Sulabanus dumongabonensis, 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 : 13-14

Sulabanus dumongabonensis sp. nov.

(Figs. 35–36)

Type material. Holotype. Male. Indonesia, Sulawesi Utara, Dumoga–Bone N. P., R. Ent. Soc. Lond., Project Wallace, B. M. 1985–10, July 1985, G. Mogogonipa summit, 1008 m. Malaise trap. 3 paratypes. 1 male, 1 female, same locality data as the holotype; 1 male Sulawesi Utara, Gn. Ambang F. R., nr. Kotamobagu, 2-18 May 1985, R. Ent. Soc. Lond., Project Wallace, B. M. 1985–10 ( BMNH).

Differential diagnosis. Sulabanus dumongabonensis resembles S. brunneus and S. rufomarginatus by the lighter humeral region of the elytra. These species differ in the shape of male genitalia (Figs. 31–36). Sulabanus dumongabonensis has its phallus widest in the middle part and almost parallel–sided in the apical third. Additionally, S. dumongabonensis has the largest eyes in this subgroup of similarly coloured species. Description. Body dark brown, with elytra lighter in humeral part. Head partly hidden by pronotum. Frontal interocular distance 1.18 times eye diameter. Pronotum flat, 1.28 times wider that long. Elytra parallel–sided, 3.15 times longer than width at humeri. Phallus widest in middle part, strongly asymmetrical basally, apex of phallus slightly emarginate (Figs. 35–36).

Measurements. BL 8.2 mm, HW 2.02 mm, PL 1.28 mm, PW 1.64 mm, Ediam 0.55 mm, Edist 0.64 mm, EL 6.75 mm.

Distribution. Sulawesi, known only from the type locality in Northern Sulawesi.

Etymology. This species is named after its type locality, Dumonga–Bone National Park.