Asiosilis kiapadensis sp. nov. (Figs. 2B, 5B, 7B, 10B) Type material. Holotype, ♂, Kg. Kiapad, Inanam, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, 17. VIII. 2008, H. Takizawa leg. Paratypes: same locality and same collector as for the holotype: 1 ♂, 21. V. 2007; 2 ♂♂, 18. V. 2008; 2 ♂♂, 4. X. 2008; 1 ♂, 7. XI. 2009; 1 ♂, 5. XII. 2009; 1 ♂, 2. I. 2010; 1 ♂, 14. II. 2010; 1 ♂, 17. IV. 2010; 2 ♂♂, 10. XI. 2012; 1 ♂, Kionsum, Inanam, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, 20. IV. 2007, H. Takizawa leg.; 1 ♂, Kg. Mansiang, Menggatal, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, 22. IV. 2007, H. Takizawa leg.; 1 ♂, Kg. Babagon, Jln. Tambunan, Penanpang, Sabah, Malaysia, 25. XII. 2009, H. Takizawa leg.; Kg. Moyog, Jln. Tambunan, Penanpang, Sabah, Malaysia, H. Takizawa leg.: 2 ♂♂, 13. IX. 2008; 2 ♂♂, 30. X. 2008; 1 ♂, 13. II. 2010; 1 ♂, 8. V. 2010; 1 ♂, 15. XI. 2012; 2 ♂♂, Kundasang, Ranau, Sabah, Malaysia, 28. XII. 2008, H. Takizawa leg.; Poring Park, Ranau, Sabah, Malaysia, H. Takizawa leg.: 1 ♂, 29–30. IX. 2007; 1 ♂, 26–27. X. 2007; 1 ♂, 21–22. X. 2008. Description. Male. Body almost pale orange-yellow; mandible dark testaceous; sixth sternite infuscate; seventh sternite dark brown; eighth sternite brownish-black. Eyes prominent; interocular distance 2.55–2.66 times the eye width.Antenna reaching nearly basal half of elytra. Third and seventh antennomeres slightly thickened and widened posteriorly; eighth and subsequent antennomeres typical. Outer surface of third to seventh antennomeres densely covered with slightly small granules (Fig. 5B). Comparative ratios of the lengths of the antennomeres of the holotype as follows: 2.23: 1.00: 1.70: 1.76: 1.76: 1.70: 1.69: 1.59: 1.59: 1.55: 1.99. Pronotum wider than head, with its width distinctly greater than its length; frontal margin curved outward, basal margin nearly straight; lateral incision indented anteriorly; lateral lobe relatively narrow, with its posterior margin nearly straight (Fig. 7B). Fore-claw with cleft outer claw and simple inner claw; both claws of the mid- and hind-claws simple. Elytra slender, slightly wider than the pronotum. Aedeagus slightly elongated. Dorsal side of the paramere extends posteriorly compared with the ventral side; posterior margin emarginates at the middle. Ventral side of paramere rather broadly protruding ventrally. Ventral protrusion concave in ventral view and rather broad, with nearly the same width toward the tip in lateral view; ventral margin slightly emarginate in posterior view. Laterophyse extremely stout and long (Fig. 10B). Dimension ratios. n=10: PW/HW 1.12–1.18, PW/PL 1.50–1.60; EW/PW 1.03–1.07; EL/EW 2.68–2.89. Body length: 6.8–7.9 mm; width: 1.7–2.0 mm. Distribution: Malaysia (Borneo: Sabah). Etymology. The name reflects the locality name, where the type specimen was collected: Kg. Kiapad in Borneo. Differential diagnosis.This new species is closely related to Asiosilis sakaiorum Wittmer, 1985 and A. mahuaensis sp. nov. but can be distinguished from these two species based on its entirely orange-yellow antennomeres.

Published as part of Takahashi, Kazuhiro & Dawood, Mahadimenakbar Mohamed, 2025, Notes on the genus Asiosilis Wittmer, 1977 (Coleoptera, Cantharidae, Silinae) in northern Borneo, pp. 67-95 in Zootaxa 5737 (1) on page 72, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5737.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/18021502