Themus (Telephorops) masatakai Okushima, 2003

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) masatakai Okushima, 2003 Figs 7C , 9H

Themus (Telephorops) masatakai Okushima, 2003: 280, figs 1-4 (habitus photo, aedeagus illustrations); Kopetz 2010: 185 (distributional data), fig. 4 (aedeagus illustration); Kopetz 2016: 255, figs 15 (habitus photo), 44 (female abdominal sternite VIII photo).

Material examined.

LAOS: 1♂, 1♀ (NHMB), Oudomxai, 17 km NEE, 1100 m, 20°45'N, 102°09'E, 2002.V.1.-9, leg. Vit Kubáň; 1♂ (NHMB), Phongsaly, Ban Sano Mai, 1150m, 21°21'N, 102°03'E, 2004.V.19.-26, M. Brancucci; 1♂ (NHMB), Phongsaly, 1500 m, 21°41'N, 102°06'E, 2004.V.6.-17, M. Brancucci; 1♂ (NHMB), 20 km NW Louang Namtha, 900-1000 m, 21°09.2'N, 101°18.7'E, 1997.V.5.-30, C. Holzschuh.

CHINA, Yunnan: 1♂ (IZAS), Xishuangbanna, Meng’a, 1050-1080 m, 1958.V.13, leg. F.J. Pu; 1♂ (IZAS), same data, leg. S.Y. Wang; 1♀ (IZAS), same locality and collector, 1958.VIII.10; 1♂ (IZAS), Simao, Rd. Kunluo 591 km, 1350 m, 1957.V.11, leg. F.J. Pu; 1♀ (IZAS), Simao, 1957.V.23, leg. A. Мэнцяский; 1♀ (IZAS), Simao, 1200 m, 1957.V.11, leg. S.Y. Wang.

Supplementary description.

Female. Like male, but antennomeres VII–XI 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. 9H ) with posterior edge narrowly and triangularly emarginate medially between paired rounded protuberances, each protuberance nearly as wide as the distance between it and apicolateral angle and exceeding apex of the latter. Internal genitalia ( Fig. 7C ): diverticulum expanded apically and rounded at apex, about twice as long as its maximal width; spermatheca expanded apically.

Distribution.

China (Yunnan, Guangxi); Laos, northernVietnam.

Figures

Figure 7. Female internal genitalia, lateral view A Themus impressipennis (Fairmaire, 1886) B T. laboissierei (Pic, 1921) C T. masatakai Okushima, 2003. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (sp: spermatheca; sr: sclerotized ring; va: vagina; di: diverticulum; ov: median oviduct; ag: accessory gland).

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.