Therates topali Mandl, 1972

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 : 14-15

7. Therates topali Mandl

( Fig. 52 )

Therates topali Mandl 1972: 108 - 110 , f. 4b, c.

Therates topali . Wiesner 1988: 19, 20, f. 22, 76, 77, 239, 306, 400; Wiesner 1992: 90; Sawada and Wiesner 1997: 78, 79, f. 4; Cassola 2004: 25.

Type depository. Holotype male in HNHM. Six paratype males in HNHM, three in SDEI, one paratype female in JWCG.

Type status. Holotype male! Type labels: “ VIETNAM: Cuc phuong, Ninh binh , 3-10.V.1966, Exp. Gy. TOPÁL ” [type written, white]; “Nr. 313, collected, by lamp” [type written, white]; “Holotypus, Therates topali, Mandl 1972 ” [type written, red] . Paratypes! Type labels: “ VIETNAM: Cuc phuong, Ninh binh , 5- 18.V.1966, Exp. Gy. TOPÁL” [type written, white]; “Nr. 385, from trap, in soil” [type written, white]; “Paratypus, Therates topali, Mandl 1972 ” [type written, red]. Paratype! Type labels: “Hoa-Binh (Tonkin), (A. de Cooman). Coll. J. Clermont ” [printed, with black borders]; “Paratypus, Therates topali, Mandl 1972 ” [typewritten, red]. Paratype! Type labels: “Hoa-Binh, Tonkin” [printed]; “Clermont” [handwritten]; “Paratypus, Therates topali, Mandl 1972 ” [typewritten, red] .

Diagnosis. Distinguished by the combination of long slender humeral lunule reaching or nearly reaching the central dot and the light color of the elytral apex, which is generally absent or, if present, restricted to the sutural area.

Re-description. Size: Total length (without labrum) 5.8 mm- 7.7 mm (mean= 6.8 mm, n=38). Head: Shining greenish black. Mandibles yellowish, brownish distally in females, teeth brownish marginally. Labrum (male Fig. 58 , female Fig. 59 ) barely wider than long, yellowish, with six apical teeth (seven in one female) and one lateral tooth. Labial and maxillary palpi yellowish. Antennae lanceolate, extending posteriorally behind elytral shoulders, slightly shorter in the female, scape with a single apical bristle, antennomeres 2 to 5 glabrous, antennomeres 6 to 11 finely and evenly pubescent; scape yellowish above, black on underside, all the other antennal segments blackish. Clypeus glabrous. Frons smooth with two shallow bumps or one shallow furrow in the posterior part of the orbital plates. Thorax: Pronotum shining greenish black, as long as wide, constricted in front and at back, transverse furrows strong, middle line and lateral lines nearly obsolete. Elytra: Shining brownish black, with basal and apical humps, shallow punctate in front, nearly absent in apical half ( Fig. 53 ). Apex with or without angular lateral corner and sutural corner, in the first case slightly recurved between. Maculation composed of a long narrow yellow humeral lunule, a yellow basal dot, and a yellow central dot ( Figs. 54-57 ). The humeral lunule is reaching or nearly reaching the central dot. Apex is transparent brownish or has a small yellow dot, not or nearly reaching the apical humps. Ventral aspect: Venter black. Legs yellowish, tibiae and tarsomeres somewhat darkened distally. Aedeagus: ( Fig. 60 ) straight with short knobbed tip, total length 1.9 mm.

Distribution. Vietnam (Son La, Cao Bang, Hoa Binh, Vinh Phuc, Nin Binh, Quang Binh).

Localities. VIETNAM, Nin Binh, Cuc Phuong , 15.v.1966 ( HNHM) , 2.-11.v.1991 ( JWCG) , Cuc Phuong N. Park, 440 m, 24.iv.-28.iv.2012 ( HSJC) , Ha nam ninh, Cuc phuong, 2.-11.v.1991 ( ZSMC) , Hoa Binh, 5 km W of Tan Son , 21.-23.iv. 2010, 938 m ( HNHM) , 6 km W of Tan Son, 22.iv. 2010, 938 m ( HNHM) , Vinh phuc, Tam Dao , v.1996 ( JMCC) , Cao Bang, BaBe Nat. Park , 7.-11.v. 1997, 180 m, forest ( RNFC) , Son La ( RNFC) , Quang Binh, 1 km N of Cha Lo , 400 m, 11.-24.iv.2010 ( NHMB) .

Remarks. As stated by Wiesner (1988: 19) and Sawada and Wiesner (1997: 78) the type series of Mandl’s topali included specimens of four different species ( topali , vietnamensis , probsti and jendeki ).

Figures

Figures 45-60. Therates. All scales = 1 mm. 45-51. laotiensis Sawada and Wiesner, 1999. 45) Habitus, holotype male. 46) Punctures of elytra, holotype male. 47-48. Maculae of elytra. 47) Holotype male. 48) Paratype female. 49) Left lateral view of aedeagus, holotype. 50-51. Labra. 50) Holotype male. 51) Paratype female. 52-60. topali Mandl, 1972. 52) Habitus, paratype male (HNHM). 53) Punctures of elytra, paratype male (HNHM). 54-57. Maculae of elytra. 54) Paratype male (HNHM). 55) Paratype female (JWGC).56) Male from Nin Binh (HSJC). 57) Female vom Quang Binh (NHMB). 58-59. Labra. 58) Paratype male (HNHM). 59) Paratype female (JWGC). 60) Left lateral view of aedeagus, paratype (HNHM).