Cautires campestris, Jiruskova & Motyka & Bocak, 2016

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 : 12-14

Cautires campestris sp. nov.

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Figs 7 , 25 , 40, 45, 63

Diagnosis

Cautires campestris sp. nov. is one of the species with a brightly coloured humeral part of the elytra, reddish pubescence on the disc of the pronotum and large eyes. This species has very long, slender antennal lamellae ( Fig. 7 ), which resemble very closely those of the black coloured species C. jasarensis sp. nov. Additionally, C. campestris sp. nov. differs from other species in the robust phallus and the pronotum with vestigial postero-lateral ridges.

Etymology

The specific epithet refers to the lowland distribution of the species.

Type material

Holotype

MALAYSIA: ♁, Perak, km 24, Road Tapah-Ringlet , 350 m, 4°18'39" N, 101°19'52" E, 19 Apr. 2013 (AJ0039).

Paratypes

MALAYSIA: 2 ♀♀, same locality data (AJ0040–AJ0041); 2 ♀♀, Kelantan, km 12, Road Kg. Raja–Gua Musang, 780 m, 4°38'15" N, 101°30'11" E, 20 Apr. 2013 (AJ0032, AJ0096).

Measurements

BL 6.5 mm, PL 1.0 mm, PW 1.55 mm, HW 0.9 mm, Edist 0.5 mm, Ediam 0.57 mm, LP 1.0 mm.

Description of the male

Body slender, black, only basal third of primary and secondary elytral costae with reddish pubescence ( Fig. 45 ). Head small, eyes hemispherically prominent, moderately large, eye diameter 1.14 times interocular distance. Antennae flabellate, lamellae very long, slender, attached to base of antennomere ( Fig. 7 ). Pronotum flat, with 7 areolae, median areola well-developed, ridges sharp, median areola attached directly to basal margin of pronotum; anterior pronotal angles obtuse, lateral margins concave, lateral part of pronotum strongly elevated, posterior angles only weakly prominent, rounded apically, pronotum with orange pubescence on edges ( Fig. 25 ). Elytra parallel-sided, secondary costae week (Fig. 40), transverse costae dense ( Fig. 45 ). Phallus moderately robust, widest in the middle part, obtuse at apex ( Fig. 63 ).

Distribution

Peninsular Malaysia: Perak, Kelantan. The species is widely distributed in low elevations of the Cameron Highlands region.

Figures

Figs 2–20. Cautires sp. 2. Habitus in dorsal view. 3–20. Male antennae. 3. C. alexae sp. nov. 4. C. andujari sp. nov. 5. C. arribasae sp. nov. 6. C. berembanensis sp. nov. 7. C. campestris sp. nov. 8. C. communis sp. nov. 9. C. griseus Kleine, 1930. 10. C. jasarensis sp. nov. 11. C. katarinae sp. nov. 12. C. kirstenae sp. nov. 13. C. kotatinggensis sp. nov. 14. C. linardi sp. nov. 15. C. maseki sp. nov. 16. C. pahangensis sp. nov. 17. C. nervosus Kleine, 1926. 18. C. renatae sp. nov. 19. C. reverandi Pic, 1925. 20. C. simillimus Kleine, 1926. Scale bars: Fig. 2 = 2.0 mm; Figs 3–20 = 0.5 mm.

Figs 21–38. Male pronotum. 21. Cautires alexae sp. nov. 22. C. andujari sp. nov. 23. C. arribasae sp. nov. 24. C. berembanensis sp. nov. 25. C. campestris sp. nov. 26. C. communis sp. nov. 27. C. griseus Kleine, 1930. 28. C. jasarensis sp. nov. 29. C. katarinae sp. nov. 30. C. kirstenae sp. nov. 31. C. kotatinggensis sp. nov. 32. C. linardi sp. nov. 33. C. maseki sp. nov. 34. C. pahangensis sp. nov. 35. C. nervosus Kleine, 1926. 36. C. renatae sp. nov. 37. C. reverandi Pic, 1925. 38. C. simillimus Kleine, 1926. — 39–40. Male elytra costae, detail: 39. C. andujari sp. nov. 40. C. campestris sp. nov. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.

Figs 41–58. Male elytra. 41. Cautires alexae sp. nov. 42. C. andujari sp. nov. 43. C. arribasae sp. nov. 44. C. berembanensis sp. nov. 45. C. campestris sp. nov. 46. C. communis sp. nov. 47. C. griseus Kleine, 1930. 48. C. jasarensis sp. nov. 49. C. katarinae sp. nov. 50. C. kirstenae sp. nov. 51. C. kotatinggensis sp. nov. 52. C. linardi sp. nov. 53. C. maseki sp. nov. 54. C. pahangensis sp. nov. 55. C. nervosus Kleine, 1926. 56. C. renatae sp. nov. 57. C. reverandi Pic, 1925. 58. C. simillimus Kleine, 1926. Scale bars = 1.0 mm.

Figs 59–78. Phallus. 59. Cautires alexae sp. nov. 60. C. andujari sp. nov. 61. C. arribasae sp. nov. 62. C. berembanensis sp. nov. 63. C. campestris sp. nov. 64. C. communis sp. nov. 65. C. griseus Kleine, 1930. 66. C. jasarensis sp. nov. 67. C. katarinae sp. nov. 68. C. kirstenae sp. nov. 69. C. kotatinggensis sp. nov. 70. C. linardi sp. nov. 71. C. maseki sp. nov. 72. C. pahangensis sp. nov. 73. C. nervosus Kleine, 1926. 74. C. renatae sp. nov. 75. C. reverandi Pic, 1925. 76. C. simillimus Kleine, 1926. 77. C. selangorensis Kleine, 1930. 78. C. tenebricus Kleine, 1926. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.