Cautires maseki, 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 : 20

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2016.219
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:638FB522-533A-4EF7-9582-2E0ADF798777
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3853474
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/653D5519-1C19-4526-ABC2-373B1484A6F2
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treatment provided by	Valdenar
scientific name	Cautires maseki
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Cautires maseki sp. nov.

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Figs 15 View Figs 2–20 , 33 View Figs 21–38 , 53 View Figs 41–58 , 71 View Figs 59–78

Diagnosis

Cautires maseki sp. nov. is one of numerous species with a uniformly black body. It is very similar to C. nervosus and C simillimus sp. nov. in general appearance and these species differ only in the shape of the phallus, which is extremely robust in C. maseki sp. nov. ( Figs 71, 73, 76 View Figs 59–78 ).

Etymology

The specific name is in honour of Michal Masek, a colleague from the laboratory.

Type material

Holotype

MALAYSIA: ♁, Pahang, Gn. Beremban, 1480 m, 4°27'51" N, 101°23'26" E, 6–28 Apr. 2013 (AJ0069).

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Additional material examined

MALAYSIA: 1 ♀, Pahang, Tanah Rata, 1500–1800 m, 2–26 Feb. 2004 (VK0280); 1 ♁, Pahang, Tanah Rata, 1–13 Feb. 2003 (VK0628).

Measurements

BL 9.8 mm, PL 1.25 mm, PW 1.75 mm, HW 1.0 mm, Edist 0.57 mm, Ediam 0.44 mm, LP 1.45 mm.

Description of the male

Body uniformly black ( Fig. 53 View Figs 41–58 ). Head small, eyes hemispherically prominent, small, eye diameter 0.77 times interocular distance. Antennae flabellate, with lamella of antennomere 6 about twice longer than stem of antennomere ( Fig. 15 View Figs 2–20 ). Pronotum with shining disc and with 7 well developed areolae, median areola complete, well marked, attached directly to basal margin of pronotum; anterior angles obtuse, lateral margins concave, almost parallel-sided in anterior half of pronotum, lateral part of pronotum strongly elevated, posterior angles slender, acutely prominent ( Fig. 33 View Figs 21–38 ). Elytra apparently widened apically, primary and secondary costae well developed, transverse costae dense, slightly irregular ( Fig. 53 View Figs 41–58 ). Phallus very robust, slender only at basal third, apex rather obtuse ( Fig. 71 View Figs 59–78 ).

Distribution

Peninsular Malaysia: Pahang.