Cautires alexae sp. nov.

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Figs 3, 21, 41, 59

Diagnosis

Cautires alexae sp. nov. is one of the species with a reddish humeral part of the elytra (Fig. 41), the pronotum with black pubescence (Fig. 21) and the medium size of the male eyes. It differs from the similar species in the widened apical third of the phallus and its obtuse apex (Fig. 59).

Etymology

The specific epithet alexae is a matronym in honour of Alex Crampton-Platt, a colleague from the Natural History Museum in London.

Type material

Holotype

MALAYSIA: ♁, Perak, Banjaran Titiwangsa, Ringlet, 900 m, 29 Mar.–15 Apr. 2004 (Voucher number VK0433).

Paratype

MALAYSIA: ♁, same locality data (VK0432).

Measurements

BL 7.2 mm, PL 1.1 mm, PW 1.6 mm, HW 0.95 mm, Edist 0.58 mm, Ediam 0.42 mm, LP 0.92 mm.

Description of the male

Body slender, black, only basal half of primary and secondary elytral costae with reddish pubescence (Fig. 41). Head small, eyes large, hemispherically prominent, eye diameter 0.72 times interocular distance. Antennae flabellate (Fig. 3). Pronotum with 5 areolae, posterior costae sharp in lateral parts and obtuse in middle part of pronotum, median areola complete, median areola attached directly to basal margin; anterior angles obtuse, lateral margins slightly concave, elevated, posterior angles prominent, pronotum with black pubescence (Fig. 21). Elytra parallel-sided, secondary costae well developed in humeral part and week apically, transverse costae dense (Fig. 41). Phallus wide in apical third, obtuse at apex (Fig. 59).

Distribution

Peninsular Malaysia: Perak. Cautires alexae sp. nov. is known only from the type locality.