Prothemus kopetzi, Švihla, 2005

Švihla, Vladimír, 2005, New taxa of the subfamily Cantharinae (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from south-eastern Asia with notes on other species II, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 45, pp. 71-110 : 108-109

Prothemus kopetzi sp. nov.

( Figs. 84-86 )

Type locality. China, Guizhou Province, Shibing-Yuntai Shan, 60 km N of Kaili.

Type material. HOLOTYPE: J, ‘ China – Guizhou, 60 km N of Kaili, Shibing-Yuntang Shan , 21.-26.v.1995, E. Jendek & O. Šauša leg.’ ( NMEG) . PARATYPE: same data, 1♀ ( AKKG).

Description. Coloration. Head honey yellow, tips of mandibles infuscate, antennae chestnut brown, antennomere 1 entirely and bases of antennomere 2 more or less widely honey yellow. Prothorax, scutellum, meso- and metasternum and ventral part of abdomen honey yellow, femora and basal portions of tibiae honey yellow, rest of legs chestnut to sepia brown.

Male. Eyes large and strongly protruding, head across eyes moderately but distinctly narrower than pronotum, temples straight and convergent posteriorly. Antennae reaching three fourth of elytral length, antennomeres 4-11 moderately flattened, antennomeres 3-11 each with longitudinal to oval, semilustrous impression. Surface of head finely imbricate-punctate and yellow pubescent, matt. Pronotum slightly wider than long, completely rounded with only posterior corners very slightly indicated. Surface of pronotum very finely imbricate-punctate to punctate, finely yellow pubescent, matt, semilustrous on disc. Elytra parallel-sided, elytral nervation not developed, surface of elytra very finely imbricate-punctate to rugulose-lacunose, finely yellow pubescent, nearly semilustrous. Aedeagus as in Figs. 84 and 85 .

Female. Eyes smaller and less protruding than in male, head across eyes by more than one fourth narrower than pronotum. Antennae shorter, reaching three fourth of elytral length. Elytra wider than in male. Last sternite ( Fig. 86 ) with wide, U-shaped median impression, basal margin of impression protruding into short bifurcate elevation.

Length J ♀: 11.7-14.3 mm.

Differential diagnosis. Prothemus kopetzi sp. nov. differs from the similarly coloured P. nigripennis Wittmer, 1995 from northern Vietnam in a yellow head and the presence of teeth on the dorsal part of the aedeagus (cf. WITTMER 1995c).

Etymology. Dedicated to Andreas Kopetz (Kerspleben, Germany), who sent me the type series for description.

Distribution. China: Guizhou.

Figures

Figs. 82-86. 82-83 – Prothemus kantnerorum sp. nov. 82 – aedeagus, dorsal view; 83 – last abdominal sternite of female. 84-86 – P. kopetzi sp. nov. 84 – right laterophyse, ventrolateral view; 85 – aedeagus, dorsal view; 86 – last abdominal sternite of female.