Prothyma (Genoprothyma) thandamoeae Wiesner, Phyu and Hori, 2019

Wiesner, Jürgen, Phyu, Moe Hnin & Hori, Michio, 2019, Three new tiger beetle species of the genus Prothyma Hope, 1838, subgenus Genoprothyma Rivalier, 1964 (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) described from Myanmar. 152. Contribution towards the knowledge of the Cicindelidae, Insecta Mundi 705 (705), pp. 1-9 : 2

Prothyma (Genoprothyma) thandamoeae Wiesner, Phyu and Hori , new species

Fig. 1

Type depository. Holotype male in OMNS, one paratype male and one paratype female each in JWGC and DARM, two paratype males in MHWJ, one paratype male in YAUM.

Type status. Holotype male, type labels: “ Pyon Village , 10 km W from / Ainggyi, Magway Region, / MYANMAR / May 30–31, 2018 / Michio HORI & Thanda Moe leg.”, “ HOLOTYPE / Prothyma (Genoprothyma) / thandamoeae / Wiesner, Phyu & Hori, ded. 2019 [printed, red]”.

Paratypes: 1 male each with same label in JWGC, and YAUM, and “ PARATYPE, Prothyma (Genoprothyma) / thandamoeae / Wiesner, Phyu & Hori, ded. 2019 [printed, red]”. 1 female each in JWGC, and YAUM, “ 5 km W from Ainggyi (teak / plantation), Magway Region, / MYANMAR / May 31, 2018 / Michio HORI leg.”, “ PARATYPE, Prothyma (Genoprothyma) / thandamoeae / Wiesner, Phyu & Hori, ded. 2019 [printed, red]”. 2 males with same labels in MHWJ. 1 male with same labels in DARM .

Distribution. Myanmar (Magway Region).

Etymology. This new species is cordially dedicated to one of its discoverers, Ms. Thanda Moe, Deputy Staff Officer, Perennial Crops Research and Development Center (Mawlamyine), Department of Agri- culture, Maynmar.

Diagnosis. Distinguished by the position of the middle setae of the labrum located far away from the margin, and the elytral maculation comprising a triangular or comma-shaped apical dot, which extends towards the elytral apex.

Description. Size: Total length (without labrum) 9.2–11.6 mm (mean = 10.2 mm, n = 8). Head: Shiny coppery, clypeus, frons, genae and short basal part of orbital furrow greenish; surface smooth, glabrous, with two setigerous punctures next to each of the eyes in front and at the center; strong longitudinal striae on frons and orbital plates, irregular and transversely waved on vertex and behind on neck; genae fine longitudinally striated. Ratio of width of head to width of elytra, mean = 0.9. Labrum (male Fig. 2 , female Fig. 3 ) distinctly wider than long, ratio of length to width, mean = 0.6; with four setae, the two middle ones with dark setal pits and located far away from the margin, three-dentate in the middle of front; color testaceous, margin and insertion of median two setae blackish. Mandibles with four teeth, darkened, base yellowish. Labial and maxillary palpi testaceous, the last segment metallic dark greenish; basal segment of labial palpi with long erected white setae. Antennae slender, reaching the elytral third in the males, shorter in the females; antennomeres one to four dark, with metallic luster; scape with one apical seta, the other three antennomeres almost glabrous; antennomeres five to eleven dark brown, dull, finely and evenly pubescent. Thorax: Pronotum as wide as long (ratio of length to width, mean = 1.0), sides somewhat rounded between the transversal constrictions; glabrous, transversely waved on disc; color shiny coppery, greenish at the transverse constrictions, bluish at margins; sternae and episternae glabrous, black, with or without coppery or greenish hue; mesepisternum of females with a large pit in the upper half. Elytra: ( Fig. 4–6 ) parallel-sided, color shiny coppery above, greenish to bluish at the margin; elytral testaceous maculation consists of a small humeral dot (absent in females), a small marginal dot and a much smaller or nearly extinct central, and a triangular or comma-shaped apical dot, which is extended towards the elytral apex. Surface with dense and evenly spaced punctures, in rows near the suture; apical border distinctly rounded and restricted towards middle suture, with a tiny sutural spine. Epipleurae black. Ventral aspect: Venter glabrous, bluish black, marginally greenish; trochanters glabrous, coxae, femora, tibia and tarsi with white setae; trochanters, apical part of femora (knee) and tibiae testaceous, latter darkened towards apex, remainder shiny metallic greenish. Aedeagus: ( Fig. 7 ) on left lateral view voluminous, tapering, with a straight, and pointed apex and two lateral ribs near the apex (total length 2.8mm).

Figures

Figures 1–7. Prothyma (Genoprothyma) thandamoeae, n. sp. 1) Habitus, holotype male, scale = 10 mm. 2–3. Labrum, scale = 1 mm. 2) Holotype male. 6) Paratype female. 4–6. Left elytron, scale = 2 mm. 2) Holotype male. 3) Paratype male. 4) Paratype female. 7) Left lateral view of aedeagus, holotype, scale = 1 mm.