Sulabanus barclayi, 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 : 10

Sulabanus barclayi sp. nov.

(Figs. 23–24)

Type material. Holotype. Male. Indonesia, Sulawesi Utara, Gn. Ambang F. R., nr. Kotamobagu 16-19 Feb 1985. R. Ent. Soc. Lond., Project Wallace, B. M. 1985–10. Lower montane forest, 1200–1300 m ( BMNH).

Differential diagnosis. Sulabanus barclayi is placed in the S. mamasensis group on the basis of the shape of male genitalia. Its body is concolorous dark brown to black, without any yellow patch and therefore it is externally similar to S. ulci and S. nigricordatus . Sulabanus barclayi differs from these externally similar species in the shape of the phallus which is characteristic in the triangular basal half (Figs. 23–24, compare with Fig. 25) and the smallest eyes within the subgroup of uniformly dark coloured species in the S. mamasensis group.

Description. Body dark brown to black. Head partly hidden by pronotum. Frontal interocular distance 1.53 times eye diameter. Pronotum flat, 1.13 times wider that long. Elytra parallel–sided, 3.05 times longer than width at humeri. Male genitalia with widened middle part of phallus and with long, slender, parallel– sided apical part (Figs. 23–24).

Measurements. BL 6.73 mm, HW 1.82 mm, PL 1.03 mm, PW 1.17 mm, Ediam 0.37 mm, Edist 0.57 mm, EL 5.50 mm.

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

Etymology. The specific epithet is a patronym in honor of Mr. Max Barclay (London).