Therates murzini 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 : 45

44. Therates murzini Wiesner

( Fig. 335 )

Therates murzini Wiesner 1999b: 370 - 372 , f. 3 - 5, 7.

Therates murzini . Cassola and Klícha 2002: 38.

Type depository. Holotype male in JWGC, 1 paratype female in JWGC, 2 paratype females in RNFC.

Type status. Holotype male! Type labels: “ MYANMAR N (Burma), 50 km E Putao, H- 950m, env. Nan Thi vill., 11- 16.05.1998, leg. S. Murzin and V. Siniaev ” [printed, white with yellow borders]; “Holotype, THERATES murzini J. Wiesner ” [printed, red] . Paratypes! Type labels: “ MYANMAR N (Burma), 50 km E Putao , H- 950m, env. Nan Thi vill., 11- 16.05.1998, leg. S. Murzin and V. Siniaev ” [printed, white with yellow borders]; “Paratype THERATES murzini, J. Wiesner ” [printed, red] .

Diagnosis. Distinguished by the combination of yellow venter, elongated elytral apex, and elytral maculation pattern that includes only a portion of the middle suture.

Re-description. Size: Total length (without labrum) 6.5 mm- 7.4 mm (mean= 6.9 mm, n=5). Head: Shining black. Mandibles yellowish, brownish distally in females, teeth brownish marginally. Labrum (male Fig. 341 , female Fig. 342 ) as long as wide, yellowish, with six apical teeth and one lateral tooth. Labial and maxillary palpi yellowish. Antennae slender, extending posteriorally behind elytral shoulders in females, longer in males, 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 black. Clypeus glabrous. Frons smooth. Thorax: Pronotum shining black, barely longer than wide, constricted in front and at back, transverse furrows strong, middle line and lateral lines nearly obsolete. Elytra: Shining black, with basal and apical humps, distinctly punctate in front, shallower in the apical half ( Fig. 336 ). Apex rounded, with a tiny sutural tooth. Distance between apical hump and lateral tooth long. Maculation highly variable and composed of the following: brownish yellow or yellow humeral lunule of variable length; yellow central dot of variable size, ocassionally connected with the humeral lunule; brownish yellow basal dot absent, or if present then variable in length, ocassionally connected with the humeral lunule ( Figs. 337-339 ). Apex transparent brownish in specimen with reduced maculation and has a large brownish yellow dot, which included the distal part of the apical humps, in the other specimens. Ventral aspect: Venter brownish yellow. Legs yellowish, tibiae and tarsomeres somewhat darkened distally. Aedeagus: ( Fig. 340 ) curved, with a stout tip distally, total length 2.0 mm.

Distribution. Myanmar (Kachin).

Localities. MYANMAR, 50 km E Putao, env. Nan Thi vill., 11.-16.v. 1998, 950 m ( RNFC) .

Figures

Figures 335-350. Therates. All scales = 1 mm. 335-342. murzini Wiesner, 1999. 335) Habitus, paratype female. 336) Punctures of elytra, holotype male. 337-339. Maculae of elytra. 337) Holotype male. 338), 339) Paratype female. 340) Left lateral view of aedeagus, holotype. 341-342. Labra. 341) Holotype male. 342) Paratype female. 343-350. haucki Moravec and Wiesner, 2001. 343) Habitus, holotype female. 344) Punctures of elytra, holotype female. 345-347. Maculae of elytra. 345) Holotype female 346) Paratype male of belokobylskiyi Matalin and Wiesner 2006. 347) Male from Houaphan (JWGC). 348) Left lateral view of aedeagus, paratype of belokobylskiyi. 349-350. Labri. 349) Paratype male of belokobylskiyi. 350) Holotype female.