Cautires hergovitsi, Dudkova, Pavla & Bocak, Ladislav, 2010

Dudkova, Pavla & Bocak, Ladislav, 2010, A review of the Cautires obsoletus species group from Indo – Burma (Coleoptera: Lycidae), Zootaxa 2527, pp. 28-48 : 36-37

Cautires hergovitsi sp. n.

( Fig. 27 )

Type material. Male, holotype, Laos, 15 km N Louang Namtha, 750 m 21.07N 101.21E, 13.–24. iv. 1997, M. Hergovits leg. ( LMBC); Male, paratype, N. Laos, 5.– 30. v. 1997, 20 km NW Louang Namtha, 750 m, 21.09 N 101.19E, C. Holzschuh lgt. ( LMBC); Male, paratype, N. Laos, NW Louang Namtha, 21.09 N 101.19E, alt. 900–1200 m, 5.– 31. v. 1997, V. Kubáň, leg. ( LMBC).

Differential diagnosis. C. hergovitsi sp. n. is similar to C. matsudai sp. n. and C. yunnanus sp. n. from Northern Thailand, Laos, and Yunnan. The species can by reliably identified by the wide apical part of phallus ( Fig. 27 ).

Description. Male. Body small, slender, dark brown to black, pronotum and elytra reddish brown, both densely covered with short reddish setae. Head small, partly hidden in pronotum, eyes small, hemispherically prominent, their frontal distance 1.64 times eye diameter. Antennae shortly flabellate, black, 11-segmented, densely pubescent. Maxillary palpi slender, apical palpomere pointed; labial palpi similar in shape. Pronotum 1.29 times wider than length at midline, projected frontally; basal and lateral margins elevated, posterior angles of pronotum sharply projected; disc with slender median areola, attached to middle of posterior margin of pronotum; areolae dark brown, margins and costae brightly orange. Elytra flat, with four longitudinal primary costae; secondary costae weaker, cells small, regular. Legs black, covered with white setae, two terminal tarsomeres light brown. Male genitalia with robust phallus ( Fig. 27 ). Female unknown.

Measurements. BL 7.40 mm, PL 1.23 mm, PW 1.59 mm, HW 1.77 mm, Edist 0.51 mm, Ediam 0.30 mm.

Distribution. Laos, Province Louang Namtha.

Etymology. The specific epithet " hergovitsi " is a patronym in honor of M. Hergovits (Bratislava) who provided us with the specimen of this species.

Figures

FIGURES 23 – 30. Male genitalia. 23 — Cautires jendeki sp. n.; 24 — Cautires matsudai sp. n.; 25 — Cautires bolavensis sp. n.; 26 — Cautires dembickyi sp. n.; 27 — Cautires hergovitsi sp. n.; 28 — Cautires yunnanus sp. n.; 29 — Cautires kundratai sp. n.; 30 — C. testaceus. Scales 0.5 mm.