Paratelius nigricornis Malohlava et Bocak, 2009

Malohlava, Vladimír & Bocak, Ladislav, 2009, A revision of Paratelius Kazantsev, 1992 (Coleoptera: Lycidae), Zootaxa 2306 (1), pp. 44-50 : 48

Paratelius nigricornis Malohlava et Bocak , n. sp.

Type material: Holotype, male. Borneo , Sabah, km 53, KK-Tambunan, 1650 m, Gn. Emas, 22. iii. – 6. iv. 2000, leg. Bolm ( LMBC) . Paratype: Same locality data ( LMBC) .

Diagnosis: P. nigricornis n. sp. is similar to P. juvencus in its dark colored pronotum. It differs mainly in the bright reddish coloration of the elytra and more slender body (the elytron about 8 times longer than the width in the middle part). The differences in male genitalia are very subtle ( Figs 1 E-F).

Description: Male. Body small; head, and thorax black; abdomen brown; elytra bright reddish brown; eyes black; scapus and pedicel brown; anntennae completely black; legs brown. Head small, densely pubescent; eyes small, hemispherically prominent, their distance 2.53 times maximum eye diameter. Antennae slender, flattened, reaching over apex of elytra by 3 antennomeres. Antennomeres 3–11 gradually slender; apical antennomere eliptical. Elytra slender, 3.16 times longer than width at humeri, parallel sided, with four well developed primary costae, covered with reddish pubescence. Legs moderately long, slender, flattened, densely pubescent. Male genitalia trilobate; phallus very long, slightly turned upwards; parameres short, subtle, reaching one fifth of phallic length; phallobase short, subtle ( Figs 1 E-F).

Measurements: BL 7.0 mm, PW 1.4 mm, PL 1.0 mm, WH 1.9 mm, Edist 0.71 mm, Ediam 0.28 mm.

Distribution: Malaysia: Sabah.

Etymology: The specific epithet refers to the black coloration of antennae.

Remark. DNA was isolated from the paratype, and sequences of several mtDNA and rRNA genes are accessible in the GenBank under the voucher number UPOL 000L15 (Bocak et al., 2008).

Figures

FIGURES 1A–J. Male genitalia in the ventral and lateral views. A, B Paratelius snizeki n. sp.; C, D P. emasensis n. sp.; E, F P. nigricornis n. sp.; G, H P. diversicornis (Pic).; I, J. P. juvencus (Kleine). Scales 0.5 mm.