Scopaeus batukaruensis Frisch, spec. nov.

(Figs 3, 28, 53 –55, 120, 147)

Type specimens: Indonesia: Holotype ♂, Bali, Tabanan: Bedugul, 1200 m, 13.6.1994, leg. Wunderle (PWCM) . Paratypes (79 specimens): 21 ♂, 27 ♀, same data as holotype (MFNB, PWCM, MZB) . Bali: 1 ♀, Tabanan: Batukaru, 700 m, 9.6.1994, leg. Wunderle (MFNB) ; 1 ♀, Tabanan: Batukaru, 17.6.1984, leg. Rougemont (HECO) ; 3 ♂, 4 ♀, Tabanan: Pura Batukau, 22.11.1978, leg. Huber (MHNG) ; 2 ♂, 6 ♀, Buleleng, Lake Tamblingan, 1300 m, 30.10.1991, leg. Löbl (MHNG) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Buleleng, Lake Buyan, 1200 m, 8. – 9.11.1991, leg. Löbl (MHNG) ; 3 ♂, 1 ♀, Buleleng, Lake Buyan, 25.8.1985, leg. Robert (MHNG) ; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Buleleng, Lake Buyan, 1300 m, 19.– 21.2.1984, leg. Bolm (SMNS) ; Mt Batukai ( Mt Batukaru ?), 500 – 700 m, 28. – 29.10.1991, leg. Löbl (MHNG) . Lombok: 1 ♀, Pusuk Pass, 200 m, 4.11.1991, leg. Löbl (MHNG) ; 1 ♂, North Lombok: Senaru ( Mt Rinjani), 400 m, 5.11.1991, leg. Löbl (MHNG) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, West Lombok: Sesaot, 13.6.1984, leg. Rougemont (HECO) .

Description: Habitus and coloring (Fig. 3) similar to Scopaeus javanus (Figs 1, 2) and S. riedeli (Fig. 4), different as follows: Brachypterous form, possibly dominant according to type specimens, with or without palisade fringe at posterior margin of abdominal tergite VII; only one specimen from Lombok macropterous with fully developed metathoracic wings. Unicolorous orange-brown specimens unknown. Total body length 3.0 – 3.3 mm; forebody length 1.6 – 1.7 mm.

Male: Abdominal sternites VII and VIII (Fig. 120) as in S. javanus (Fig. 119) and S. riedeli (Fig. 121). Aedeagus (Figs 28, 53 – 55) about 0.8 mm long, similar to that of S. javanus (Figs 27, 50 – 52) and S. riedeli (29, 56 – 58), but different as follows: Apical lobes with strong, ventroapical emargination (Fig. 28, Fig. 53: arrow III); in ventral and dorsal view, apical lobes more slender, more parallel towards each other, less curved apicomediad and with subtruncate ends (Fig. 54: arrow V, Fig. 55); dorsal lobe, in lateral view, with narrow apex (Fig. 28, Fig. 53: arrow IV).

Female: Sperm pump as in Fig. 147; bursa membranous.

Distribution: Scopaeus batukaruensis is distributed in the Lesser Sunda Islands Bali and Lombok.

Etymology: With the epithet batukaruensis (adjective, Latin, composed of the geographic name Batukaru and the suffix – ensis, which indicates the geographical origin) reference is made to Mount Batukaru in Bali, where most of the type specimens were collected.