Therates haucki Moravec and Wiesner, 2001

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 : 45-46

45. Therates haucki Moravec and Wiesner

( Fig. 343 )

Therates haucki Moravec and Wiesner 2001: 227 , f. 2, 6.

Type depository. Holotype female in JWGC, paratype female in JMCC.

Type status. Holotype female! Type labels: “ THAI, N, Nan prov., Doi, Phu Kha N.P. , Headq., 19°13’N, 101°07’E, 22-26.iv.1999, D. Hauck leg.” [printed, white with yellow borders]; “HOLOTYPE Therates haucki Moravec and Wiesner , ded. J. Wiesner, 2001” [printed, red] . Paratype female! Type labels: “ THAI, N, Nan prov., Doi, Phu Kha N.P. , Headq., 19°13’N, 101°07’E, 22-26.iv.1999, D. Hauck leg.” [printed] ; “ PARATYPE Therates haucki Moravec and Wiesner , ded. J. Wiesner, 2001” [printed, red] .

Therates belokobylskiyi Matalin and Wiesner 2006: 37 , 38, f. 1, 3, 6, 8, new synonymy.

Type depository. Holotype male in ZIN, paratype male in MPU.

Type status. Holotype male! Type labels: “N. VIETNAM, Mai Chau Distr., Hang Hia , h~ 1300 m, 20°44’N 104°53’E, 25-26.IV.2002, leg. S. Belokobylskiy “ [printed]; “HOLOTYPUS Therates belokobylskiyi new species, det. A. V. Matalin and J. Wiesner, 2005” [printed, red] . Paratype male! Type labels: “ VIETNAM, Hoa Binh Prov., Mai Chau Distr., Hang Hia , h~ 1300 m, 20°44’N 104°53’E, 25-26.IV.2002, leg. S. Belokobylskiy “ [printed] ; “ PARATYPUS Therates belokobylskiyi new species, det. A. V. Matalin and J. Wiesner, 2005” [printed, red] .

Nomenclatural note. Description of Th. haucki was based on two females from Nan ( Thailand). These specimens are consistent with females from Houaphan ( Laos), a site from which males of this species were also collected. I therefore included the Houaphan specimens within the concept of Th. haucki . In addition, the males from Houaphan were consistent with the species Th. belokobylskiyi , which was described on the basis of two males from Hao Binh ( Vietnam), thus Th. belokobylskiyi is considered a synonymy of Th. haucki .

Diagnosis. Distinguished by the combination of laterally brownish ventral segments and elytra with completely brownish or brownish yellow basal humps and light apical dot that extends forward medially.

Re-description. Size: Total length (without labrum) 6.3 mm-8.0 mm (mean= 7.2 mm, n=15). Head: Shining greenish black. Mandibles yellowish, brownish distally in females, teeth brownish marginally. Labrum (male Fig. 349 , female Fig. 350 ) 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, 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 brownish black, with basal and apical humps, distinctly punctate in front, shallower in the apical third ( Fig. 344 ). Apex with rounded lateral corner and sutural corner, straight between. Maculation composed of a brownish yellow humeral lunule connected with a transverse central dot, brownish yellow basal dot, light yellow apical dot which extends forward medially, the remainder of the basal hump being darker brown, as are the elytra as a whole at the sutural margin ( Figs. 345-347 ). Ventral aspect: Venter black, ventrites brownish marginally. Legs yellowish, tibiae and tarsomeres somewhat darkened distally. Aedeagus: ( Fig. 348 ) curved, produced into a thin tip distally, total length 1.5 mm.

Distribution. Thailand (Nan), Laos (Houaphan), Vietnam (Hoa Binh).

Localities. LAOS, Houaphan, Ban Saluei, Phu Phan Mt. , 26.iv.-11.v.2001, 1500 - 2000 m ( JMCC, JWCG, OSCC, PSGC, ZSMC) , 6.-18.iv.2004, 1300 - 2000 m ( OSCC) , 10.v.-16.vi.2009, 1300 - 1900 m ( OSCC) .

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.