Therates dembickyi Sawada and Wiesner, 2002

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 : 23-24

18. Therates dembickyi Sawada and Wiesner

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Therates dembickyi Sawada and Wiesner 2002: 81 - 83 , f. 5 - 9.

Therates dembickyi . Sawada and Wiesner 2006b: 452.

Type depository. Holotype male and paratype female in JWGC.

Type status. Holotype male! Type labels: “ LAOS-C, 19.-31.v.2001, Kham Mouan prov., 18°07’N 104°29’E, BAN KHOUN NGEUN , ~ 200 m, L. Dembický leg.” [printed, yellow]; “HOLOTYPE Therates dembickyi SAWADA and WIESNER, 2002 ” [printed, red] . Paratype female! Type labels: “ LAOS-C, 19.-31.v.2001, Kham Mouan prov., 18°07'N 104°29’E, BAN KHOUN NGEUN , ~ 200 m, L. Dembický leg.” [printed, yellow]; “PARATYPE Therates dembickyi SAWADA and WIESNER, 2002 ” [printed, red] .

Diagnosis. Distinguished by the combination of elytra with the combination of horizontal central dot and brownish apex, and males with the antennae reaching posteriorly behind the elytral shoulders.

Re-description. Size: Total length (without labrum) 6.8 mm- 7.1 mm (mean=7.0 mm, n=2). Head: Shining greenish black. Mandibles yellowish, brownish distally in female, teeth brownish marginally. Labrum (male Fig. 137 , female Fig. 138 ) as wide as long, yellowish, lateral margins dark brown, with six apical teeth and one lateral tooth. Labial and maxillary palpi yellowish. Antennae lanceolate, extending posteriorally to elytral shoulders in female, somewhat longer in the male, 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 blackish. Clypeus glabrous. Frons smooth, with a transverse furrow in the posterior part of the orbital plates. Thorax: Pronotum shining greenish black, as long as wide, barely more constricted in front than at back, transverse furrows strong, middle line and lateral lines nearly obsolete, middle line with several transverse short branches. Elytra: Shining black, with basal and apical humps, distinctly punctate in front, shallower in apical half ( Fig. 133 ). Apex with angular lateral corner and tiny sutural tooth, somewhat recurved between. Maculation composed of a brownish humeral lunule, brownish yellow basal dot, and yellow horizontal central dot ( Figs. 134, 135 ). Apex is somewhat transparent brownish or yellow behind the apical humps. Ventral aspect: Venter black. Legs yellowish, tibiae and tarsal joints darkened a little at apex. Aedeagus: ( Fig. 136 ) straight, produced into tip distally, total length 1.8 mm.

Distribution. Laos (Khamouan).

Remarks. Sawada and Wiesner (2006b: 452) mentioned dembickyi from Bolikhamxai. In fact these specimens are not conspecific and described as Th. sigridgeissleri herein.

Figures

Figures 132-146. Therates. All scales = 1 mm. 132-137. dembickyi Sawada and Wiesner, 2002. 132) Habitus, holotype male. 133) Punctures of elytra, holotype male. 134-135 Maculae of elytra. 134) Holotype male. 135) Paratype female. 136) Left lateral view of aedeagus, holotype. 137-138. Labra. 137) Holotype male. 138) Paratype female. 139-146. kraatzi Horn, 1900. 139) Habitus, female from Malaysia (BMNH). 140) Punctures of elytra, holotype male. 141-143. Maculae of elytra. 141) Holotype male. 142) Female from Malaysia (BMNH). 143) Female from Tak (BMNH). 144) Left lateral view of aedeagus, Holotype. 145-146..Labra 145) Female from Malaysia (BMNH). 146) Holotype male.