Sulabanus major, Dvorak, Milan & Bocak, Ladislav, 2007

Dvorak, Milan & Bocak, Ladislav, 2007, Sulabanus gen. nov., a new genus of Lycidae (Coleoptera) from Sulawesi, Zootaxa 1611, pp. 1-24 : 16

Sulabanus major sp. nov.

(Figs. 39–40)

Type material. Holotype. Male. C. Sulawesi, 17 km E Pendolo, nr. Amporiwo, 800 m, 120.45.49E, 2.06.33S, 4-9 July 1999, Bolm lgt. 10 paratypes. 5 males, 2 females, same locality data as the holotype; 1 male, S. Sulawesi, 25 km E Mamasa, 119.28.39E, 3.02.10S, 22-24 July 1999, Bolm lgt.; 1 male, C. Sulawesi, 38km SE Pendolo vill., 120.46.55E, 2.14.03 S, 10-11 July 2001, Bolm lgt.; 1 female, C. Sulawesi, 20 km SE Tambarana, Camp Mauro, 120.30.33E, 1.15.00 S, 11-16 July 1999, Bolm lgt. ( LMBC).

Differential diagnosis. Sulabanus major has the largest body of any species of Sulabanus and is well characterized by the yellow ventral part of the thorax, dark brown head, pronotum and elytra, the later with an extensive yellow transverse patch on the humeral third. The shape of the phallus enables reliable identification of this species. The lateral margins of the phallus are parallel–sided in most of the phallic length (Figs. 40– 41). Additionally, S. major has extremely small eyes similarly with S. niger . These species differ in the body coloration.

Description. Body with thorax yellow, elytra with yellow patch in humeral third, other body parts dark brown to black. Head partly hidden by pronotum. Eyes small, their interocular distance 1.65 times eye diameter. Pronotum flat, 1.12 times wider that long. Elytra parallel–sided, 2.5 times longer than width at humeri. Phallus almost parallel–sided, with deeply emarginate apex (Figs. 39–40).

Measurements. BL 9.65 mm, HW 3.20 mm, PL 1.54 mm, PW 1.72 mm, Ediam 0.46 mm, Edist 0.76 mm, EL 7.9 mm.

Distribution. Sulawesi, known from Central and Southern Sulawesi provinces. At the present knowledge it is the most widespread species of the genus.

Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the large body.