Eubulides igorrote

In terms of habit, the animals resemble all other representatives of the genus Eubulides. With a length of 51 to 53 millimetres (2.0 to 2.1 in) or up to 58 millimetres (2.3 in) in females and 35.5 to 39.7 millimetres (1.40 to 1.56 in) or up to 44 millimetres (1.7 in) in males, Eubulides igorrote is the smallest species of the genus. It differs from the other Eubulides species not only in its small size, but also in the spiny lateral edges of the pronotum present in both sexes and the four large spines on the front edge of the mesonotum. In addition, on the pronotum there are paired structures in the form of distinct tubercles or short spines (anterolateral pronotals) and behind them a pair of very prominent spines (posterolateral pronotals). The spines on the pro- and mesonotum of the largest specimens examined from Mount Palali are less pronounced than those of the smaller specimens from other locations. …