Sulabanus katarinae, 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 : 14-15

Sulabanus katarinae sp. nov.

(Figs 53–54)

Type material. Holotype. Male. S. Sulawesi, 25 km SSE, Malino, Gn. Lompobatang 119.53.31E, 5.17.50 S, 26-28 July 1999, 1800 m. Bolm lgt. 4 paratypes. 1 male, 1 female, same locality data as the holotype. 2 males, S. Sulawesi, 25 km SSE, Malino, Gn. Lompobatang 119.53.31E, 5.17.50 S, 13-14 July 2001, Bolm lgt. ( LMBC).

Differential diagnosis. Sulabanus katarinae is placed in the S. pendolensis group on the basis of the shape of the phallus and this species is characterized by the combination of the following characters: completely dark brown body, small eyes (interocular distance 1.47 times maximum eye diameter in lateral view) and the almost parallel–sided phallus with the narrow apical part (Figs. 53–54).

Description. Body dark brown to black. Head partly hidden by pronotum. Eyes distance frontal 1.47 times than eye diameter. Pronotum flat, 1.06 times wider that long. Elytra parallel–sided, 4.03 times longer than width at humeri. Phallus parallel–sided, slightly curved. Internal sac long and strait, well sclerotized (Figs. 53–54).

Measurements. BL 7.0 mm, HW 1.41 mm, PL 0.95 mm, PW 1.01 mm, Ediam 0.34 mm, Edist 0.5 mm, EL 5.65 mm.

Distribution. Sulawesi, known only from the type locality in the vicinity of Malino.

Etymology. The species epithet is proposed in honor of Ms Katerina Cermakova, Czech Republic.