Cautires kundratai, Dudkova, Pavla & Bocak, Ladislav, 2010

Dudkova, Pavla & Bocak, Ladislav, 2010, A review of the Cautires obsoletus species group from Indo – Burma (Coleoptera: Lycidae), Zootaxa 2527, pp. 28-48 : 37-38

Cautires kundratai sp. n.

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Type material. Male, holotype, East Thailand, Khao Krok, Kaeng Harg Naw, Chantha Buri, alt. 300 m, 25. iv. 1997, leg. S. Ohmomo ( KMTC).

Differential diagnosis. C. kundratai sp. n. is so far the only species, which has been found in Eastern Thailand. The species is characteristic in the very slender phallus, which is strongly narrowed apically ( Fig. 29 ).

Description. Male. Body small, slender, dorso-ventrally flattened, dark brown to black. Head small, hypognathous, almost as wide as frontal part of pronotum, vertex slightly convex, with sparse pubescence. Eyes small, hemispherically prominent, frontal interocular distance 1.20 times maximum eye diameter in lateral view. Antennae shortly flabellate, black, 11-segmented, with dense light coloured pubescence. Maxillary palpi slender, apical palpomere longest, pointed at apex. Labial palpi slender, similar in shape. Pronotum dark brown with orange margins, width at base 1.37 times length at midline, frontal margin slightly concave, basal and lateral margins elevated, posterior angles acutely projected, median areola very slender. Elytra dark orange, with four strong primary longitudinal costae, secondary costae weaker, cells regular, squared to rectangular. Legs dark brown to black, flattened, covered with light setae, two apical tarsomeres black, with black setae. Male genitalia moderately robust, phallus slightly constricted before middle ( Fig. 29 ). Female unknown.

Measurements. BL 6.20 mm, PL 0.98 mm, PW 1.34 mm, HW 1.60 mm, Edist 0.46 mm, Ediam 0.39 mm.

Distribution. Eastern Thailand.

Etymology. The specific epithet " kundratai " is a patronym in honor of R. Kundrata (Svatoborice- Mistrin, Czech Republic).

Figures

FIGURES 23 – 30. Male genitalia. 23 — Cautires jendeki sp. n.; 24 — Cautires matsudai sp. n.; 25 — Cautires bolavensis sp. n.; 26 — Cautires dembickyi sp. n.; 27 — Cautires hergovitsi sp. n.; 28 — Cautires yunnanus sp. n.; 29 — Cautires kundratai sp. n.; 30 — C. testaceus. Scales 0.5 mm.