Therates probsti Wiesner, 1988

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 : 16-17

10. Therates probsti Wiesner ( Fig. 74)

Therates probsti Wiesner 1988: 20 , f. 23, 78, 79, 80, 240, 241, 307, 401.

Therates probsti . Wiesner 1992: 90; Sawada and Wiesner 1999a: 36; Sawada and Wiesner 2002: 83; Sawada and Wiesner 2004: 262; Cassola 2004: 25; Sawada and Wiesner 2006b: 452; Sawada and Wiesner 2006c: 463; Wu 2011: 31, 32.

Type depository. Holotype male in SDEI . Paratypes in JWCG, NHMB, RNFC, SDEI and ZSMC.

Type status. Holotype male! Type labels: “Tam-Dao, Tonkin, Alt. 1100 à 1300m ” [printed]; “ probsti, Wiesner , det. Wiesner 86” [printed]; “ HOLOTYPUS ” [printed, red]. Paratypes! Type labels: “Chapa, Tonkin, (ex. Jeanvoine), Coll. Clermont” [printed]; “ probsti, Wiesner , det. Wiesner 86” [printed]; “ PARATYPUS ” [printed, red]; “N VIETNAM-Tam Dao, /Vinh Phu/ 950 m, Brodský,3.-11.6.85” [printed, white, with yellow borders]; “ THERATES , probsti, n. sp., det. J.Wiesner 1986” [handwritten and printed, white]; “ PARATYPUS ” [typewritten, red]; “N Vietnam 1985, pr. Vinh phu, Tam dao 3.6.-11.6., v. Švihla lgt.” [printed, white]: “ PARATYPUS ” [type written, red]; “ probsti, Wiesner , det. Wiesner 86” [printed, white]; “ Vietnam Tam dao, Vinh phu pr., 3.- 11.6.1985, J. Picka lgt.” [printed]; “ Therates topali Mandl, Dr. K.Mandl det.” [handwritten and printed]; “ probsti Wiesner , det. Wiesner 86” [printed]; “ PARATYPUS ” [printed, red].

Diagnosis. Distinguished by the combination of slender humeral lunule and acutely angled central dot.

Re-description. Size: Total length (without labrum) 7.3 mm- 8.8 mm, (mean=8.1, n=127). Head: Shining greenish black. Mandibles yellowish, brownish distally in females, teeth brownish marginally. Labrum (male Fig. 79, female Fig. 80) as wide as long, yellowish, with six apical teeth and one lateral tooth. Labial and maxillary palpi yellowish. Antennae lanceolate, extending posteriorally to elytral shoulders in males, somewhat shorter in the females, 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 a transverse 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, middle line with several transverse short branches. Elytra: Shining black, with basal and apical humps, shallow punctate in front, nearly absent in apical half ( Fig. 75). Apex with angular lateral corner and sutural corner somewhat recurved between. Maculation composed of a slender brownish yellow humeral lunule, a brownish yellow basal dot, and a yellow central dot that is acutely angled outwards toward the front ( Figs. 76, 77). Apex has a small yellow dot at the suture, not reaching the apical humps. Ventral aspect: Venter black, ventrites brownish at marginal suture. Legs yellowish, tibiae and tarsomeres somewhat darkened distally. Aedeagus: ( Fig. 78) curved, with produced thin tip. Size: Total length 2.3 mm.

Distribution. Laos (Phongsali, Louangnamtha, Oudomxai, Houaphan, Attapeu), Vietnam (Son La, Bac Kan, Lao Cai, Vinh Phuc).

Localities. VIETNAM, Vinh Phuc, Tam Dao , 27.v.-2.vi.1986 ( JMCC), 28.v.1986, 1300 m ( JWCG), 30.v.1986 ( JWCG), 12.-24.v.1989 ( JWCG), 6.-9.v.1990 ( NHMB), 6.v.1990 ( OSCC), 6.-20.v.1990 ( JWCG), 6.-25.v.1990 ( JWCG), 4.-11.vi.1990 ( JMCC), v.1996 ( JMCC), 70 km NW Hanoi, 9.-19.v.1996, 900 - 1200 m ( JWCG, NHMB, OSCC), Tam Dao NP, Tam-Dao env., 900-1200 m, 8-18.v.2012 ( HSJC), Bac Kan, Kuk Phyong, 27.iv.1991 ( JWCG), Son La, Moctiau, 15.v.1991 ( RNFC) ; LAOS, Phongsaly, 4 km E Ban Bun Neua, 20.vi.2003, ~ 1100 m ( JWCG), 20 km NW Louang Namtha, 5.-30.v.1997, 900- 1100 m ( JWCG), Oudomxai, 17 km NEE Oudom Xai, 1.-9.v.2002, ~ 1100 m ( JWCG), Houaphan, Ban Saluei, Phu Phan Mt., 26.iv.- 11.v.2001. 1500-2000 m ( JWCG, OSCC, PSGC), 6.-18.iv.2004, 1300-2000 m ( OSCC), 6.-18.v.2004, 1300 m ( OSCC), 17.v.-3.vi.2007, 1500-1900 m ( NHMB), 1.-16.vi.2009, 1480- 1550 m ( NHMB), 10.v.-16.vi.2009, 1300-1900 m ( OSCC), Ban Saluei Phou Pane Mt. , 9.-17.vi.2009, 1300-1900 m ( NHMB), Attapeu, Thong Kai Ohk, Ban Kachung (Mai) env., 14.vi.2011, ca. 1400 m ( NHMB) .

Remarks. As indicated by Wu (2011: 31, 32), the record from China, Xizang (Sawada and Wiesner 2006c: 463) is somewhat doubtful due to the unreliability of an insect dealer. The record is therefore not included in the distribution list.