Cautires nervosus Kleine, 1926

Figs 17, 35, 55, 73

Cautires nervosus Kleine, 1926: 187 .

Diagnosis

Cautires nervosus is one of the uniformly black coloured species (Figs 35, 55). The species has extremely small male eyes, their diameter only 0.54 times the interocular distance, and a very short antennal lamella of antennomere 3 (Fig. 17). The phallus of C. nervosus is moderately wide (Fig. 73) and differs from the similar phalli of C. maseki sp. nov. and C. simillimus sp. nov. (Figs 71, 76).

Type material

Syntypes

MALAYSIA:1 ♁, Pahang, Cameron Highlands, Tanah Rata, 4800 ft., 13 Mar. 1924; 1 ♁, same locality, Rhododendron Hill, 5200 ft., 22 Jun. 1923; 1 ♁, Lubok Tamang, 3500 ft., 11 Mar. 1924, all specimens H.M. Pendlebury leg. (BMNH).

Additional material examined

MALAYSIA: 2 ♁♁, Pahang, Tanah Rata, 1500–1800 m, 2–26 Feb. 2004 (VK0516, VK0517); 12 ♀♀, Pahang, Tanah Rata, 1500–1800 m, 2–26 Feb. 2004 (VK0241, VK0243, VK0257, VK0258, VK0266, VK0273, VK0281, VK0282, VK0318, VK0319, VK0518, VK0525); 3 ♀♀, Pahang, Tanah Rata, 1600 m, Cameron Highl., 3–20 Feb. 2005 (VK0570, VK0573, VK0576); 1 ♁, 3 ♀♀, Pahang, Tanah Rata, 1600 m, Cameron Highl., 3–20 Feb. 2005 (VK0360, VK0422, VK0533, VK0571); 1 ♀, Pahang, Gn. Jasar, E slope, 1500 m, 4°28'23" N, 101°22'06" E, 8 Apr. 2013 (AJ0076); 1 ♁, 1 ♀, Pahang, Tanah Rata, 1600 m, Gn. Jasar, 3–9 Feb. 2005 (VK0618, VK0621); 1 ♀, Pahang, Tanah Rata, 24–31 Jan. 2003 (VK0269, VK0270, VK0453); 1 ♁, 2 ♀♀, Pahang, Gn. Beremban, 1480 m, 4°27'51" N, 101°23'26" E, 6–28 Apr. 2013 (AJ0010, AJ0065, AJ0080); 1 ♁, Pahang, Brinchang, Gn. Brinchang, 1800 m, 4°30'34" N, 101°23'09" E, 12–16 Apr. 2013 (AJ0085, AJ0086); 2 ♀♀, Pahang, Tanah Rata, 1600 m, Gn. Jasar, 3–9 Feb. 2005, Bolm leg. (VK0566, VK0567); 1 ♁, Pahang, Tanah Rata, Gn. Jasar, 1600 m, 3 Jan. 2005 (VK0250).

Measurements

BL 8.9 mm, PL 1.5 mm, PW 1.75 mm, HW 1.1 mm, Edist 0.61 mm, Ediam 0.33 mm, LP 1.76 mm.

Distribution

Peninsular Malaysia: Pahang. Cautires nervosus is a very common species in the Cameron Highlands area, but no specimens were recorded outside the Cameron Highlands plateau and adjacent mountain tops with elevation over 1400 m a.s.l.