Themus (Telephorops) uncinatus Wittmer, 1983

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) uncinatus Wittmer, 1983 Figs 8B , 9J

Themus (Telephorops) uncinatus Wittmer, 1983b: 200, figs 5 (aedeagus illustration), 66 (female abdominal sternite VIII illustration).

Type material examined.

1♂ (holotype, MNHN), [p] "MUSEUM PARIS \ SE-TSCHOUEN (China, SE. Sichuan)\ ENV DE TA_TSIEN-LOU (Dajianlu, now is Kangding) \ MO-SY-MIEN \ Père AUBERT 1902", [p] “HOLOTYPUS”, [h] "Themus (Telephorops) \ uncinatus \ Wittm. \ det. W. Wittmer".

Other material examined.

CHINA, Sichuan: 1♂ (NHMB), Jinfo Shan, 1700-1950m, 29°01'N, 107°14'E, 1998.VI.24.-29, D. Král; 1♀ (NHMB), Chadiping, 1200-1500m, 1996.VIII.5.-7, A. Miroshnikov & A. Zamatajiov; 1♂, 1♀ (IZAS), Luding, Moxi, 1500 m, 1983.VI.17, leg. S.Y. Wang; 1♂ (IZAS), Emei Shan, Jiulaodong, 1800-1900 m, 1957.VII.28, leg. K.R. Huang. Yunnan: 4♂, 1♀ (MHBU), Lushui, Laowo, 1500 m, 2008.VII.26.-28, leg. J.S. Xu & Z.H. Gao; 1♂, 2♀ (MHBU), Lushui, Pianma, 2005.VII.22.-23, leg. B.Y. Mao & J.S. Xu; 1♀(MHBU), Longling, Longxin, Heishan, 2008.XII.22.-23, leg. J.S. Xu & Z.H. Gao.

Supplementary description.

Female. Like male, but antennomeres V–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. 9J ) with posterior edge narrowly and triangularly emarginate medially between paired protuberances, each protuberance wider than the distance between it and apicolateral angle and hardly exceeding apex of the latter. Internal genitalia ( Fig. 8B ): diverticulum narrowed apically and pointed at apex, about twice as long as its maximal width; spermatheca moderately expanded apically.

Distribution.

China (Sichuan, Yunnan), northern Vietnam.

Figures

Figure 8. Female internal genitalia, lateral view A Themus sauteri (Pic, 1912) B T. uncinatus Wittmer, 1983. 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.