Tillicera michaeli Gerstmeier & Bernhard, 2010

Gerstmeier, Roland & Bernhard, Nadine, 2010, Revision of the genus Tillicera Spinola, 1841 (Coleoptera: Cleridae, Clerinae), Zootaxa 2359 (1), pp. 1-34 : 23-25

Tillicera michaeli Gerstmeier & Bernhard n. sp.

( Figs. 12 , 34–35 )

Specimens examined: Holotype: ♂. Laos, Phongsaly Prov., Phongsaly env., Phu Fa , h: 1450–1600 m, 27.7.2006, leg. M. Geiser, Bergregenwald, Umgestürzter Baum ( RGCM).

Paratypes: Same data as Holotype: 27.7.2006 (2ex., RGCM, 2ex., MGCB), 28.7.2006 (1ex., RGCM) .

Length: 9–10mm (6 specimens).

Collecting period: July.

Head: Black, glossy, anterior part of clypeus, labrum and palpi brown, posterior part of clypeus black; relatively densely distributed with fine punctation; anterior part of cranium vested with erect golden setae, posterior part with dark setae; head including eyes slightly broader than anterior width of pronotum.

Antennae: Dark brown to black, vested with depressed, dark setae; antennomeres triangularly dilated from A4 or A5 onwards, A10 as long as wide.

Pronotum: Red-brown to brown, apex sometimes slightly darker; surface finely and densely punctate; vested with anteriorly directed long, pale and dark, erect, setae, and shorter, pale, depressed, setae; length:width ratio 0.93:1 (broadest just behind middle).

Scutellum: Brown, finely punctate, vested with dense, pale setae.

Elytra: Black, with two transverse fasciae, the anterior (black) fascia narrowly lined with yellowish depressed setae, the posterior, narrowly yellowish pigmented fascia very broadly lined with yellowish depressed setae; humeral callous present; disc deeply punctate in rows, extending towards posterior transverse fascia, diameter of punctures larger than interstices; apex densely and finely punctate; basal third and apex with erect, long, predominantly golden setae, along suture and at side margins also with shorter depressed, golden setae, middle part with posteriorly directed, short, semi-decumbent, setae, and isolated, long, erect, dark setae; length:width ratio 2.01:1.

Legs: Brown, pro- and mesofemora and base of metafemora paler; with dense, pale, erect setae; tibiae without carinae.

Ventral surface: Abdomen dark brown to black, thorax brown, with dense, depressed, pale setae.

Aedeagus: Tip asymmetrical, tooth-like structures only indistinct at base.

Distribution: Laos.

Etymology: This species is dedicated to Michael Geiser, a young Cleroidea colleague and the collector of this species.

Figures

FIGURE 34: Tillicera michaeli n. sp., aedeagus ventral aspect, aedeagus lateral aspect, pygidium and ventrite VI.

FIGURE 35: Distribution of Tillicera michaeli n. sp..

FIGURES 7–12: Dorsal habitus of Tillicera spp.. Fig. 7. Tillicera hirsuta. Fig. 8. Tillicera hirsuta ab.. Fig. 9. Tillicera ihlei. Fig. 10. Tillicera javana. Fig. 11. Tillicera javana ab. luchti. Fig. 12. Tillicera michaeli n. sp..