Cautires pahangensis, Jiruskova & Motyka & Bocak, 2016
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2016.219 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3853437 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B487FE-F022-FFDC-FDEC-A407FBFEFC0B |
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Valdenar |
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scientific name |
Cautires pahangensis |
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sp. nov. |
Cautires pahangensis sp. nov.
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Figs 16 View Figs 2–20 , 34 View Figs 21–38 , 54 View Figs 41–58 , 72 View Figs 59–78
Diagnosis
Cautires pahangensis sp. nov. is a mountain species with a bright pubescent humeral part of the elytra and a reddish pubescence on the pronotum. It has moderately long antennal lamellae ( Fig. 16 View Figs 2–20 ) and a slender phallus with a gradually widened part and a pointed apex ( Fig. 72 View Figs 59–78 ).
Etymology
The specific epithet refers to the Malay state Pahang where the holotype of C. pahangensis sp. nov. was collected.
Type material
Holotype
MALAYSIA: ♁, Pahang, Tanah Rata , 1600 m, 3–20 Feb. 2005 (VK0527).
Measurements
BL 9.3 mm, PL 1.15 mm, PW 1.75 mm, HW 1.0 mm, Edist 0.53 mm, Ediam 0.58 mm, LP 1.49 mm.
Description of the male
Body quite slender, black, upper side bicoloured, pronotum orange, elytra black except basal fifth of primary and secondary elytral costae bearing orange pubescence ( Fig. 54 View Figs 41–58 ). Head small, eyes hemispherically prominent, quite large, eye diameter 1.09 times interocular distance. Antennae flabellate with moderately long lamellae ( Fig. 16 View Figs 2–20 ). Pronotal disc mat, with 7 areolae, median areola complete, but ridges forming median areola obtuse similarly to postero-lateral ridges, median areola attached directly to basal margin of pronotum; anterior angles obtuse, lateral margins slightly concave, lateral part of pronotum strongly elevated, posterior angles robust but prominent ( Fig. 34 View Figs 21–38 ). Elytra apparently widened apically, primary and secondary costae well developed, transverse costae dense ( Fig. 54 View Figs 41–58 ). Phallus moderately robust, widest in apical third, slightly pointed at apex ( Fig. 72 View Figs 59–78 ).
Distribution
Peninsular Malaysia: Pahang. This species is known in a single specimen only.
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Elateroidea |
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Lycinae |
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Tribe |
Metriorrhynchini |
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SubTribe |
Cautirina |
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