Cautires pahangensis sp. nov.

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Figs 16, 34, 54, 72

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) and a slender phallus with a gradually widened part and a pointed apex (Fig. 72).

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). Head small, eyes hemispherically prominent, quite large, eye diameter 1.09 times interocular distance. Antennae flabellate with moderately long lamellae (Fig. 16). 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). Elytra apparently widened apically, primary and secondary costae well developed, transverse costae dense (Fig. 54). Phallus moderately robust, widest in apical third, slightly pointed at apex (Fig. 72).

Distribution

Peninsular Malaysia: Pahang. This species is known in a single specimen only.