Cautires kotatinggensis, Jiruskova & Motyka & Bocak, 2016

Jiruskova, Alice, Motyka, Michal & Bocak, Ladislav, 2016, High diversity and endemism in the genus Cautires Waterhouse, 1879 (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from the Malay mountain forests, with the descriptions of fourteen new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 219 (219), pp. 1-29 : 18-19

Cautires kotatinggensis sp. nov.

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Figs 13 , 31 , 51 , 69

Diagnosis

Cautires kotatinggensis sp. nov. resembles C. alexae sp. nov. and C. arribasae sp. nov. in the bright humeral part of the elytra and the black pronotum. Additionally, all these species differ in the shape of the pronotum ( Figs 21, 23, 31 ) and the shape of their phalli ( Figs 59, 61, 69 ).

Etymology

The specific epithet refers to the town Kota Tinggi, a place close to the locality where the paratype was collected.

Type material

Holotype

MALAYSIA: ♁, Perak, km 24, Road Tapah–Ringlet , 350 m, 4°18'39" N, 101°19'52" E, 19 Apr. 2013 (AJ0048).

Paratypes

MALAYSIA: 1 ♁, 1 ♀, same data as the holotype (AJ0042, AJ0048).

Measurements

BL 6.5 mm, PL 1.1 mm, PW 1.5 mm, HW 0.85 mm, Edist 0.44 mm, Ediam 0.44 mm, LP 1.1 mm.

Description of the male

Body slender, black, except basal half of primary and secondary elytral costae bearing reddish pubescence ( Fig. 51 ). Head small, eyes hemispherically prominent, quite large, eye diameter 1.0 times interocular distance. Antennae flabellate, with moderately long antennae ( Fig. 13 ). Pronotum with 5 areolae, postero-lateral ridges absent, median areola complete, well developed, attached directly to basal margin of pronotum; anterior angles obtuse, lateral margins straight, strongly elevated, posterior angles prominent, pronotal margins and costae with brown pubescence ( Fig. 31 ). Elytra parallel-sided, primary and secondary costae well developed, transverse costae dense, minute ( Fig. 51 ). Phallus slender, wide, spoon-shaped in apical part, obtuse apically ( Fig. 69 ).

Distribution

Peninsular Malaysia: Perak, Johor. Cautires kotatinggensis sp. nov. is one of a few widely distributed Cautires species in the Malay Peninsula.

Figures

Figs 2–20. Cautires sp. 2. Habitus in dorsal view. 3–20. Male antennae. 3. C. alexae sp. nov. 4. C. andujari sp. nov. 5. C. arribasae sp. nov. 6. C. berembanensis sp. nov. 7. C. campestris sp. nov. 8. C. communis sp. nov. 9. C. griseus Kleine, 1930. 10. C. jasarensis sp. nov. 11. C. katarinae sp. nov. 12. C. kirstenae sp. nov. 13. C. kotatinggensis sp. nov. 14. C. linardi sp. nov. 15. C. maseki sp. nov. 16. C. pahangensis sp. nov. 17. C. nervosus Kleine, 1926. 18. C. renatae sp. nov. 19. C. reverandi Pic, 1925. 20. C. simillimus Kleine, 1926. Scale bars: Fig. 2 = 2.0 mm; Figs 3–20 = 0.5 mm.

Figs 21–38. Male pronotum. 21. Cautires alexae sp. nov. 22. C. andujari sp. nov. 23. C. arribasae sp. nov. 24. C. berembanensis sp. nov. 25. C. campestris sp. nov. 26. C. communis sp. nov. 27. C. griseus Kleine, 1930. 28. C. jasarensis sp. nov. 29. C. katarinae sp. nov. 30. C. kirstenae sp. nov. 31. C. kotatinggensis sp. nov. 32. C. linardi sp. nov. 33. C. maseki sp. nov. 34. C. pahangensis sp. nov. 35. C. nervosus Kleine, 1926. 36. C. renatae sp. nov. 37. C. reverandi Pic, 1925. 38. C. simillimus Kleine, 1926. — 39–40. Male elytra costae, detail: 39. C. andujari sp. nov. 40. C. campestris sp. nov. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.

Figs 41–58. Male elytra. 41. Cautires alexae sp. nov. 42. C. andujari sp. nov. 43. C. arribasae sp. nov. 44. C. berembanensis sp. nov. 45. C. campestris sp. nov. 46. C. communis sp. nov. 47. C. griseus Kleine, 1930. 48. C. jasarensis sp. nov. 49. C. katarinae sp. nov. 50. C. kirstenae sp. nov. 51. C. kotatinggensis sp. nov. 52. C. linardi sp. nov. 53. C. maseki sp. nov. 54. C. pahangensis sp. nov. 55. C. nervosus Kleine, 1926. 56. C. renatae sp. nov. 57. C. reverandi Pic, 1925. 58. C. simillimus Kleine, 1926. Scale bars = 1.0 mm.

Figs 59–78. Phallus. 59. Cautires alexae sp. nov. 60. C. andujari sp. nov. 61. C. arribasae sp. nov. 62. C. berembanensis sp. nov. 63. C. campestris sp. nov. 64. C. communis sp. nov. 65. C. griseus Kleine, 1930. 66. C. jasarensis sp. nov. 67. C. katarinae sp. nov. 68. C. kirstenae sp. nov. 69. C. kotatinggensis sp. nov. 70. C. linardi sp. nov. 71. C. maseki sp. nov. 72. C. pahangensis sp. nov. 73. C. nervosus Kleine, 1926. 74. C. renatae sp. nov. 75. C. reverandi Pic, 1925. 76. C. simillimus Kleine, 1926. 77. C. selangorensis Kleine, 1930. 78. C. tenebricus Kleine, 1926. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.