Tillicera ihlei Corporaal, 1949

Gerstmeier, Roland & Bernhard, Nadine, 2010, Revision of the genus Tillicera Spinola, 1841 (Coleoptera: Cleridae, Clerinae), Zootaxa 2359 (1), pp. 1-34 : 19-21

Tillicera ihlei Corporaal, 1949

( Figs. 9 , 30–31 )

Tillicera ihlei Corporaal 1949: 99 .

Specimens examined: Holotype: ♀. Tillicera Ihleri, Corporaal, 1949 , ZMAN type COLE.1798.1, J. B. Corporaal: Type: Holotype: Tillicera Ihlei 1948, 1938 vend., H. Lucht, Java, K. O. Blawan, 900/1500 Mr., Idjen Plateau ( ZMAN) .

Others: Java, J. D. Pasteur 1899 (2 ex., MNHN) ; F.C. Drescher, G. Tangkoeban Prahoe, 4000–5000 Voet, Preanger, Java, 11.1937 (1 ex., ZMAN) ; same data: 11.1934 (1 ex., RGCM) .

Length: 6–7mm (5 specimens).

Collecting period: November.

Head: Black, glossy, anterior part of clypeus, labrum and palpi brown, posterior part of clypeus brown to black; distributed with fine and dense punctation; cranium vested with erect, pale setae; head including eyes slightly broader than anterior width of pronotum.

Antennae: Dark brown to black, A1 to A3 or A4 light brown, vested with depressed, brown setae; antennomeres triangularly dilated from A5 onwards, A10 broader than long.

Pronotum: Surface anterior to transverse depression black, remainder brown, glossy; surface finely, diffusely and irregularly punctate; vested with anteriorly directed erect, pale and dark, setae; length:width ratio 1.11:1 (broadest in middle).

Scutellum: Brown, irregularly punctate, vested with a few pale setae.

Elytra: Basal third red-brown to brown, remainder black, with two yellowish pigmented transverse fasciae (spanning from the lateral margin to mid-way towards suture), with dense white setae; basal third with tubercles and deeply punctate in rows, only rows 3 to 7 extending towards the black part, becoming obsolete towards apex, diameter of punctures larger than interstices, apex densely and finely punctate; basal third with erect, pale and isolated dark setae, black part with posteriorly directed, semi-decumbent, predominantly dark setae; length:width ratio 2.24:1.

Legs: Dark brown to black, base paler, with dense, erect, pale setae; meso- and metatibiae with carinae.

Ventral surface: Abdomen dark brown to black, thorax brown, with few pale setae.

Aedeagus: Very small, tooth-like structures only visible with higher microscopic magnification.

Distribution: Indonesia (Java).

Figures

FIGURE 30: Tillicera ihlei, aedeagus ventral aspect, aedeagus lateral aspect, pygidium and ventrite VI.

FIGURES 7–12: Dorsal habitus of Tillicera spp.. Fig. 7. Tillicera hirsuta. Fig. 8. Tillicera hirsuta ab.. Fig. 9. Tillicera ihlei. Fig. 10. Tillicera javana. Fig. 11. Tillicera javana ab. luchti. Fig. 12. Tillicera michaeli n. sp..