Athemus (Andrathemus) rolciki indosinicus, Švihla, 2005

Švihla, Vladimír, 2005, New taxa of the subfamily Cantharinae (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from south-eastern Asia with notes on other species II, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 45, pp. 71-110 : 93

Athemus (Andrathemus) rolciki indosinicus ssp. nov.

( Figs. 46-47 )

Type locality. Northern Laos, 20 km NW Louang Namtha, 21°09.2′N 101°18.7′E ( GPS), 800-1000 m a.s.l.

Type material. HOLOTYPE: J, ‘ Laos north, 20 km NW Louang Namtha, N 21°09.2′ E 101° 18.7′, alt. 900 ± 100 m, 5.-11.v.1997, E. Jendek & O. Šauša leg.’ ( NMPC) . PARATYPES: same data, 19 JJ 16 ♀♀ ; ‘ Laos north, 15 km NW Louang Namtha, N 21° 07.5′ E 101° 21.0′, alt. 750 ± 100 m, 13.-24.v.1997, E. Jendek & O. Šauša leg.’, 4 JJ 7 ♀♀ ; ‘ NW Thailand, Chieng Dao, Ban San Pakia , 1200 m, 5.-10.v.2004, Sv. Bílý leg. // d 1304’, 1 J ; ‘ China: Yunnan, Xiquanbanna, Guangping , 60 km N Jinhong, 1000 m, 28.-30.iv.2003, S. Murzin lgt.’, 1 J (all NMPC) .

Differential diagnosis. Athemus rolciki indosinicus ssp. nov. differs from the nominotypical subspecies, hitherto known from India (Meghalaya), in the shape of the apices of the divided portions of the dorsal part of the aedeagus, centroapical parts of which do not protrude from the apical outlines both in dorsal and in lateral view (cf. ŠVIHLA 2004 and Figs. 46 and 47 ).

Etymology. Indosinicus (Latin) = Indo-Chinese, named in reference to its distribution. Distribution. North-western Thailand, northern Laos, and China: Yunnan.

Figures

Figs. 41-47. 41 – Athemus (Athemellus) bimaculicollis sp. nov., dorsal part of aedeagus. 42-45 – A. (Andrathemus) similis sp. nov. 42 – aedeagus, ventral view; 43 – ditto, lateral view; 44 – dorsal part of aedeagus; 45 – last abdominal sternite of female. 46-47 – A. (Andr.) rolciki indosinicus ssp. nov. 46 – dorsal part of aedeagus; 47 – aedeagus, lateral view. Scales a – Figs. 42-44, 46-47; b – Figs. 41, 45.