Therates montaneus Werner, 1992

Wiesner, Jürgen, 2013, The chennelli group of the Genus Therates Latreille (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) 114. Contribution towards the knowledge of Cicindelidae, Insecta Mundi 2013 (315), pp. 1-86 : 9

1. Therates montaneus Werner

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Therates montaneus Werner 1992: 403 , f. 8, 9.

Therates montaneus . Putchkov and Matalin 2003: 116; Shook and Wiesner 2006: 20; Wu 2011: 31.

Type depository. Holotype male, allotype female and paratype female in ZSMC, paratype female in JWCG.

Type status. Holotype male! Type labels: “ CHINA Fujian prov., Shaowu env., 5- 10.7.1991 ” [printed, white with yellow borders] ; “ PARATYPUS Therates montaneus n. sp. Werner ded. 1992” [printed, red] . Allotype female! Type labels: “ CHINA Fujian prov., Shaowu env., 5- 10.7.1991 ” [printed]; “ ALLOTYPUS Therates montaneus n. sp. Werner ded. 1992” [printed, red] . Paratype females! Type labels: “ CHINA Fujian prov., Shaowu env., 5- 10.7.1991 ” [printed]; “ PARATYPUS Therates montaneus n. sp. Werner ded. 1992” [printed, red] .

Diagnosis. Distinguished by the combination of acutely angled and irregularly fringed central band and slender humeral lunule.

Re-description. Size: Total length (without labrum) 6.9 mm- 8.2 mm, (mean= 7.7 mm, n=4). Head: Shining greenish black. Mandibles yellowish, brownish distally in females, teeth brownish marginally. Labrum (male Fig. 8 , female Fig. 9 ) longer than wide, yellowish, with six apical teeth (five in the male, eight in one female and one lateral tooth. Labial and maxillary palpi yellowish. Antennae lanceolate, extending posteriorally behind elytral shoulders in males, somewhat shorter in females, scape with a single apical bristle, antennomeres 2 to 5 glabrous, 6 to 11 finely and evenly pubescent; scape yellowish above, black on underside, all remaining antennomeres blackish, distal antennomeres in the male slightly broader. Clypeus glabrous. Frons smooth, with a transverse furrow in the posterior part of the orbital plates. Thorax: Pronotum shining greenish black, barely longer than wide, constricted in front and at back, transverse furrows strong, middle line and lateral lines nearly obsolete, middle line with several transverse short branches. Elytra: Shining black, with basal and apical humps, distinctly punctate in front, nearly absent in the apical third ( Fig. 5 ). Several of the punctures are connected in short rows, especially behind the basal humps and near the middle suture. Apex somewhat transparent brown, with lateral and sutural corner, slightly recurved between. Maculation brownish yellow, composed of a long slender humeral lunule, a long basal dot, and an acutely angled and irregularly fringed central band ( Figs. 6, 7 ). Ventral aspect: Venter black. Legs brownish, base of meso- and metafemura lighter, tarsomeres somewhat darker distally.

Distribution. China (Fujian).

Remarks. Abdomen of the only known male specimen is missing.

Figures

Figures 4-16. Therates. All scales = 1 mm. 4-10. montaneus Werner, 1992. 4) Habitus, paratype female. 5) Punctures of elytra, holotype male. 6-7. Maculae of elytra. 6) Holotype male. 7) Allotype female. 8-10. Labra. 8) Holotype male. 9) Paratype female. 10) Allotype female. 11-16. moraveci Sawada and Wiesner, 1999. 11) Habitus, holotype male. 12) Punctures of elytra, holotype male. 13) Maculae of elytra, holotype male. 14) Left lateral view of aedeagus, holotype. 15-16. Labra. 15) Holotype male. 16) Paratype female.