Therates bannokcolus Sawada and Wiesner, 1999

Wiesner, Jürgen, 2013, The chennelli group of the Genus Therates Latreille (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) 114. Contribution towards the knowledge of Cicindelidae, Insecta Mundi 2013 (315), pp. 1-86 : 15

8. Therates bannokcolus Sawada and Wiesner ( Fig. 61 )

Therates bannokcolus Sawada and Wiesner 1999b: 301 , 302, f. 9, 19.

Therates bannokcolus . Sawada and Wiesner 2002: 83.

Type depository. Holotype male in JWGC.

Type status. Holotype male! Type labels: “ LAOS c, Bolikhamsai prov., BAN NOK env., alt. 220 m, Route No. 8 , 9.-14. 5. 1998, N 18°08.7' E104°28.1' GPS, E. Jendek, O. Šauša leg.” [printed, white, with yellow borders]; “HOLOTYPUS, THERATES bannokcolus Sawada and Wiesner ” [printed, red] .

Diagnosis. Distinguished by the combination of short antennae and elytral apex which lacks maculae except for the short basal dot on some individuals.

Re-description. Size: Total length (without labrum) 5.7 mm- 6.9 mm (mean= 6.2 mm, n=13). Head: Shining greenish black. Mandibles yellowish, brownish distally in females, teeth brownish marginally. Labrum (male Fig. 67 , female 68) barely wider than long, yellowish, with six apical teeth and one lateral tooth. Labial and maxillary palpi yellowish. Antennae lanceolate, extending posteriorally to elytral shoulders in males, somewhat shorter in females, scape with a single apical bristle, antennomeres 2 to 5 glabrous, antennomeres 6 to 11 finely and evenly pubescent; scape yellowish above, black on underside, all the other antennal segments brownish black. Clypeus glabrous. Frons smooth with two shallow bumps in the posterior part of the orbital plates. Thorax: Pronotum shining greenish black, as long as wide, constricted in front and at back, transverse furrows strong, middle line and lateral lines nearly obsolete, middle line with several transverse short branches. Elytra: Shining black, transparent brown apically, with basal and apical humps, distinctly punctate in front, nearly absent in the apical third ( Fig. 62 ). Apex with lateral and sutural corner, slightly recurved between. Maculation composed of a slender brownish yellow humeral lunule, a short or nearly absent brownish yellow basal dot, and a small yellow central dot which is acutely angled outwards forward ( Figs. 63-65 ). Basal hump and sutural space between basal hump and apex are brownish colored in some specimens. Ventral aspect: Venter black. Legs yellowish, tibiae and tarsomeres somewhat darkened distally. Aedeagus: ( Fig. 66 ) curved, with thin and produced tip, total length 1.4 mm.

Distribution. Laos (Borikhamxai, Khammouan).

Localities. LAOS, Khammouan, Ban Khoun Ngeun , 17.v.-6.vi. 2007, 300 m ( JWCG) .

Figures

Figures 61-73. Therates. All scales = 1 mm. 61-68. bannokcolus Sawada and Wiesner, 1999. 61) Habitus, male from Khammouan (JWGC). 62) Punctures of elytra, male from Khammouan (JWGC). 63-65. Maculae of elytra. 63) Male from Khammouan (JWGC). 64), 65) Female from Khammouan (JWGC). 66) Left lateral view of aedeagus, from Khammouan (JWGC). 67-68. Labra. 67) Male from Khammouan (JWGC). 68) Female from Khammouan (JWGC). 69-73. circumscriptus Moravec and Wiesner, 1999, holotype male. 69) Habitus. 70) Punctures of elytra. 71) Maculae of elytra. 72) Left lateral view of aedeagus. 73) Labrum.