Sulabanus lalui, 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 lalui sp. nov.

(Figs. 29–30)

Type material. Holotype. Male. S. Sulawesi, Malino, Gn. Lompobatang, 1800 m. 119.53.31E, 5.17.50 S, 13- 14 July 2001, Bolm lgt. ( LMBC).

Differential diagnosis. Sulabanus lalui is similar to S. dumongabonensis . Both species have concolor black elytra or at most the lighter humeral part of the elytra along with several other species from this group, but only these two species have the maximum eye diameter in lateral view only slightly smaller than interocular distance. Sulabanus lalui and S. dumongabonensis differ in the shape of male genitalia. The phallus of S. dumongabonensis is widest at middle of its length and the phallus of S. lalui is widest at the apex (Figs. 29– 30, 35–36).

Description. Body dark brown to black. Head partly hidden by pronotum. Frontal interocular distance 1.16 times eye diameter. Pronotum flat, 1.01 times wider than long at midline. Elytra parallel–sided, 3.07 times longer than width at humeri. Phallus short, stout, widened at apex (Figs. 29–30).

Measurements. BL 7.7 mm, HW 2.10 mm, PL 1.07 mm, PW 1.17 mm, Ediam 0.47 mm, Edist 0.55 mm, EL 6.45 mm.

Distribution. Sulawesi, known only from the type locality in the Lompobatang range.

Etymology. The specific epithet is a patronym in honor of Mr. Lalui , a resident in the town of Malino who helped the authors with useful information during the collecting trip.