Calochroa fumikoae Wiesner and Phyu, 2019

Wiesner, Jürgen & Phyu, Moe Hnin, 2019, Two new tiger beetle species of the genus Calochroa Hope, 1838 (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) from Myanmar. 150. Contribution towards the knowledge of the Cicindelidae, Insecta Mundi 696, pp. 1-7 : 2-3

Calochroa fumikoae Wiesner and Phyu , new species

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

Type status. Holotype male, type labels: “ Pyon village , near Ainggyi, / 13 miles from Saw, / Magway Region, MYANMAR / June 1, 2016 / Michio HORI & Thanda Moe leg.”, “ HOLOTYPE / Calochroa / fumikoae new species / Wiesner & Phyu ded. 2019 [printed, red]”.

Paratypes: 1 male and 1 female with same label in DARM, and “ PARATYPE, Calochroa / fumikoae new species / Wiesner & Phyu ded. 2019 [printed, red]” . 1 male with same labels in JWGC . 1 male and 1 female with same labels in YAUM . 4 males with same labels in MHWJ . 1 female in MHWJ: “ 5 km W from Ainggyi (teak / plantation), Magway Region, / MYANMAR / May 31, 2018 / Michio HORI & Thanda Moe leg.”, and “ PARATYPE, Calochroa / fumikoae new species / Wiesner & Phyu ded. 2019 [printed, red]” . 1 male and 2 females in JWGC: “ Pyon village , near Ainggyi , / 13 miles from Saw, / Magway Region, MYANMAR / June 1, 2016 / Michio HORI & Thanda Moe leg.”, and “ PARATYPE, Calochroa / fumikoae new species / Wiesner & Phyu ded. 2019 [printed, red]” . 9 males and 3 females with same labels in MHWJ . 1 male and 1 female in MHWJ: “ Pyon village , near Ainggyi , / 13 miles from Saw, / Magway Region, MYANMAR / June 8, 2015 / Michio HORI & Thanda Moe leg.”, “ PARATYPE / Calochroa / fumikoae new species / Wiesner & Phyu ded. 2019 [printed, red]” . 2 males and 1 female in MHWJ: “ Pyon village , near Ainggyi , / 13 miles from Saw, / Magway Region, MYANMAR / June 10, 2017 / Michio HORI & Thanda Moe leg.”, “ PARATYPE / Calochroa / fumikoae new species / Wiesner & Phyu ded. 2019 [printed, red]” .

Distribution. Myanmar (Magway Region).

Etymology. This new species is cordially dedicated to Fumiko Hori, wife of Prof. Dr. Michio Hori.

Diagnosis. Similar to Calochroa nosei Sawada and Wiesner, 2000 , but distinguished by the shorter tarsal and antennae segments and the shape of aedeagus.

Description. Size: Total length (without labrum) 12.2–16.5mm (mean = 14.3mm, n = 30). Head: Glabrous, with two setigerous punctures next to each of the eyes in front and at the centre; clypeus brassy greenish, marginal part of frons near the eyes bluish green, genae brassy greenish in front and bluish green at base, remainder of head coppery brown or greenish in males, black in females; frons and orbital plates with distinct longitudinal striae, genae with fine longitudinal striae, vertex distinct and irregular wrinkled. Eyes pale whitish with some small darker areas. Ratio between width of head and elytra = 3.5 in medium. Labrum (male Fig. 9 , female Fig. 10 ) distinctly wider than long, ratio of length to width = 0.6 in medium, yellowish, irregularly black at margins, with four setae in front, with three pointed apical teeth and two small bulges each on left and right side of the three teeth. Mandibles yellow, teeth black. Labial palpi yellowish, apical two joints black. Maxillary palpi yellowish, apical joint black, basal segment of labial palpi with long erect white setae. Antennae slender, reaching back a third of the elytral length in the males, a little shorter in the females; antennomeres one to four dark, with metallic green luster; scape with with one long apical seta, the other three antennomeres almost glabrous; antennomeres five to eleven black, dull, finely and evenly pubescent. Thorax: Pronotum slightly wider than long (ratio of length to width = 0.9 in medium), sides somewhat rounded between the transversal constrictions; glabrous, with a few white setae at front in lateral margin; with irregular wrinkles on disc; color brown or greenish in males, black in females, lateral margin greenish blue in males, coppery in females. Sternae and episternae bluish black, proepisternum with a few white setae in males, glabrous in females, mesepisternum and metepisternum glabrous, mesepimeron and metasternum setose; mesepisternum of females with a longitudinal furrow in the upper half. Elytra: ( Fig. 12–15 ) wider than head with eyes, parallel-sided, apices microserrulate, rounded, with distinct sutural edge; shoulders well marked, subsquare; surface smooth with a fine microsculpture, ground color black; elytral testaceous maculations consist of a roundish apical dot, an oblong oval central dot small and a triangulate humeral dot, which is mostly enlarged onto the disk forming a lunule with variably extended distal part. Epipleurae brownish. Ventral aspect: Venter bluish black, abdominal segments 1, 2 and 3 setose apically; coxae with white setae; trochanters testaceous; coxae, femora, tibiae and tarsi dark, with metallic reflections; legs covered sparsely with setae, mesotibiae more densely setose. Aedeagus: ( Fig. 11 ) on left lateral view fusiform, straight, tapering, slightly indented in the middle, with a straight, blunt, and upturned apex (total length 3.9mm).

Figures

Figures 8–15. Calochroa fumikoae new species. 8) Habitus, holotype male, scale = 5 mm. 9–10. Labrum, scale = 1 mm. 9) Paratype male. 10) Paratype female. 11) Left lateral view of aedeagus, holotype, scale = 2 mm. 12–15. Left elytron, scale = 5 mm. 12) Holotype male. 13) Paratype female. 14) Paratype male. 15) Paratype female.