Cautires renatae sp. nov.

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Figs 18, 36, 56, 74

Diagnosis

Cautires renatae sp. nov. resembles C. reverandi in the bright humeral part of elytra and the reddish pubescence on the pronotum (Figs 36–37). Additionally, C. renatae sp. nov. has a different shape of the phallus (Figs 74–75).

Etymology

The specific name is in honour of Renata Bilkova, a colleague from the laboratory.

Type material

Holotype

MALAYSIA: ♁, Kelantan, km 12, Road Kg. Raja–Gua Musang, 980 m, 4°38'15" N, 101°30'11" E, 20 Apr. 2013 (AJ0035).

Paratype

MALAYSIA: 1 ♁, same locality data as the holotype (AJ0027).

Measurements

BL 7.6 mm, PL 1.2 mm, PW 1.55 mm, HW 0.85 mm, Edist 0.41 mm, Ediam 0.55 mm, LP 1.1 mm.

Description of the male

Body slender, black, pronotum with orange pubescence, elytra mostly black, only basal third of primary and one fourth of secondary elytral costae with orange pubescence (Fig. 56). Head small, eyes hemispherically prominent, large, eye diameter 1.34 times interocular distance. Antennae flabellate, lamella of antennomere 3 slightly more that 1.5 length of antennomere length (Fig. 18). Pronotum with seven areolae, posterior costae sharp in lateral part and obtuse in middle of pronotum, median areola complete, well-marked, attached directly to basal margin; anterior angles obtuse, lateral margins concave, strongly elevated, posterior angles strongly prominent, (Fig. 36). Elytra parallel-sided, secondary costae developed, transverse costae dense (Fig. 56). Phallus robust, constricted in middle part, obtuse at apex (Fig. 74).

Distribution

Peninsular Malaysia: Kelantan. Cautires renatae sp. nov. is known only from the type locality in the Kelantan state.