Sulabanus tenggahensis, 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 : 21

Sulabanus tenggahensis sp. nov.

(Figs. 59–60)

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. ( LMBC).

Differential diagnosis. Sulabanus tenggahensis is a species with a very slender phallus which is slightly widened in the basal part. The shape of the phallus indicates a close relationship with S. utarensis , but both species differ in the shape and coloration of the body.

Description. Body dark brown to black, only humeral three fifths of elytra lighter than apical part. Head partly hidden by pronotum. Frontal interocular distance 1.24 times eye diameter. Pronotum flat, 1.20 times wider that long. Elytra parallel–sided, 2.8 times longer than width at humeri. Phallus straight, slender, long, widened basally (Figs. 59–60).

Measurements. BL 6.75 mm, HW 2.0 mm, PL 0.95 mm, PW 1.15 mm, Ediam 0.38 mm, Edist 0.49 mm, EL 5.6 mm.

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

Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the Indonesian name of the province Sulawesi Tenggah, where the species occurs.