Themus (Telephorops) birmanicus Wittmer, 1982

Yang, Yuxia, Zong, Le, Yang, Xingke & Liu, Haoyu, 2019, A taxonomic study on Themus (Telephorops) davidis species-group (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), with description of a new species from China, Zootaxa 4612 (3), pp. 401-411 : 402

Themus (Telephorops) birmanicus Wittmer, 1982

Figs 2A , 3A

Themus (s.str.) birmanicus Wittmer, 1982: 28 , figs 4, 11.

Themus (Telephorops) birmanicus: Švihla, 2008: 185 .

Material examined. 1♀ ( MHBU), CHINA, Yunnan, Dehong, Yingjiang, Xima , 1400–1500 m, 2014. IX.8, leg. Y. F. Hsu.

Supplementary description. Female ( Fig. 2A ). Abdominal sternite VIII ( Fig. 3A ) with small triangular protuberance in the middle and large and narrowly triangular protuberance on each side of posterior margin, the lateral protuberances acute at apices and distinctly exceeding over apex of middle one.

Distribution. China (new record: Yunnan); Myanmar.

Remarks. The aedeagus and the female abdominal sternite VIII were illustrated by Wittmer (1982). Here, the latter is newly illustrated to provide additional information. Unfortunately, the female internal genitalia was damaged and could not be illustrated in the present study.

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FIGURE 2. Male habitus, dorsal view: A. Themus (Telephorops) birmanicus Wittmer, 1982; B. T. (Telephorops) hainanus sp. nov. Scale bars: 5.0 mm.

FIGURE 3. Abdominal sternite VIII of female, ventral view: A. Themus (Telephorops) birmanicus Wittmer, 1982; B. T. (Telephorops) cavaleriei (Pic, 1926); C. T. (Telephorops) davidis (Fairmaire, 1889); D. T. (Telephorops) larrygrayi Wittmer, 1982; E. T. (Telephorops) hainanus sp. nov. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.