Sulabanus amporiwensis, 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 : 17

Sulabanus amporiwensis sp. nov.

(Figs. 43–44)

Type material. Holotype. Male. C. Sulawesi, 17 km E Pendolo, 800 m, nr. Amporiwo, 120.45.49E, 2.06.33S, 4-9 July 1999, Bolm lgt. 4 paratypes. 1 male, same locality data as the holotype; 2 males, C. Sulawesi, 38km SE, Pendolo vill. (pass), 120.46.55E, 2.14.03 S, 17 July 1999, Bolm lgt.; 3 males, C. Sulawesi, 38 km SE Pendolo vill. (pass), 120.46.55E, 2.14.03 S, 10-11 July 2001, Bolm lgt. ( LMBC).

Differential diagnosis. Sulabanus amporiwensis belongs to the S. major group and it shares with S. major the yellow ventral part of thorax. It differs from S. major by having very large eyes (eye diameter equals interocular distance in S. amporiwensis and the interocular distance is 1.65 times larger than eye diameter in lateral view in S. major ). Further distinguishing characters are present in the male genitalia (Figs. 39–40, 43– 44).

Description. Body with thorax yellow, elytra with yellow transverse patch at humeral third, and other body parts dark brown. Head partly hidden by pronotum. Interocular distance equals maximum eye diameter in lateral view. Pronotum flat, 1.12 times wider that long. Elytra parallel–sided, 2.7 times longer than width at humeri. Male genitalia widened at humeral third; with two teeth on apical part. Internal sac short (Figs. 43– 44).

Measurements. BL 6.75 mm, HW 2.0 mm, PL 1.07 mm, PW 1.21 mm, Ediam 0.48 mm, Edist 0.48 mm, EL 5.4 mm.

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

Etymology. The species is named after the type locality of Amporiwo.