Cautires berembanensis sp. nov.

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Figs 6, 24, 44, 62

Diagnosis

Cautires berembanensis sp. nov. belongs to a group of the species with the black body and very small eyes. The species is characteristic in the very wide, flat male antennomeres 3–10 (Fig. 6), which is unknown in other Malay species and in the extremely slender phallus (Fig. 62).

Etymology

The specific epithet refers to the type locality of the holotype.

Type material

Holotype

MALAYSIA: ♁, Pahang, Gn. Beremban, 1480 m, 4°27'51" N, 101°23'26" E, 6–28 Apr. 2013 (AJ0092).

Paratypes

MALAYSIA: 1 ♁, 2 ♀♀, Pahang, Tanah Rata, 1500–1800 m, 2–26 Feb. 2004 (VK0254, VK0275, VK0278).

Measurements

BL 12.1 mm, PL 1.65 mm, PW 2.1 mm, HW 1.5 mm, Edist 0.77 mm, Ediam 0.33 mm, LP 1.21 mm.

Description of the male

Body uniformly black (Fig. 44). Head small, eyes hemispherically prominent, but small, eye diameter 0.42 times interocular distance.Antennae acutely serrate (Fig. 6). Pronotum with 7 areolae, fronto-lateral costae vestigial in proximity to pronotal margin, median areola complete, attached basally directly to pronotal margin; anterior angles obtuse, lateral margins only slightly elevated, straight in whole length (Fig. 24). Elytra parallel-sided, secondary costae well developed, transverse costae dense (Fig. 44). Phallus extremely slender, stick-shaped, only very slightly wider in apical fourth, slightly pointed at apex (Fig. 62).

Distribution

Peninsular Malaysia: Pahang.