Eniclases niger
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Lycidae
Genus: Eniclases
Name
Eniclases niger Bocek & Bocak, 2016 sp. n. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Material examined
Holotype. Male (BM0059), Indonesia, Irian Jaya, Elelim, path to Apalapsili, 600 m (LMBC). Paratypes. 3 males (BM0058, 60–61), same data as the holotype; 2 males, 1 female (BM0033, 87, 89), Indonesia, Irian Jaya, Bokondini, 1300 m, Nov.–Dec. 1991 (LMBC).
Diagnosis
Eniclases niger is polymorphic in coloration and can be uniformly black or can have the brightly colored pronotum and scutellum (Figs 15–16). The latter specimens resemble some individuals of Eniclases variabilis sp. n. when they occur in the same locality. These two species differ in the relative size of eyes (Table 1).
Description
Male. Body length 9.2–11.6 mm (Table 1), uniformly dark colored, only trochanters and bases of femora brown (Fig. 16). Head with large hemispherically prominent eyes, their diameter 1.17–1.28 times distance between eyes. Antennae serrate, with apical process about a third of antennomere stem (Fig. 40). Pronotum transverse, with almost straight lateral margins, lateral bulge inconspicuous, elytra with weak secondary costae and in some parts with irregular cells.
Distribution
New Guinea, Central Mountains.
Etymology
The specific name refers to body coloration.
Remark
Eniclases niger has two forms (Figs 15, 16). The specimens from Bokondini have the brightly colored pronotum and scutellum (Fig. 16), the individuals from other localities are uniformly dark colored (Fig. 15).
Original Description
- Bocek, M; Bocak, L; 2016: Species limits in polymorphic mimetic Eniclases net-winged beetles from New Guinean mountains (Coleoptera, Lycidae) ZooKeys, (593): 15-35. doi
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