Sulabanus lineatus, 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

Sulabanus lineatus sp. nov.

(Figs. 37–38)

Type material. Holotype. Male. S Sulawesi, Malino, Gn. Lompobatang, 1800 m. 119.53.31E, 5.17.50 S, 13- 14 July 2001, Bolm lgt. 2 paratypes. 1 male, same locality data as the holotype; 1 male, S. Sulawesi 8km W, Mamasa (Nepe), 119.20.32E, 2.56.13S, 29-31 Jun 2001, Bolm lgt ( LMBC).

Differential diagnosis. Sulabanus lineatus resembles other completely dark coloured species in the S. pendolensis group and from these can be distinguished by the shape of male genitalia (Figs. 37–38). Sulabanus lineatus shares a similar shape of the basal part of the phallus with S. dumongabonensis and S. pendolensis but it differs in the shape of the apex which is narrower and slightly constricted (Figs. 37–38). Additionally, these three species differ in colouration: S. lineatus is completely dark coloured, S. pendolensis has yellow patch on elytra and S. dumongabonensis has light colored humeri.

Description. Body black. Head partly hidden by pronotum. Frontal interocular distance 1.37 times eye diameter. Pronotum flat, 1.06 times wider that long. Elytra parallel–sided, 3.70 times longer than width at humeri. Phallus short, robust, widened at middle, slightly constricted before apex (Figs. 37–38).

Measurements. BL 7.0 mm, HW 1.55 mm, PL 1.03 mm, PW 1.09 mm, Ediam 0.38 mm, Edist 0.52 mm, EL 5.75 mm.

Distribution. Sulawesi, known only from southern and southwestern Sulawesi.

Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the characteristically slender body form.