Therates bannapecolus Sawada and Wiesner, 1999

Wiesner, Jürgen, 2013, The chennelli group of the Genus Therates Latreille (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) 114. Contribution towards the knowledge of Cicindelidae, Insecta Mundi 2013 (315), pp. 1-86 : 19-20

13. Therates bannapecolus Sawada and Wiesner

( Fig. 99 )

Therates bannapecolus Sawada and Wiesner 1999b: 304 , f. 12, 13, 22.

Therates bannapecolus . Sawada and Wiesner 2002: 83.

Type depository. Holotype male in JWGC, paratypes in JWGC and JMCC.

Type status. Holotype male! Type labels: “ LAOS c., Bolikhamsai pr., BAN NAPE - Kaew Nua Pass, 18.4.- 1.5.1998, alt. 600m, N 18°22.3' E 105°09.1' GPS, E. Jendek, O. Sauša lgt.” [printed, white with yellow borders]; “Holotype THERATES bannapecolus Sawada and Wiesner ” [printed, red] . Paratypes! Type labels: “ LAOS c., Bolikhamsai pr., BAN NAPE - Kaew Nua Pass , 18.4.- 1.5.1998, alt. 600m, N 18°22.3' E 105°09.1' GPS, E. Jendek, O. Sauša lgt.” [printed, white with yellow borders] ; “Paratype THERATES bannapecolus Sawada and Wiesner ” [printed, red]; “LAOS centr., Bolikhamsai prov., BAN NAPE - Kaew Nua Pass, 18.4.- 1.5.1998, alt. 600± 100 m, N 18°22.3, E 105°09.1 (GPS), M. Štrba and R. Hergovits leg.” [printed]; “Paratype THERATES bannapecolus Sawada and Wiesner ” [printed, red] .

Diagnosis. Distinguished by the combination of elytral maculation with long humeral lunule and short apical dot.

Re-description. Size: Total length (without labrum) 8.2 mm- 9.6 mm (mean=9.0 mm, n=6). Head: Shining greenish black. Mandibles yellowish, brownish distally in females, teeth brownish marginally. Labrum (male Fig. 104 , female Fig. 105 ) as wide as long, yellowish, with six apical teeth (one female with seven) and one lateral tooth. Labial and maxillary palpi yellowish. Antennae lanceolate, extending posteriorally behind elytral shoulders in female, somewhat longer in the male, scape with a single apical bristle, antennomeres 2 to 5 glabrous, antennomeres 6 to 11 finely and evenly pubescent; scape yellowish above, black on underside, all the other antennal segments blackish. Clypeus glabrous. Frons smooth with two shallow bumps or one shallow furrow in the posterior part of the orbital plates. Thorax: Pronotum shining greenish black, as long as wide, constricted in front and at back, transverse furrows strong, middle line and lateral lines nearly obsolete. Elytra: Shining brownish black, with basal and apical humps, distinctly punctate in front, shallower in the apical half ( Fig. 100 ). Apex with lateral and sutural corners, slightly recurved between. Maculation composed of a brownish yellow humeral lunule, a long brownish yellow basal dot, a large yellow fascia-like central dot, and a light yellow apex which does not reach the apical humps ( Figs. 101, 102 ). Humeral lunule is connected with the basal dot at the base. Ventral aspect: Venter black, ventrites with narrow brownish lateral margin. Legs yellowish, two distal tarsomeres somewhat darker distally. Aedeagus: ( Fig. 103 ) straight, with produced angled tip. Total length 2.1 mm.

Distribution. Laos (Borikhamxai).

Localities. LAOS, Borikhamxai, 8 km NE Ban Nape , 1.-18.v.2001, ~ 600 m ( JWCG, ZSMC) .

Figures

Figures 89-105. Therates. All scales = 1 mm. 89-98. concinnus Gestro, 1888. 89) Habitus, holotype, female. 90) Punctures of elytra, holotype, female. 91-95. Maculae of elytra. 91) Holotype female. 92) Male from Louangnamtha (JWGC). 93) Female from Louangnamtha (JWGC). 94) Male from Houaphan (OSCC). 95) Male from Bokeo (NHMB). 96) Left lateral view of aedeagus, from Louangnamtha (JWGC). 97-98. Labra 97) Male from Louangnamtha (JWGC). 98) Female from Louangnamtha (JWGC). 99-105. bannapecolus Sawada and Wiesner, 1999. 99) Habitus, paratype female. 100) Punctures of elytra, paratype female. 101-102. Maculae of elytra. 101) Paratype female. 102) Male from Borikhamxai (ZSMC). 103) Left lateral view of aedeagus, from Borikhamxai (ZSMC). 104-105. Labra. 104) Male from Borikhamxai (ZSMC). 105) Paratype female.