Themus (Telephorops) cavipennis (Fairmaire, 1897)

Yang, Yuxia, Xi, Huacong, Yang, Xingke & Liu, Haoyu, 2019, Taxonomic review of the Themus (Telephorops) nepalensis species-group (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), ZooKeys 884, pp. 81-106 : 81

Themus (Telephorops) cavipennis (Fairmaire, 1897) Figs 3A , 6B , 9B

Tryblius cavipennis Fairmaire, 1897: 228.

Themus ancoralis Champion, 1926: 128. Synonymized by Wittmer 1975: 251.

Themus (Tryblius) cavipennis : Pic 1929a: 195; Wittmer 1975: 251, fig. 1 (aedeagus illustration).

Themus (Telephorops) cavipennis : Wittmer 1983b: 197; Okushima 1999: 59, figs 10 (habitus photo), 34 (female abdominal sternite VIII illustration).

Type material examined.

1♂ (holotype, MNHN), [p]"Himalaya \ Sikkim", [h]" Tryblius \ cavipennis \ Fairm., Sikkim", [p] “HOLOTYPUS”, [h]" Themus \ (Tryblius) \ cavipennis \ Fairm. \ det. W. Wittmer".

Other material examined. CHINA: Xizang: 1♂, 1♀ (IZAS), Bomi, Tangmai, 2300m, 2005.VIII.31, leg. X.J. Wang; 1♀ (IZAS), Nyingchi, Pêlong, 2100 m, 2005.IX.2, leg. X.L. Chen; 1♀ (IZAS), same data, 2005.IX.1; 1♀ (IZAS), same locality and date, 2115 m, leg. X.J. Wang; 1♀ (IZAS), Nyingchi, Zayü, Shang Zayü, 1960m, 2005.VIII.23, leg. X.L. Chen; 1♀(IZAS), Zayü, Zhowagoin, Xungjug, 1938 m, 28.6067N, 97.2816E, 2014.VIII.29, leg. H. Liu; 1♀(MHBU), Shang Zayü, 2005.VII.14, leg. A.M. Shi; 1♀(MHBU), Nyingchi, Pêlong, 2007.IX.23.-28, leg. F.M. Shi.

Supplementary description.

Male ( Fig. 3A ). Female. Like male, but antennomeres IV–X without impressions along outer edges (while present with smooth narrow longitudinal or oblong impressions in male), terminal abdominal ventrite wide (while narrow and triangular in male) ( Fig. 9B ) with posterior edge narrowly and triangularly emarginate medially between paired rounded middle protuberances, each protuberance narrower than the distance between it and apicolateral angle and exceeding apex of apicolateral angle. Internal genitalia ( Fig. 6B ): diverticulum narrowed apically and nearly pointed at apex, about twice as long as its maximal width; spermatheca abruptly expanded apically.

Distribution.

China (new record: Xizang), Bhutan, Nepal, northern India.

Figures

Figure 3. Male habitus, dorsal view A Themus cavipennis Champion, 1926 (the specimen of Xizang) B T. crassimargo Champion, 1926 (the specimen of Sichuan). Scale bars: 5.0 mm.

Figure 6. Female internal genitalia, lateral view A Themusbicoloricornis Wittmer, 1983 B T. cavipennis Champion, 1926 C T. coelestis (Gorham, 1889) D T. crassipes Pic, 1929. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

Figure 9. Female abdominal sternite VIII, ventral view A Themus bicoloricornis Wittmer, 1983 B T. cavipennis Champion, 1926 C T. coelestis (Gorham, 1889) D T. crassimargo Champion, 1926 E T. crassipes Pic, 1929 F T. impressipennis (Fairmaire, 1886) G T. laboissierei (Pic, 1921) H T. masatakai Okushima, 2003 I T. sauteri (Pic, 1912) J T. uncinatus Wittmer, 1983. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.