Themus (Haplothemus) licenti Pic, 1938

Su, Junyan, Yang, Yuxia & Yang, Xingke, 2015, Description of three new species related to Themus (Haplothemus) coriaceipennis (Fairmaire, 1889) (Coleoptera: Cantharidae), Zootaxa 4034 (2), pp. 375-389 : 383

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Themus (Haplothemus) licenti Pic, 1938
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Themus (Haplothemus) licenti Pic, 1938

Figs. 1 View FIGURE 1 C, 5B, 7

Themus licenti Pic, 1938: 161 .

Themus coriaceipennis ( Fairmaire, 1889) : Wittmer 1983: 224, Figs 43, 111. [Misidentification.] Themus (Haplothemus) licenti: Yang et al., 2013: 7 , Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 .

Type material examined. Holotype female ( MNHN): [p]“CHANSI. S.O. \ 22.VII.35 ”, [p]“HO CHAN \ 2,255m ”, [h]“ Themus \ licenti n. sp. ”, [h]“ Themus (s.str.) \ coriaceipennis \ (Fairm.) \ det. W. Wittmer”, [p]“ HOLOTYPUS ”.

Additional material examined. CHINA: 1 male, 1 female ( MHBU): Shanxi, Lishan National Natural Reserve, 12.‒20.VII.2013, leg. Yuan-Yuan Lu; 2 males, 1 female ( MHBU): Henan, Songxian, Baiyunshan, 17.VII.2008, leg. Guang-Lin Xie; 2 males, 1 female ( MHBU): Hebei, Zhuolu, Yangjiaping, 10.‒24.VII.2005, leg. Jing Li & Hui-Ran Hua; 1 male, 1 female ( MHBU): Beijing, Baihuashan, 1100m, 19.VIII.2000, leg. Da-Kang Zhou.

Distribution. China (Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi, Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan).

Supplementary description. Female. Abdominal sternite VIII ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 B) widely and roundly emarginated in middle of posterior margin, which is nearly triangular at apex of lateral portion beside middle emargination. Internal reproductive organ of genitalia ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 ): vagina stout, with diverticulum and spermatheca situated at apex, median oviduct in middle of ventral side; diverticulum boot-shaped, stout, nearly straight at apex and distinctly expanded on dorsal side; spermatheca sac-shaped, slightly short and distinctly expanded apically, provided with a slightly short and thin accessory gland near base; diverticulum and spermatheca surrounded with a strongly sclerotized ring at base, which is confluent in middle and extending to median oviduct on ventral side, the opening of spermatheca arising from middle of the sclerotized ring on dorsal side.

Remarks. Themus licenti Pic, 1938 was synonymized with T. coriaceipennis ( Fairmaire, 1889) by Wittmer (1983), but recently it was resurrected by Yang et al. (2013). In the present study, the female genitalia of both species and the aedeagus of the latter species were available for comparison, which are distinctly different from each other, so both species were confirmed as valid.

Yang, Y. X., Kopetz, A. & Yang, X. K. (2013) Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on the genera Themus Motschulsky and Lycocerus Gorham (Coleoptera, Cantharidae). Zookeys, 340, 1 - 19. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 340.5470

Fairmaire, L. (1889) Coleopteres de l'interieur de la Chine. (5 partie). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, 9 (6), 5 - 84.

Pic, M. (1938) Malacodermes exotiques. L'Echange, Revue Linneenne, 54 [hors-texte] (472 - 474), 149 - 156, 157 - 160, 161 - 164.

Wittmer, W. (1983) Beitrag zur einer Revision der Gattung Themus Motsch. Coleoptera: Cantharidae. Entomologischen Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey, 31 / 32, 189 - 239.

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FIGURE 1. Habitus, dorsal view (A, C, D. male; B. female): A ‒ B. Themus (Haplothemus) coriaceipennis (Fairmaire, 1889); C. T. (H.) licenti Pic, 1938; D. T. (H.) rectus Y. Yang et X. Yang, sp. nov. Scale bars: 5.0 mm.

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FIGURE 3. Aedeagus (A, D. ventral view; B, E. dorsal view; C, F. lateral view): A ‒ C. Themus (Haplothemus) coriaceipennis (Fairmaire, 1889); D ‒ F. T. (H.) rectus Y. Ya n g et X. Yang, sp. nov. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

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FIGURE 5. Abdominal sternite VIII of female, ventral view: A. Themus (Haplothemus) coriaceipennis (Fairmaire, 1889); B. T. (H.) licenti Pic, 1938; C. T. (H.) bimaculaticollis Y. Ya n g et Su, sp. nov.; D. T. (H.) licentimimus Y. Yang et Su, sp. nov. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

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FIGURE 7. Female genitalia of Themus (Haplothemus) licenti Pic, 1938: A. ventral view; B. dorsal view; C. right lateral view; D. left lateral view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cantharidae

Genus

Themus