Calochromus kelantanensis, Motyka, Michal & Bocak, Ladislav, 2015

Motyka, Michal & Bocak, Ladislav, 2015, The classification of Flabellochromus and Dumbrellia (Coleoptera: Lycidae) with descriptions of two new species of Calochromus from the Sundaland Region, Zootaxa 3941 (1), pp. 125-130 : 127

Calochromus kelantanensis sp. nov.

( Figs 3 , 5,14)

Type material. Holotype, male, Malaysia, W. Kelantan, 30 km NW of Gua Musang, Ulu Lalat Mt., Kampong Sungai Om, 800–1000 m, 21. Jun–14. Jul 2010, P. Čechovský lgt. ( LMBC).

Diagnosis. Calochromus kelantanensis sp. nov. differs from C. impressicornis in longer antennal lamellae and black tips of the elytra ( Figs 2–3 ).

Description. Male. Body medium sized, slender, 4.4 times longer than width at humeri; head, antennae and thorax black, scutellum dark brown, pronotum and elytra red, apical half of elytra black ( Fig. 3 ). Head hypognathous, with rostrum, including eyes wider than anterior margin of pronotum, front convex with narrow longitudinal groove, covered with fine pubescence, antennal pits contiguous. Eyes large, their frontal distance 1.56 times eye diameter ( Fig. 5 ). Pronotum 1.4 times wider posteriorly than length at midline, median longitudinal line widest at middle. Scutellum shallowly incised apically. Elytra 3.6 times longer than width at humeri, each with 4 costae ( Fig. 3 ). Male genitalia with slender phallus, parameres parallel-sided ( Fig.14 ).

Measurements. BL 13.4 mm, WH 3 mm, PL 2 mm, PW 2.5 mm, Edist 0.825 mm, Ediam 0.5 mm.

Distribution. Peninsular Malaysia: Kelantan.

Etymology. The specific name refers to the Malay state Kelantan, the type locality of this species.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 11. General appearance. 1 — Calochromus lamellatus; 2 — C. impressicornis; 3 — C. kelantanensis sp. nov.; 4 — C. harauensis sp. nov. Head. 5 — C. kelantanensis sp. nov.; 6 — C. harauensis sp. nov. Antenna. 7 — C. harauensis sp. nov.; 8 — C. lamellatus. Pronotum, the holotype of: 9 — Plateros brevicornis; 10 — P. melancholicus; 11 — P. barronensis. Photographs 9 – 11 taken by P. Hudson. Scales 2.0 mm (Figs 1 – 4), 1.0 mm (Figs 5 – 8).

FIGURES 12 – 15. Male genitalia. 12 — Calochromus harauensis sp. nov.; 13 — C. lamellatus; 14 — C. kelantanensis sp. nov.; 15 — C. impressicornis. Scale 0.5 mm.