Eniclases bicolor, Bocek, Matej & Bocak, Ladislav, 2016

Bocek, Matej & Bocak, Ladislav, 2016, Species limits in polymorphic mimetic Eniclases net-winged beetles from New Guinean mountains (Coleoptera, Lycidae), ZooKeys 593, pp. 15-35 : 21

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Lycidae

Eniclases bicolor sp. n. Figs 10, 31

Material examined.

Holotype. Female (BM0046), Indonesia, Irian Jaya, Elelim, path to Apalapsili, 600 m, Nov.-Dec. 1991 (LMBC). Paratypes. 2 females (BM0045, 47), same locality data as the holotype (LMBC).

Diagnosis.

Eniclases bicolor resembles some forms of Eniclases similis from the Cyclops Mts. and differs in a higher contrast between light colored costae and dark cells in a transitional area between the dark and light parts of their elytra (Fig. 10). Additionally, the females of Eniclases bicolor have small eyes (Table 1).

Description.

Female. Body length 10.3 mm, robust. Head, basal part of antennae, pro- and mesothorax, basal half of elytra and legs yellow to light orange, apical half of antennae, metathorax, half of elytra and abdomen dark, transition between dark and bright parts abrupt(Fig. 10). Head with small, hemispherically prominent eyes, their diameter 0.71-0.74 times minimum interocular distance, antennae slender, antennomeres 3-5 serrate, antennomeres 6-10 almost parallel-sided (Fig. 31). Pronotum transverse, with almost straight lateral margins and prominent posterior angles, elytra with weak, but straight secondary costae and regular, often transverse, small cells.

Distribution.

New Guinea, Elelim region.

Etymology.

The specific name refers to the coloration of elytra.