Tillicera soror Schenkling, 1902

Murakami, Hiroyuki, Gerstmeier, Roland & Sakai, Kaoru, 2022, Description of two new species of the genus Tillicera Spinola (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae), with new synonyms, new distributional records, and an updated key, ZooKeys 1095, pp. 123-142 : 123

Tillicera soror Schenkling, 1902

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Tillicera soror Schenkling, 1902: 127 (type locality Bhutan); Schenkling 1903: 121, pl. 1, fig. 10; Corporaal 1939: 26; Gerstmeier and Bernhard 2010: 29, figs 16, 41, 42.

Rhytidoclerus soror : Pic 1934: 133.

Specimens examined.

Vietnam: Mt. Phang Xi Pang, N. rdg., alt. 1950-1970 m, Hoang Lien Son Mts., Lai Chau Prov., 11.V.1995, A. Saito leg. (KSCJ, 1 male); Mt. Pia Oac , Deo Kolea, alt. 1250-1300 m, Cao Bang Prov., N. Vietnam, 23-24.V.1999, A. Saito leg (KSCJ, 1 female) .

Additional description.

Antennomeres V-X with an area vested with sensilla basiconica at apical margin in ventral view; male antennomere XI with pit-like sensillum. Tarsal pulvillar formula 4-4-2, but in one male from Vietnam 4-4-4.

Distribution.

Bhutan, India, Nepal. New record: Vietnam.

Figures

Figures 13 - 22. Habitus of Tillicera species 13 Tillicera michaeli 14 T. obscura 15 T. paula 16, 17 T. pseudocleroides 18, 19 T. sensibilis 20 T. soror 21 T. tonkinensis 22 T. wenii. Scale bars 2 mm.