Therates pseudochenelli pseudochenelli Probst and Wiesner

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 : 29-30

26. Therates pseudochenelli pseudochenelli Probst and Wiesner

( Fig. 193 )

Therates pseudochenelli Probst and Wiesner 1994b: 94 , f. 4, 9 - 11.

Therates pseudochenelli pseudochenelli . Moravec and Wiesner 2001: 228; Naviaux and Pinratana 2004: 62, T. 17, f. 9, 10, T. 40, f. 4, T. 58, f. 1.

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

Type status. Holotype male! Type labels: “ THAILAND, 1992, Ban Huai Po , leg. S. Bily, 17. 5.” [printed, with yellow borders]; “ THERATES pseudochenelli PROBST and WIESNER , det. J. Wiesner, 1994” [printed]; “HOLOTYPUS” [printed, red, with black borders] . Paratype female! Type labels: “ THAILAND, 1992, Ban Huai Po , leg. S. Bily, 17. 5.” [printed, with yellow borders]; “ THERATES pseudochenelli PROBST and WIESNER , det. J. Wiesner, 1994” [printed]; “ PARATYPUS ” [printed, red, with black borders] . 2 Paratype females! Type labels: “ NW Thailand, 19.19N, 97.59E, Mae Hong Son, 1991, Ban Huai Po, 1600-2000m, 30.4.-4.5., L. Dembický leg.” [printed, with black borders]; “ THERATES pseudochenelli PROBST and WIESNER , det. J. Wiesner 1994“ [printed]; “ PARATYPUS ” [printed, red] . Paratype female Type labels: THAI, 17.-24.V.1991, CHIANG DAO 1000m, 19°25’N 98°52’E, Vít Kuban leg. [printed, yellow]; THERATES pseudochenelli PROBST and WIESNER , det. J. Wiesner, 1994 [printed]; “ PARATYPUS ” [printed, red, with black borders] . Paratype female! Type labels: “ THAI 24-29.IV.1993, DOI SUTHEP, Pacholatko and Dembicky leg.” [printed]; “ THERATES pseudochenelli PROBST and WIESNER , det. J. Wiesner 1994“ [printed]; “ PARATYPUS “ [printed, red, with black borders] .

Diagnosis. Distinguished by the central dot orientated laterally and toward the front.

Re-description. Size: Total length (without labrum) 7.0 mm- 8.7 mm, (mean=8.0 mm, n=22). Head: Shining greenish black. Mandibles yellowish, brownish distally in females, teeth brownish marginally. Labrum (male Fig. 199 , females Figs. 200, 201 ) as wide as long, yellowish, with six apical teeth (one female with five, one female with seven teeth) and one lateral tooth. Labial and maxillary palpi yellowish (in one female distal segments of palpi darker). Antennae extending posteriorally behind elytral shoulders in female, somewhat longer in male, 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 brownish or darker. Clypeus glabrous. Frons smooth with two pits 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 brownish black, with basal and apical humps, distinctly punctate anteriorally, shallower in the apical half ( Fig. 194 ). Apex with angular lateral corner and sutural tooth, slightly recurved between. Maculation composed of a large brownish yellow humeral lunula extending from the lateral margin to the middle suture, leaving open a blackish dot at the lateral margin of the basal humps, connected with a brownish yellow horizontal central dot with back margin that is orientated laterally and angled toward the front, and a light yellow apical lunule, reaching the apical humps ( Figs. 195-197 ). Ventral aspect: Venter black, ventrites yellowish marginally. Legs yellowish, tibiae and tarsomeres in some specimens darkened somewhat distally. Aedeagus: ( Fig. 198 ) curved, broadly rounded distally, total length 1.8 mm.

Distribution. Thailand (Chiang Mai, Mae Hong Son, Nan, Loei, Nakhon Si Thammarat), Malaysia (Pulau Pinang, Perak, Pahang).

Localities. THAILAND, Chiang Mai, Doi Suthep to Doi Pui, 19.-23.iv.1991 ( ZSMC) , Chiang Mai, Doi Pui mt. , 26.iv.-9.v.1996, 1000-1600 m ( ZSMC) , Mae Hong Son, Ban Huai Po , 17.v.1990 ( JMCC) , Mae Hong Son, Ban Huai Po, 30.iv.-4.v.1991, 1600-2000 m ( ZSMC) , Nakhon Si Thammarat, Khao Luang, Kiriwong , 1.-6.iv. 1997, 200 m, ( NHMB) ; MALAYSIA, Pulau Pinang, ( BMNH) , Pahang, Tanah Rata, 9.v.1985 ( RNFC) , 17.iv.1985 ( RNFC) , 22.iv.1985 ( RNFC) , Pahang, Cameron highlands, “Power-Station”, ~ 800 m, iv.1990 ( ZSMC) , Pahang, Benom Mts., 15 km E Kampong Dong, 700 m, 1.iv.1998 ( OSCC) , Pahang, Benom Mts. , Kampong Dok, 3-900 m, 1.-15.iv.1998 ( OSCC) .

Figures

Figures 193-207. Therates. All scales = 1 mm. 193-201. pseudochenelli pseudochenelli Probst and Wiesner, 1994. 193) Habitus, holotype male. 194) Punctures of elytra, holotype male. 195-197. Maculae of elytra. 195) Holotype male. 196) Female from Pahang (RNFC). 197) Paratype female. 198) Left lateral view of aedeagus, holotype. 199- 201. Labra. 199) Holotype male. 200) Female from Pahang (RNFC). 201) Paratype female. 202-207. pseudochenelli rufus Probst and Wiesner, 1994. 202) Habitus, holotype male. 203) Punctures of elytra, holotype male. 204) Maculae of elytra, holotype male. 205) Left lateral view of aedeagus, holotype. 206-207. Labri. 206) Holotype male. 207) Paratype female.