Therates nagaii Sawada and Wiesner, 2000

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 : 32

28. Therates nagaii Sawada and Wiesner

( Fig. 216 )

Therates nagaii Sawada and Wiesner 2000b: 97 , 98, f. 3, 6 - 8, 11 - 13.

Therates nagaii . Cassola and Klícha 2002: 39.

Type depository. Holotype male in YYJC , paratypes in JWGC, YYJC and ZSMC.

Type status. Paratypes! Type labels: “N Myanmar, Kachin State, S Kumon Range, Zan Phut ( Makoutsup Hill ), 28.v.2000, 1200 m, Shinji Nagai leg.” [printed, yellow]; PARATYPE Therates nagaii SAWADA and WIESNER , ded. J. Wiesner 2000" [printed, red] .

Diagnosis. Distinguished by the laterally yellowish ventral yellow venter, short elytral apex, and elytral maculation which does not reach the middle suture.

Re-description. Size: Total length (without labrum) 5.8 mm- 7.5 mm (mean= 6.7 mm, n=13). Head: Shining greenish black. Mandibles yellowish, brownish distally in females, teeth brownish marginally. Labrum (male Fig. 222 , female Fig. 223 ) as long as wide, yellowish, with six to seven apical teeth and one lateral tooth. Labial and maxillary palpi yellowish. Antennae slender, extending posteriorally behind elytral shoulders in females, longer in males, 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. Thorax: Pronotum shining greenish black, barely longer than 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, with basal and apical humps, distinctly punctate in front, shallower in the apical half ( Fig. 217 ). Apex with angular lateral corner and a tiny sutural tooth or corner, straight or somewhat recurved between. Distance between apical hump and lateral tooth short. Maculation comprise of a brownish yellow humeral lunule, brownish yellow basal dot, yellow central dot which is acutely angled outwards toward the front, and large brownish yellow apical dot which includes the distal part of the apical humps ( Figs. 218-220 ). The humeral lunule is sometimes connected with basal and central dots. Ventral aspect: Venter brownish yellow. Legs yellowish, tibiae and tarsomeres somewhat darkened distally. Aedeagus: ( Fig. 221 ) curved, with a stout tip distally, total length 1.3 mm.

Distribution. Myanmar (Kachin).

Figures

Figures 208-223. Therates. All scales = 1 mm. 208-215. safraneki new species. 208) Habitus, holotype male. 209) Punctures of elytra, holotype male. 210-212. Maculae of elytra. 210) Holotype male. 211), 212) Paratype female. 213) Left lateral view of aedeagus, holotype. 214-215. Labra. 214) Holotype male. 215) Paratype female. 216-223. nagaii Sawada and Wiesner, 2000. 216) Habitus, paratype male. 217) Punctures of elytra, paratype male. 218-220. Maculae of elytra. 218) Paratype male. 219), 220) Paratype female. 221) Left lateral view of aedeagus, paratype. 223-224. Labri. 222) Paratype male. 223) Paratype female.