Tillicera hirsuta (Pic, 1926) Pic, 1926

Yang, Ganyan, Montreuil, Olivier & Yang, Xingke, 2011, New species, new records and new morphological characters of the genus Tillicera Spinola from China (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae), ZooKeys 122, pp. 19-38 : 26

Tillicera hirsuta (Pic, 1926) new record from China Figs 4246

Thanasimus hirsuta Pic, 1926: 22 (Tonkin).

Tillicera hirsuta : Gerstmeier & Bernhard, 2010: 18.

Diagnosis.

Differs from Tillicera bibalteata by having tubercular rows on basal elytral intervals, elytral apex emarginate; from Tillicera michaeli by absence of tuberosity on elytral base (on third interval exactly), diameter of interstitial tubercules larger than diameter of punctures on elytra, integument from which two bands of golden setae originates yellow, elytral apex emarginate, first four antennomeres paler.

Distribution.

China: Yunnan; Vietnam; Indonesia; Malaysia.

Material examined.

Lectotype designated here: female, "Type [handwritten by Pic]/Lac Thô, Tonkin / Thanasimus hirsutus , n. sp. [handwritten by Pic]/Museum Paris, Coll. M. Pic/HOLOTYPE ♀ Thanasimus hirsutus Pic, 1926 = Tillicera hirsuta , Revision 2009, Gerstmeier & Bernhard" (MNHN).

Remarks.

The name-bearing type was not fixed in the original publication and there was no imply how many type series was. For the purpose to fix the name-bearing type, the lectotype is designated here, which is the same specimen noted as "holotype" in Gerstmeier & Bernhard (2010).

Other material examined.

5 specimens: 1 female, Lac Thô, Tonkin (MNHN); 1 male, Phuyen binh, 1907 (MNHN); 1 female, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, Menglun, Lvshilin, 21°54.61'N, 101°16.87'E, ca 630m, 2009.XI.14, leg. TANG Guo & YAO Zhiyuan, by fogging (IZAS); 1 male 1 female, Tonkin, Hoa-Binh, leg. A de Cooman (IZAS).