Therates safraneki, Wiesner, 2013

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 : 31-32

27. Therates safraneki new species

( Fig. 208 )

Type depository. Holotype male in JWGC, 1 paratype female in JWCG, paratypes in OSCC.

Type status. Holotype male! Type labels: “ LAOS- Viangchan prov. Muang Vangviang env., 10.-13.V.2003, O. Šafranek leg.” [printed, white]; “HOLOTYPE Therates safraneki n. sp., ded. J. Wiesner 2013” [printed, red] . Paratype males and females! Type labels: “LAOS- Viangchan prov. Muang Vangviang env., 10.- 13.V.2003, O. Šafranek leg.” [printed, white]; “ PARATYPE Therates safraneki n. sp., ded. J. Wiesner 2013” [printed, red] .

Diagnosis. Distinguished by the laterally yellowish ventral laterally yellowish ventrites and blackish dot at the lateral margin of the basal humps that is connected with the dark color of the middle suture.

Etymology. The new species is dedicated to its discoverer, O. Šafranek.

Description. Size: Total length (without labrum) 7.3 mm- 8.2 mm, (mean=8.0 mm, n=7). Head: Shining greenish black. Mandibles yellowish, brownish distally in females, teeth brownish marginally. Labrum (male Fig. 214 , female Fig. 215 ) as wide as long, yellowish, with six apical teeth one lateral tooth. Labial and maxillary palpi yellowish. Antennae extending posteriorally behind elytral shoulders in females, slightly longer in the 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 or darker. 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 punctuated in front, shallower in the apical half ( Fig. 209 ). Apex with roundish lateral corner and a sutural tooth, slightly recurved between. Maculation composed of a yellow brownish humeral lunule extending from the marginal suture, not reaching the middle suture, connected with a yellow brownish basal dot, leaving open a blackish dot at the lateral margin of the basal humps, completely or nearly completely connected with a yellowish central dot which is orientated outwards toward the front and a light yellow apex, reaching the apical humps ( Figs. 210-212 ). Ventral aspect: Venter black, ventrites in large extension yellowish marginally. Legs yellowish, tibiae and tarsomeres darkened distally. Aedeagus: ( Fig. 213 ) curved, slightly knobbed distally, total length 2.1 mm.

Distribution. Laos (Vientiane = Viangchan, Phongsaly).

Localities. LAOS, Phongsaly, Gnoi-ou , 18.-21.v.2003 ( JWCG) .

Remarks. The collecting data of the specimen from Phongsaly are somewhat doubtful, due to the unreliability of the collector. The specimen therefore is not included in the type series.

Figures

Figures 208-223. Therates. All scales = 1 mm. 208-215. safraneki new species. 208) Habitus, holotype male. 209) Punctures of elytra, holotype male. 210-212. Maculae of elytra. 210) Holotype male. 211), 212) Paratype female. 213) Left lateral view of aedeagus, holotype. 214-215. Labra. 214) Holotype male. 215) Paratype female. 216-223. nagaii Sawada and Wiesner, 2000. 216) Habitus, paratype male. 217) Punctures of elytra, paratype male. 218-220. Maculae of elytra. 218) Paratype male. 219), 220) Paratype female. 221) Left lateral view of aedeagus, paratype. 223-224. Labri. 222) Paratype male. 223) Paratype female.