytral length, antennomere 3 with lamella 1.7 times longer than stem of antennomere, lamella attached to apical part of antennomere ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 6 – 32 ). Pronotum transverse, 1.5 times wider than long at midline, lateral margins slightly elevated, frontal margin slightly anteriorly projected, frontal angles inconspicuous, lateral margins straight to slightly concave, posterior angles acutely projected, all carinae well-developed ( Fig. 27 View FIGURES 6 – 32 ). Elytra flat, wide posteriorly, transverse costae well-developed, dense, regular, elytral areoles transverse ( Fig. 42 View FIGURES 33 – 52 ). Phallus robust, parallel-sided, with long slender apical part ( Figs. 67–68 View FIGURES 53 – 78 ).

Measurements. BL 13.7–13.9 mm, PL 1.75–1.78 mm, PW 2.75 mm, WH 1.60 mm, Edist 1.08 mm, Ediam 0.59 mm, LE 11.3–11.4 mm, antennomere 3: stem 1.1 mm, lamella 1.9 mm.

Distribution. Eastern New Guinea, Morobe province ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1 – 3. 1 – 2 ).

Etymology. The epithet refers to the local name ‘Mindik’, the type locality of the species.