High diversity and endemism in the genus Cautires Waterhouse, 1879 (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from the Malay mountain forests, with the descriptions of fourteen new species

  • Alice Jiruskova Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, 17. listopadu 50, 771 46 Olomouc
  • Michal Motyka Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, 17. listopadu 50, 771 46 Olomouc
  • Ladislav Bocak Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, 17. listopadu 50, 771 46 Olomouc
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2016.219
Keywords: taxonomy, morphology, Sundaland, Oriental Region, new species

Abstract

We identified a high diversity in the net-winged beetles of the genus Cautires in Peninsular Malaysia. Fourteen new species are described: Cautires alexae sp. nov., C. andujari sp. nov., C. arribasae sp. nov., C. berembanensis sp. nov., C. campestris sp. nov., C. communis sp. nov., C. jasarensis sp. nov., C. katarinae sp. nov., C. kirstenae sp. nov., C. kotatinggensis sp. nov., C. linardi sp. nov., C. maseki sp. nov., C. pahangensis sp. nov. and C. renatae sp. nov. Seven previously described species are discussed, illustrated and differential diagnoses provided; all species are keyed. The Cautires species differ in a limited number of diagnostic characters, namely in the shape of male antennae, the relative size of eyes and in the shape of the male genitalia. The females are difficult to assign to a conspecific male due to high intraspecific variability. The characteristically low dispersal propensity of net-winged beetles lead to the evolution of the unique fauna in the Malay mountains and despite an extensive study of the type material we recorded only a single species of Cautires occurring simultaneously in Sumatra. We suggest that the Malay mountain fauna is highly endemic and evolved in situ.

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Published
2016-08-05
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Jiruskova, A., Motyka, M., & Bocak, L. (2016). High diversity and endemism in the genus Cautires Waterhouse, 1879 (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from the Malay mountain forests, with the descriptions of fourteen new species. European Journal of Taxonomy, (219). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2016.219
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No. 219 (2016): High diversity and endemism in the genus Cautires Waterhouse, 1879 (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from the Malay mountain forests, with the descriptions of fourteen new species
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