107 A new species of the genus Mulciber (Thomson, 1864) from West Papua, Indonesia (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) A new species of the genus Mulciber (Thomson, 1864) from West Papua, Indonesia (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) Vadim Voitsekhovskii Parshina Street 35-2-20, Moscow 123154, Russian Federation email: [email protected] Suara Serangga Papua (SUGAPA digital) 13(1): 107-112. urn:Isid:zoobank.org:pub: 3879843A-D455-4B3D-81C7-4ED622454CBD Abstract: A new species in the genus Mulciber Thomson, 1864 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) has been discovered in West Papua, Indonesia. Mulciber devosi spec. nov. is described and figured and compared with the allied M. linnei Thomson, 1864. Rangkuman: Spesies baru dari genus Mulciber Thomson, 1864 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) ditemukan di Provinsi Papua Barat, Indonesia. Mulciber devosi spec. nov. dideskripsi dengan gambar dan dibandingkan dengan spesies yang sekerabat M. linnei Thomson, 1864. [translation by Daawia Suhartawan] Keywords: long-horn beetles, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Mulciber, taxonomy, Misool island, West Papua, Indonesia Introduction The genus Mulciber Thomson, 1864 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) is an insufficiently studied tribe of the subfamily Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 in the tribe Homonoeini Thomson, 1864. Currently the genus was represented in the world fauna by 11 species which are distributed in the Moluccas, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands and Australia: M. albosetosus (Breuning, 1939) [Papua New Guinea, Mt. Tafa, 2800 m]; M. basimaculatus (Breuning, 1939) [Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands]; M. linnei (Thomson, 1864) [Thomson (1864) mentions the holotype “presumably coming from Java”, but this is in question. Additional specimens of this species were found and described from West Papua, Dorey village [= Manokwari] and Buru island]; M. maculosus (Breuning, 1939) [Thursday island, Queensland, Australia]; M. plagiatus (Aurivillius, 1917) [New Guinea]; M. pullatus (Pascoe, 1867) [Bacan island, Moluccas]; M. rosselli (Breuning, 1970) [Rossel Island, PNG]; M. rotundipennis (Breuning, 1939) [Breuning (1939) mentions the holotype “presumably coming from Kei island or Buru island”]; M. ruficornis (Breuning, 1958) [Moluccas]; M. strandi (Breuning, 1939) [New Hanover, Bismarck Archipelago] and M. undulatoides (Breuning, 1940) [Papua New Guinea]. In this present study a twelfth species of the genus Mulciber Thomson, 1864 is described new to science. It was collected in Salafen village, Misool island, Raja Ampat islands, West Papua, Indonesia, and is here compared with related species. Material and methods The types are currently deposited in the private collection of the author. Both specimens have been collected in Misool island, Raja Ampat islands, West Papua, Indonesia by local collectors. The paratype will later be reassigned to a natural history collection. The illustrations were made using a Canon 70D camera equipped with a 2x 50mm Sigma macro lens. DOI: 10.19269/sugapa2020.13(1).09 108 Voitsekhovskii, V., 2020. Suara Serangga Papua (SUGAPA digital) 13(1): 107-112 Measurements were taken with the XTL-3400 Zoom Stereo Microscope. All images were processed to improve quality on Photoshop CC software. Taxonomic description Mulciber devosi spec. nov. (Fig. 1-2) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: C12C46DB-0EC8-47FC-8E8C-3995BFBF8211 Holotype: private collection V. Voitsekhovskii: ♂, Indonesia, West Papua, Salafen village, Misool isl., Raja Ampat islands, ii.2020. Local collector leg. [handwrited on white label]; HOLOTYPUS:/ Mulciber devosi sp. n., / V. Voitsekhovskii descr. 2020 [handwrited on red label]. Paratype: private collection V. Voitsekhovskii: 1 ♂, same as holotype, PARATYPUS:/ Mulciber devosi sp. n., / V. Voitsekhovskii descr. 2020 [handwrited on red label]. Diagnosis: New discovered species in the genus Mulciber Thomson, 1864 always were compared with the nominative species M. linnei Thomson, 1864 (fig. 3) by authors because they all look very similar. This new species devosi spec. nov. also resembles linnei very much, but has a few diagnostic differences: Pronotum of linnei has a large glabrous shiny black tubercle which occupies half of frontal pronotum, while in devosi spec. nov. it has the same glabrous but with very narrow line in the middle and a large bare spot at the base of the head. The elytra of devosi are more pubescent with ochre hairs, rather than in linnei, which has scarce pubescence and yellow spots on the elytra, while the pubescence in devosi is solid ochre without spots or any pattern. Mulciber linnei has a small lateral tooth at each elytra apex while that in devosi is just pointy without a lateral tooth. Mulciber devosi spec. nov. has a sharp thorn ventrally on the pro-femur of the legs and this distinctive feature makes it easy to distinguish it from other species in the genus Mulciber, including linnei. Description: Holotype ♂ (fig. 1): Length: 28.2 mm (measured from vertex to elytral apices), width: 10.1 mm (measured across humeri). Head with forehead slightly concave between eyes, densely and tightly punctured with ochre pubescence. Mandibles massive, black. Antennae almost two times as long as total body length (measured from vertex to elytral apices). From the 3rd to the last antennal segments with reddish tint, smooth. The scape two-third from base not widened, distal third double broadening in the middle. The second antennal segment is very short. Pronotum frontally with ochre pubescence and glabrous shiny black tubercles dispersed closer to the base of the head, laterally from thorns of pronotum and central line. Pronotum base 8.1 mm, 3.9 mm height. Lateral thorns parallel to humeri and very sharp. Pronotum wider than head and narrower than elytra. Scutellum “U”-shaped, covered by the same ochre pilosity that covers the elytra. Elytra elongated, strongly curved, slightly constricted at the shoulders, rather roughly spaced, towards suture narrower, cutting off at the apex. Frontally entirely densely covered with ochre pubescence and tightly punctured, in elytral strias shiny black glabrous. Legs fully covered by ochre pilosity except for the pro-femur which is glabrous wrinkly, dark brown with a sharp thorn ventrally (fig. 2). Thorax in the central base glabrous black, closer to the elytra densely covered by ochre pilosity. Abdomen with same glabrous black, with scarce ochre pilosity, more densely covered closer to the elytra. Distribution: The species is known from Misool Island, Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia. Published on 17th December 2020 109 A new species of the genus Mulciber (Thomson, 1864) from West Papua, Indonesia (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) Etymology: The species named in honour of Drs. Rob de Vos, chairman of the Papua Insects Foundation and curator in the collection of Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, who helped with advise and comments on the manuscript. Acknowledgements I wish to express my gratitude to God who gave me the opportunity to practice entomology in my life. Drs. Rob de Vos I thank for commenting on the manuscript. References Aurivillius, C., 1917. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. 12. Cerambycidae, Stockholm, Arkiv för Zoologi, 10(19): 1-25 [16]. Breuning, S., 1939. Novae species Cerambycidarum VII. Festschrift fur Prof. Dr. Embrik Strand 5: 144- 290 [162-166]. Breuning, S., 1940. 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Suara Serangga Papua (SUGAPA digital) 13(1): 107-112 Fig. 4. Locality of Mulciber devosi spec. nov. (blue rhombus). Published on 17th December 2020