Therates apiceflavus Sawada and Wiesner, 1999

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 : 12-13

5. Therates apiceflavus Sawada and Wiesner

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Therates apiceflavus Sawada and Wiesner 1999b: 305 - 307 , f. 16 - 18, 24.

Therates apiceflavus . Sawada and Wiesner 2002: 83.

Type depository. Holotype male in JWGC, paratypes in JMCC, JWCG, RNFC and ZSMC.

Type status. Holotype male! Type labels: “ LAOS centr., Bolikhamsai prov., BAN NAPE-Kaew Nua Pass , 18.4.- 1.5.1998, alt. 600 ± 100 m ,, N 18°22.3' E105°09.1' (GPS), E. Jendek and O. Šauša leg.” [printed, white, with yellow borders]; “Holotype THERATES apiceflavus Sawada and Wiesner ” [printed, red] . Paratypes! Type labels: “ LAOS centr., Bolikhamsai prov., BAN NAPE-Kaew Nua Pass , 18.4.- 1.5.1998, alt. 600 ± 100 m ,, N 18°22.3' E105°09.1' (GPS), E. Jendek and O. Šauša leg.” [printed, white, with yellow borders]; “Paratype THERATES apiceflavus Sawada and Wiesner ” [printed, red]; “LAOS centr., Bolikhamsai prov., BAN NAPE-Kaew Nua Pass, 18.4.- 1.5.1998, alt. 600 ± 100 m ,, N 18°22.3' E105°09.1' (GPS), M. Štrba and R. Hergovits leg.” [printed]; “Paratype THERATES apiceflavus Sawada and Wiesner ” [printed, red] .

Diagnosis. Distinguished by the combination of yellow elytral apex, long humeral lunule, and acutely angled central dot.

Re-description. Size: Total length (without labrum) 6.1 mm- 7.8 mm (mean= 6.8 mm, n=239). Head: Shining greenish black. Mandibles yellowish, brownish distally in females, teeth brownish marginally. Labrum (male Fig. 42 , female 43) as wide as long, yellowish, with six apical teeth (seven in one male) and one lateral tooth. Labial and maxillary palpi yellowish. Antennae lanceolate, extending posteriorally behind elytral shoulders in male, somewhat shorter in 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, remaining antennomeres brownish black. Clypeus glabrous. Frons smooth with a transverse 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, middle line with several transverse short branches. Elytra: Shining black, with basal and apical humps, distinctly punctate in front, nearly absent in the apical half ( Fig. 37 ). Apex with lateral and sutural corners, recurved between. Maculation composed of a long brownish yellow humeral lunule, a long brownish yellow basal dot, and a yellow central dot that is acutely angled inwards toward the suture and sometimes connected with the humeral lunule ( Figs. 38-41 ). Apex yellow, extending to apical humps in most specimen. Ventral aspect: Venter black. Legs yellowish, tibiae and tarsomeres somewhat darkened distally. Aedeagus: ( Fig. 44 ) straight, with roundish tip, total length 1.7 mm.

Distribution. Laos (Houaphan, Borikhamxai).

Localities. LAOS, Bolikhamxai, 8 km NE Ban Nape , 1.-18.v.2001, ~ 600 m ( JWCG, OSCC) , Nakai Nam Theun Nat. Park , 7.-16.v.2004, 500± 100 m ( JWCG) , Houaphan, 25 km SE Vieng Xai, Ban Kangpabong env., 14.-18.v.2001 ( ZSMC).

Figures

Figures 28-44. Therates. All scales = 1 mm. 28-35. baolocensis Wiesner, 1996, new rank. 28) Habitus, holotype female. 29-30. Punctures of elytra. 29) Holotype female. 30) Male from Lam Dong (JWCG). 31-32. Maculae of elytra. 31) Holotype female. 32) Male from Lam Dong (JWCG). 33) Left lateral view of aedeagus, male from Lam Dong (JWCG). 34-35. Labra. 34) Male from Lam Dong (JWCG). 35) Holotype female. 36-44. apiceflavus Sawada and Wiesner, 1999. 36) Habitus, holotype male. 37) Punctures of elytra, holotype male. 38-41. Maculae of elytra. 38) Male from Borikhamxai (JWGC). 39) Holotype male. 40) Paratype female. 41) Male from Borikhamxai (JWGC). 42- 43. Labri. 42) Holotype male. 43) Paratype female. 44) Left lateral view of aedeagus, holotype.