Sulabanus cordatus sp. nov.

(Figs. 21–22)

Type material. Holotype. Male. C. Sulawesi, 38 km SE Pendolo vill., 1200 m, 120.46.55E, 2.14.03 S, 10-11 July 2001, Bolm lgt. 3 paratypes. 3 males, same locality data as the holotype (LMBC).

Differential diagnosis. Sulabanus cordatus belongs to the group of S. mamasensis as defined above and it shares the yellow transverse patch with S. mamasensis and S. minor . These species differ in the size of eyes and the shape of male genitalia (Figs. 21–22) as given in descriptions.

Description. Body black, only elytra with yellow transverse patch in humeral third. Head partly hidden by pronotum. Frontal interocular distance 0.83 times eye diameter. Pronotum flat, as wide as long. Elytra parallel–sided, 3.2 times longer than width at humeri. Male genitalia with considerably widened middle part and slender apical third of phallus (Figs. 21–22).

Measurements. BL 8.2 mm, HW 2.09 mm, PL 1.05 mm, PW 1.23 mm, Ediam 0.59 mm, Edist 0.49 mm, EL 6.75 mm.

Distribution. Sulawesi, known only from the type locality in the vicinity of Pendolo.

Etymology. The specific name refers to the form of the middle part of the phallus.