Sulabanus pendolensis, 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 : 11

Sulabanus pendolensis sp. nov.

(Figs. 27–28)

Type material. Holotype. Male. C. Sulawesi, 38 km SE Pendolo vill., 1200 m. 120.46.55E, 2.14.03 S, 10-11 July 2001, Bolm lgt. 5 paratypes. 5 males, same locality data as the holotype ( LMBC).

Differential diagnosis. Sulabanus pendolensis is the type species of the S. pendolensis species group and it shares with S. gracilis the yellow patch on the humeral third of the elytra. Sulabanus pendolensis differs from S. gracilis in the characteristic shape of its male genitalia, enabling reliable identification. The phallus is widest at basal two fifths and the phallus of S. gracilis is widest at apex (Figs. 27–28 and 55–56). These species differ also in the relative size of eyes (the ratio between interocular distance and eye diameter 1.19 and 1.46).

Description. Body dark brown to black, elytra with bright yellow patch at humeral third. Head partly hidden by pronotum. Frontal interocular distance 1.19 times eye diameter. Pronotum flat, 1.15 times wider that long. Elytra parallel–sided, 2.8 times longer than width at humeri. Phallus short, stout, parallel–sided in apical third (Figs. 27–28).

Measurements. BL 7.05 mm, HW 2.03 mm, PL 1.16 mm, PW 1.34 mm, Ediam 0.42 mm, Edist 0.50 mm, EL 5.65 mm.

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

Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the name of the village Pendolo at the southern coast of the Poso Lake.