Cautires taoi Bocak

Bocak, Ladislav, 2012, A revision of the Cautires obsoletus species group from Java (Coleoptera, Lycidae), ZooKeys 241, pp. 55-66 : 60

Cautires taoi Bocak sp. n. Figs 1, 9, 15, 22

Type material.

Male, holotype. Java, 13-14 km from Sukosari, 25. May 1982, M. Tao (KMTC). Paratypes. 2 males, data same as for holotype, 26. May 1982; 2 males, Java, Mt. Idjen, 15.-16. May 1982; female, E Java, Ijen, Jamba, 18. Apr. 1981, H. Detani leg.; female, E Jawa, Jambu Lijen, Banyuwangi, 12. Aug. 1986, T. Ito leg. (KMTC, LMBC).

Etymology.

The specific epithet is a patronym in honour of Mr M. Tao (Japan), the collector of the species.

Differential diagnosis.

Cautires taoi belongs along with Cautires sukosarensis and Cautires walteri to a group of the small-bodied, aposematically colored species with brightly colored pronotum and basal half of elytra (Figs 1, 3-4). This species differs in the large eyes, which are the largest within Javanese species, and the shape of male genitalia (Fig. 15).

Description.

Male. Body small-sized, dorso-ventrally flattened, slender, body, posterior half of elytra and appendages dark-brown to black (Fig. 1); pronotum and basal half of elytra bright orange red, pronotum and elytra covered with dense orange pubescence (Fig. 1). Head small, partly hidden in pronotum, clypeus slightly concave, labrum simply rounded, mandibles strongly curved apically, maxillary palpi with apical palpomere pointed; labial palpi similar in shape. Eyes large, hemispherically prominent, their frontal interocular distance 0.87 times eye diameter. Antennae shortly flabellate, covered with short, dark colored setae (Fig. 22). Pronotum flat, slightly transverse, 1.35 times wider at base than length at midline; frontal margin projected forward; lateral margins slightly elevated, convex, posterior angles acutely projected, pronotum with moderately robust median areola, attached to middle of basal margin of pronotum, connected to anterior margin by keel occupying one third of midline, lateral keels absent, anterior and lateral part of pronotum with fine, inconspicuous punctures (Fig. 9). Elytra flat, with well developed four primary longitudinal costae; secondary costae weaker, cells regular, tiny, mostly longitudinal. Legs laterally flattened, covered with dark colored setae. Phallus moderately robust, simple, almost parallel-sided (Fig. 15). Female slightly larger, similar in body coloration, antennae serrate. Valvifers 1.3 times length of coxites.

Measurements.

BL 7.15 mm, PL 1.17 mm, PW 1.54 mm, HW 1.69 mm, Edist 0.50 mm, Ediam 0.57 mm.

Distribution.

Cautires taoi is known at present only in the type series from Java.