Sulabanus brancuccii, Dvorak, Milan & Bocak, Ladislav, 2007
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.178938 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6251099 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4B76524E-1216-014F-FF06-DBA2BD107C0B |
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Plazi |
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Sulabanus brancuccii |
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sp. nov. |
Sulabanus brancuccii sp. nov.
(Figs. 47–48)
Type material. Holotype. Male. C. Sulawesi, 38 km SE Pendolo will., 1200 m, 120.46.55E, 2.14.03 S, 10-11 July 2001, Bolm lgt. 2 paratypes. 2 males, same locality data as the holotype ( LMBC).
Differential diagnosis. Sulabanus brancuccii is similar to S. robustus and these species differ in the shape of male genitalia (Figs. 45–48). Sulabanus brancuccii has triangular processes at the apex of the phallus (Figs. 47–48).
Description. Body dark brown to black, only elytra with transverse patch at humeral third. Head partly hidden by pronotum. Frontal interocular distance 1.28 times eye diameter. Pronotum flat, 1.1 times wider that long. Elytra parallel–sided, 3.3 times longer than width at humeri. Phallus narrowly emarginate at apex, slen- der basally, widest at middle (Figs. 47–48).
Measurements. BL 7.4 mm, HW 1.8 mm, PL 1.12 mm, PW 1.21 mm, Ediam 0.38 mm, Edist 0.49 mm, EL 6.0 mm.
Distribution. Sulawesi, known only from the type locality in the vicinity of Pendolo.
Etymology. The specific epithet is a patronym in honor of Michel Brancucci (Basel, Switzerland), a specialist in Dytiscidae and Cantharidae .
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