Therates vitalisi Horn, 1913

Wiesner, Jürgen, Bandinelli, Aligi & Matalin, Andrey, 2017, Notes on the tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae) of Vietnam. 135. Contribution towards the knowledge of Cicindelinae, Insecta Mundi 2017 (589), pp. 1-131 : 40-41

111. Therates vitalisi Horn, 1913 ( Fig. 111 , 306 )

Therates Fruhstorferi Vitalisi : Horn 1913: 363, 364; 1929: 19.

Therates fruhstorferi vitalisi: Wiesner 1988: 40 .

Therates vitalisi: Matalin 2014: 300-302 .

Published data. NORTHWEST: Hoa Binh (Mai Chau distr., Pa Co, Xa Linh) ( Matalin 2014: 300); NORTHEAST: Lao Cai (Sa Pa) ( Horn 1913: 364; 1929: 19; Wiesner 1988: 40; Matalin 2014: 300), Lao Cai (Hoang Lien Son Mountain Range, Hoang Lien National Park., Sa Pa vill. environs) ( Matalin 2014: 300), Phu Tho (90 km W Ha Noi, Xuan Son National Park) ( Matalin 2014: 300); NORTH CENTRAL COAST: Nghe An (NE Con Cuong) ( Matalin 2014: 300).

New records. NORTHWEST: Hoa Binh, Mai Chau Dist., Pa Co Hang Kia Nature Reserve , N22 o 74’ 12” E104 o 93’ 95”, 970m, E. Orbach, 8-12.vi.2013, 1 male ( EOIC) ; NORTHEAST: Bac Giang, Tay Yen Tu Nature Reserve, 6 km SW Thanh So’ n, N21 o 10’ 49.8” E106 o 43’ 25.62”, 200m, leg. R. Gerstmeier, 18.v.2015, 1 male ( JWGC), Phu Tho, Xuan Son National Park , 500m (at light), L. Bartolozzi, S. Bambi, F. Fabiano, E. Orbach, 18-20.vi.2012, 1 male ( MZUF) ; RED RIVER DELTA: Vinh Phuc, Tam Dao Dist., Tam Dao National Park , N21 o 47’ 52” E105 o 63’ 00”, 950m, E. Orbach, 1-3.vi.2013, 1 male, 1 female ( EOIC) .

Distribution. Vietnam (Bac Giang, Hoa Binh, Lao Cai, Nghe An, Phu Tho, Vinh Phuc), China (Gansu, Fujian, Xizang, Zhejiang, Yunnan), Laos (Borikhamxay, Houaphanh, Luangnamtha, Luangprabang, Oudomxay, Phongsaly), Myanmar (Kachin).

Remarks. New provincial record for Bac Giang and Vinh Phuc.

B2. Subtribe Dromicina Thomson, 1859

Key to the genera of subtribe Dromicina Thomson, 1859

1.

― Body ventrally almost entirely glabrous except for fringe of setae on free lateral margin of hind coxae ........................................................................................................................................... 2 Body ventrally entirely glabrous .................................................... B2.1. Prothyma Hope, 1838

2(1).

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Elytra immaculate ....................................................................... B2.2. Heptodonta Hope, 1838 Elytra with lateral maculae ...........................................................................................................

.............. B2.3. Pronyssa Bates, 1874 , (represented in Vietnam by one species only) 121. P.

nodicollis Bates, 1874 )

Figures

Figures 109-120. Habitus pictures. All scales = 10mm. 109) Therates rugosoangustatus Horn, 1929, Vietnam, Chapa, syntype male (SDEI). 110) Therates fruhstorferi fruhstorferi Horn, 1902, Vietnam, Ninh Binh, male (JWGC). 111) Therates vitalisi Horn, 1913, Vietnam, Bac Giang, male (JWGC). 112) Prothyma (Paraprothyma) exornata Schmidt-Goebel, 1846, Cambodia, Mondolkiri, female (JWGC). 113) Prothyma (Paraprothyma) schmidtgoebeli Horn, 1895, Thailand, Khampaeng Phet, male (JWGC). 114) Prothyma (Genoprothyma) heteromalla (Macleay, 1825), Thailand, Saraburi, male (JWGC). 115) Prothyma (Genoprothyma) bouvieri bouvieri Horn, 1896, Laos, Khammuane, male (JWGC). 116) Prothyma (Genoprothyma) annamica Deuve, 2002, Annam, holotype female (MNHN). 117) Prothyma (Genoprothyma) fallaciosa fallaciosa Rivalier, 1964, Laos, Vientiane, male (JWGC). 118) Heptodonta pulchella (Hope, 1831), China, Fujian, male (JWGC). 119) Heptodonta ferrarii ferrarii Gestro, 1893, Vietnam, Tay Yen Tu, male (JWGC). 120) Heptodonta eugenia Chaudoir, 1865, Laos, Luangnamtha, male (JWGC).

Figures 306-311. Distribution maps. 306) Therates vitalisi Horn, 1913. 307) Prothyma (Paraprothyma) exornata Schmidt-Goebel, 1846. 308) Prothyma (Genoprothyma) heteromalla (Macleay, 1825). 309) Prothyma (Genoprothyma) bouvieri bouvieri Horn, 1896. 310) Prothyma (Genoprothyma) fallaciosa fallaciosa Rivalier, 1964. 311) Heptodonta pulchella (Hope, 1831).