Therates vitalisi ida Mandl, 1954

Figs 19–21, 47, 71, 72, 103, 104, 167.

Therates fruhstorferi ida Mandl, 1954: 159 (Type locality— China, Kuatun, Fukien).

Therates fruhstorferi ida Mandl, 1954 — Mandl 1955: 335; Cassola 1985: 510; Hua 2002: 5.

Therates fruhstorferi vitalisi W. Horn, 1913 — Wiesner 1988: 40, 1992: 92; Lorenz 1998: 38, 2005: 117; Puchkov & Matalin 2003: 115.

Therates vitalisi W. Horn, 1913 — Wang 2009: 110; Putchkov & Matalin 2017: 245; Wiesner 2020: 95.

Type material. HOLOTYPE, ♂ (by original designation)—“Kuatun (2300 m), 27.40n. Br., 117.40ö. L., J. Klapperich, 25.6.1938 (Fukien)” [printed violet label], “Type Therates, Fruhstorferi, Ida m, Ing. K. Mandl ” [printed and handwritten red label], “Holotypus” [printed red label], “ Therates fruhstorferi, ida Mandl” [typed white label], “ MUSEUM KOENIG, BONN ” [printed orange label] (ZFMK). PARATYPES: 1♀ —“ Kuatun (2300 m) 27.40n. Br., 117.40ö. L., J. Klapperich, 30.5.1938 (Fukien)“ [printed violet label], “ CoType Therates Fruhstorferi Ida m., Ing. K.Mandl “ [printed and hand-written red label], “ Coll. Ing. K. Mandl ” [printed light blue label]; 1♀ —“KUATUN, FUKIEN, China, 6.8.46, (TSCHUNG SEN.)” [printed and hand-written white label], “ParaType Therates Fruhstorferi, ssp. Ida m., Ing. K.Mandl “ [printed and hand-written red label], “ Coll. Ing. K. Mandl ” [printed light blue label]; 1♀ — “KUATUN, FUKIEN, China, 21.7.46, (TSCHUNG SEN.)” [printed and hand-written white label], “ParaType Therates, Fruhstorferi ssp., Ida m., Ing. K. Mandl ” [printed and hand-written red label], “ Coll. Ing. K. Mandl ” [printed light blue label] (all NHMB) .

Addition material. CHINA: 1♀ —Kuatun, Fukien /Tschung Sen/, 6 Sept. 1946, coll. Klapperich (JW) .

Reference. CHINA, Zhejiang Prov.: Wuyanlin (Wang 2009).

Diagnosis. This subspecies is distinguished from the nominotypical subspecies by distinctly transverse labrum in male—LW/LL = 1.14 vs. LW/LL = 1.0–1.08 (Fig. 71 vs. Fig. 65, 69, 70), less serrated antennomeres 9–10, as well as red-brown or brown fore- and middle femora.

Redescription. TL = 11.8 mm in male, 12.3–13.0 mm (mean = 12.78 mm, n = 4) in females.

Head shining blue with violet reflection; orbital plates indistinctly striated in posterior third; frons smooth, slightly elevated, wide semi-circular (see above), practically vertical, slightly expanded forward (see at side), frontal sulci deep and poorly convergent in anterior 2/3, clearly divergent in posterior third; occiput slightly concave in anterior margin. Mandibles in male brown underside, yellow-brown topside with light-brown teeth and apical molar; in females black except yellow-brown basal third of topside. Labial palpi yellow-brownish, except brown apical palpomeres; palpomeres 1 and 2 of maxillary palpi light brown, palpomeres 3 and 4 dark brown. Antennae do not extend posteriorly to the shoulders, scape brown on anterior side and black on posterior side; antennomeres 2–5 black with indistinctly blue tinge and brown apices, antennomeres 9 and 10 in male with serrated anterior lower margins; in female less delated with slightly protruding margins (Fig. 47). Labrum distinctly transverse in male(Fig. 71), LW/LL = 1.14, indistinctly transverse in females (Fig. 72), LW/LL = 1.0–1.07 (mean = 1.05, n = 4), blackbrownish with medium-sized or small apical yellow spot separated from central apical teeth.

Pronotum shining blue with light violet tinge; indistinctly transverse, PW/PL = 1.0–1.07 (mean = 1.03, n = 5), apical lobe practically equal wide throughout; thorax shining blue with violet reflection.

Fore and middle femora red-brown or brown with blue-tinged base and knees; hind femora black with blueviolet lustre except pale-yellow base; fore and middle tibiae red-brown; hind tibiae black or brown-black, all tibia with blue tinge; tarsi black with light blue tinge; HTbL/HTaL = 1.21–1.27 (mean = 1.24, n = 5).

Elytra black-blue with purple reflection, practically sub-parallel, EL/EW = 1.98–2.1 (mean = 2.02, n = 5); punctuation in basal half except humeral area deep and regular, then shallow and sparse, apical quarter practically smooth; scutellum black with blue tinge; apical margin indistinctly cut. Elytral pattern presented by small basal portion of humeral lunule, small basal dot poorly visible in some specimens and elongated slightly oblique central dot (Figs 19, 21, 103, 104).

Aedeagus with short sharply curved blunt apex and distinct lateral carinae (Fig. 167); AL = 2.9, EL/AL = 2.52.

Distribution. CHINA: Fujian, Zhejiang Provinces (Fig. 184).