Cautires apicalis (Pic, 1925b) Bocak, Ladislav, 2012

Bocak, Ladislav, 2012, A revision of the Cautires obsoletus species group from Java (Coleoptera, Lycidae), ZooKeys 241, pp. 55-66 : 57-58

Cautires apicalis (Pic, 1925b) stat. n. Figs 5, 10, 18

Bulenides apicalis Pic 1925b: 9.

Cautires apicalis ( Pic 1925b): Dudkova and Bocak 2010: 41.

Type material.

Female, holotype. [Indonesia] Java occident. Pengalengan, 4000', 1893, H. Fruhstorfer (MHNP).

Differential diagnosis.

Cautires apicalis differs from the similar Javanese species Cautires singularithorax in the much smaller extent of the dark part of the elytra and in the shape of the ovipositor, which has valvifers more than two times longer than the coxites (Figs 2, 5, 18). Only female specimen is available and we do not have any information on male characters.

Redescription.

Female. Body medium-sized, dorso-ventrally flattened, slender. Head, body, posterior third of elytra and appendages black, pronotum and basal two thirds of elytra orange, pronotum and elytra covered with dense orange pubescence (Figs 5, 10). Head small, partly hidden in pronotum, clypeus slightly concave, labrum simply rounded, mandibles slender, strongly curved, maxillary palpi slender, apical palpomere pointed, labial palpi similar in shape. Eyes small, hemispherically prominent, their frontal interocular distance 1.50 times eye diameter. Antennae acutely serrate, covered with short, dark colored setae. Pronotum flat, slightly transverse, 1.32 times wider at base than length at midline; frontal margin concave; lateral margins slightly elevated, posterior angles acutely projected, pronotum with slender median areola, attached to middle of basal margin of pronotum, connected to anterior margin by keel occupying one third of midline, lateral keels absent (Fig. 10). Elytra flat, with separately rounded apexes and well developed four primary longitudinal costae; secondary costae very weak, cells irregular, mostly quadrate. Legs laterally flattened, covered with dark colored setae. Ovipositor with valvifers 2.1 times length of coxites (Fig. 18). Male unknown.

Measurements.

BL 11.9 mm, PL 1.84 mm, PW 2.42 mm, HW 2.72 mm, Edist 0.69 mm, Ediam 0.46 mm.

Distribution.

Cautires apicalis is known only from Western Java.

Remarks.

Kleine (1933) listed Cautires apicalis as a junior synonym of Cautires corporaali Pic, 1921 from Sumatra, but the study of the holotypes revealed that these species although similar in the color patterns differ in the shape of the pronotum, body size, and female genitalia. Therefore the name Cautires apicalis is removed from synonymy and reinstated as a valid name.

Two large bodied species were described by M. Pic from Western Java, both of them from a single female specimen. Although one male specimen collected in the same region was available for study, it is impossible to assign the name based on female to a male without further information. Therefore, holotypes of Cautires apicalis and Cautires singularithorax are redescribed and illustrated here. More extensive material is necessary for the definitive delineation of these species.