Sulabanus robustus, 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 : 17-18

Sulabanus robustus sp. nov.

(Figs. 45–46)

Type material. Holotype. Male. S. Sulawesi, 8 km W Mamasa (Nepe), 950 m, 119.20.32E, 2.56.13S, 29-31 June 2001, Bolm lgt. ( LMBC).

Differential diagnosis. Sulabanus robustus resembles S. brancuccii in coloration pattern and in the size of eyes. Both species have about 1.3 times longer interocular distance than eye diameter in lateral view and both have dark ventrites and yellow patch in elytra. These species differ in the shape of male genitalia (Figs. 45–48). The apical processes are much slenderer in S. robustus than in S. brancuccii .

Description. Body dark brown to black, only elytra with transverse patch at humeral third. Head partly hidden by pronotum. Frontal interocular distance 1.29 times eye diameter. Pronotum flat, 1.13 times wider that long. Elytra parallel–sided, 3.83 times longer than width at humeri. Phallus very deeply emarginate at apex, parallel–sided at apical half of phallus (Figs. 45–46).

Measurements. BL 6.9 mm, HW 1.50 mm, PL 0.97 mm, PW 1.11 mm, Ediam 0.40 mm, Edist 0.52 mm, EL 5.75 mm.

Distribution. Sulawesi, known only from the type locality in the Mamasa valley (Nepe village). Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the species’ general appearance.