Tillicera bibalteata Gorham, 1892

Gerstmeier, Roland & Bernhard, Nadine, 2010, Revision of the genus Tillicera Spinola, 1841 (Coleoptera: Cleridae, Clerinae), Zootaxa 2359 (1), pp. 1-34 : 12-13

Tillicera bibalteata Gorham, 1892

( Figs. 3 , 23–24 )

Tillicera bibalteata Gorham 1892: 732 .

Specimens examined: Lectotype: ♀. Typus, Syntypus, Tillicera bibalteata, Gorham, 1892 , bibalteata, Gorh., Tenasserim, Thagatà, Fea. Apr. 1887 , Museo Civico di Genova (MCSN).

Paralectotype: ♀. Syntypus, Tillicera , bibalteata, Gorham, 1892 , Carin Chebá, 900–1100 m, L. Fea V XII-88, Museo Civico di Genova (MCSN).

Others: Coll. I.R.Sc. N.B., Cambodia Siem Reap, 28.4.–04.5.2003 Yellow, tray under neon light, Leg. Steph. De Greef (1 ex., RGCM) ; Laos, Umg. Vientiane, 3.–6.1963 (1 ex., RGCM) ; Thailand, 19.5.1993, Lom Sak – Dan Sai , leg. Pacholatko & Dembicky (3 ex., RGCM) ; Thailand, Maemo , Lampang, 1.8.1991 (1 ex., RGCM) ; Thailand, Soppong Pai, 1.–8.5., 1993 Pacholatko & Dembicky leg. (2 ex., RGCM) ; Coll. I.R.Sc. N.B., Thailande (Loei), Na Haeo (bio.station), 05.– 12.5.2001, Secondary forest, Leg. Constant & Grootaert (1 ex., RGCM) ; Coll. I.R.Sc. N.B., Thailand: Loei, Na Haeo , 1.– 8.4.2001, Malaise trap, Leg. Constant & Grootaert (1 ex., RGCM) ; Coll. I.R.Sc. N.B., Thailande (Loei), Na Haeo 22.5.2003, Malaise trap 1, Leg. P. Grootaert (1 ex., RGCM) ; N. Thailand, Meo Village , near Chiang Mai, 5.1988 (1 ex., RGCM) ; Carin Cheba , 900–1100m, L. Fea V XII-88 (2 ex., MCSN) ; Bengale, Collection Léon Fairmaire , 1906 (1 ex., MNHN) ; Phedong, R.P. Desgodins, Coll. M. Pic (1 ex., MNHN) ; Inde Anglaise, Pedong, District de Darjeeling , Chasseurs indigènes, 1932 , ex Coll. R. Oberthur (1 ex., MNHN) ; Annam, Quinhone, R.P. Guerlach , 1908 (1 ex., MNHN) ; Annam, Keng Trap?, 27.5.1917, R. Vitalis de Salvaza , Coll. M. Pic (1 ex., MNHN) ; Tonkin, Coll A Sicaro 1930 (1 ex., MNHN) ; Tonkin, Collection Léon Fairmaire , 1906 (1 ex., MNHN) ; Tonkin, Env. S. Hanoi, ( Demange ), D. Grouvelle? 1909 (1 ex., MNHN) ; Cochinchine, Bien–Hoa, Coll. de Marseul (1 ex., MNHN) ; Laos on, Cambodge, Bonotte 1911 (1 ex., MNHN) ; Thailand, Nakhon rat- chasima, 19.5.1961 (1 ex., MNHN) ; Laos, Vieng Xai , 10.5.1918 , R. Vitalis de Salvaza leg., vend. 1929 (1 ex., ZMAN) .

Length: 8–13.5mm (28 specimens).

Collecting period: April, May, August, December.

Head: Red-brown to brown, anterior part of clypeus, labrum and palpi brown, posterior part of clypeus and sometimes frons black; distributed with fine and diffuse punctation; anterior part of cranium vested with pale, erect, pubescence, posteriorly also with dark setae; head including eyes only slightly broader than anterior width of pronotum.

Antennae: Dark brown to black, A1 to A3 slightly paler, vested with depressed, short pale and dark setae; antennomeres triangularly dilated from A5 onwards, A10 broader than long.

Pronotum: Red-brown to brown; surface finely and irregularly punctate; vested with anteriorly directed erect, short white and longer black setae; length:width ratio 1.02:1 (broadest in middle).

Scutellum: Brown, finely punctate, vested with pale setae.

Elytra: Black, with a brown macula around scutellum and two broad, pale pigmented transverse fasciae in middle and apical third; disc with regular, deep, rasp-like punctation, diameter of punctures larger than interstices, only rows 4 to 10 extending towards apical fascia, rows 3 to 9 terminating just behind the middle fascia, apex densely and finely punctate; setae at basal third along the suture and between the punctation short and pale, remainder with posteriorly directed, depressed, short and some erect, long, dark setae; length:width ratio 2.05:1.

Legs: Dark brown to black, with dense, pale, erect setae; tibiae mostly without longitudinal carinae.

Ventral surface: Abdomen dark brown to black, thorax brown, with dense, depressed, pale setae; penultimate ventrite of males deeply emarginated.

Aedeagus: Tip of phallus slightly asymmetrical, with tooth-like structures.

Distribution: Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia.

Figures

FIGURE 23: Tillicera bibalteata, aedeagus ventral aspect, aedeagus lateral aspect, pygidium and ventrite VI.

FIGURES 1–6: Dorsal habitus of Tillicera spp.. Fig. 1. Tillicera auratofasciata. Fig. 2. Tillicera aurivillosa. Fig. 3. Tillicera bibalteata. Fig. 4. Tillicera callosa n. sp.. Fig. 5. Tillicera cleroides. Fig. 6. Tillicera cleroides ab. bicoloricollis.