Therates vitalisi ida Mandl, 1954

Matalin, Andrey V. & Wiesner, Jürgen, 2023, Revision of the Therates fruhstorferi complex (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae), Zootaxa 5256 (5), pp. 401-433 : 413-414

Therates vitalisi ida Mandl, 1954

Figs 19–21, 47, 71, 72, 103, 104, 167.

Therates fruhstorferi ida Mandl, 1954: 159 (Type locality— China, Kuatun , Fukien).

Therates fruhstorferi ida Mandl, 1954 — Mandl 1955: 335; Cassola 1985: 510; Hua 2002: 5.

Therates fruhstorferi vitalisi W. Horn, 1913 — Wiesner 1988: 40, 1992: 92; Lorenz 1998: 38, 2005: 117; Puchkov & Matalin 2003: 115.

Therates vitalisi W. Horn, 1913 — Wang 2009: 110; Putchkov & Matalin 2017: 245; Wiesner 2020: 95.

Type material. HOLOTYPE, Ô (by original designation)—“Kuatun (2300 m), 27.40n. Br., 117.40ö. L., J. Klapperich, 25.6.1938 (Fukien)” [printed violet label], “Type Therates, Fruhstorferi, Ida m, Ing. K. Mandl ” [printed and handwritten red label], “ Holotypus ” [printed red label], “ Therates fruhstorferi , ida Mandl” [typed white label], “ MUSEUM KOENIG, BONN ” [printed orange label] ( ZFMK). PARATYPES: 1♀ —“ Kuatun (2300 m) 27.40n. Br., 117.40ö. L., J. Klapperich, 30.5.1938 (Fukien)“ [printed violet label], “ CoType Therates Fruhstorferi Ida m., Ing. K.Mandl “ [printed and hand-written red label], “ Coll. Ing. K. Mandl ” [printed light blue label]; 1♀ —“KUATUN, FUKIEN, China, 6.8.46, (TSCHUNG SEN.)” [printed and hand-written white label], “ ParaType Therates Fruhstorferi , ssp. Ida m., Ing. K.Mandl “ [printed and hand-written red label], “ Coll. Ing. K. Mandl ” [printed light blue label]; 1♀ — “KUATUN, FUKIEN, China, 21.7.46, (TSCHUNG SEN.)” [printed and hand-written white label], “ ParaType Therates, Fruhstorferi ssp., Ida m., Ing. K. Mandl ” [printed and hand-written red label], “ Coll. Ing. K. Mandl ” [printed light blue label] (all NHMB) .

Addition material. CHINA: 1♀ —Kuatun, Fukien /Tschung Sen/, 6 Sept. 1946, coll. Klapperich ( JW) .

Reference. CHINA, Zhejiang Prov.: Wuyanlin ( Wang 2009).

Diagnosis. This subspecies is distinguished from the nominotypical subspecies by distinctly transverse labrum in male—LW/LL = 1.14 vs. LW/LL = 1.0–1.08 ( Fig. 71 vs. Fig. 65, 69, 70), less serrated antennomeres 9–10, as well as red-brown or brown fore- and middle femora.

Redescription. TL = 11.8 mm in male, 12.3–13.0 mm (mean = 12.78 mm, n = 4) in females.

Head shining blue with violet reflection; orbital plates indistinctly striated in posterior third; frons smooth, slightly elevated, wide semi-circular (see above), practically vertical, slightly expanded forward (see at side), frontal sulci deep and poorly convergent in anterior 2/3, clearly divergent in posterior third; occiput slightly concave in anterior margin. Mandibles in male brown underside, yellow-brown topside with light-brown teeth and apical molar; in females black except yellow-brown basal third of topside. Labial palpi yellow-brownish, except brown apical palpomeres; palpomeres 1 and 2 of maxillary palpi light brown, palpomeres 3 and 4 dark brown. Antennae do not extend posteriorly to the shoulders, scape brown on anterior side and black on posterior side; antennomeres 2–5 black with indistinctly blue tinge and brown apices, antennomeres 9 and 10 in male with serrated anterior lower margins; in female less delated with slightly protruding margins ( Fig. 47). Labrum distinctly transverse in male( Fig. 71), LW/LL = 1.14, indistinctly transverse in females ( Fig. 72), LW/LL = 1.0–1.07 (mean = 1.05, n = 4), blackbrownish with medium-sized or small apical yellow spot separated from central apical teeth.

Pronotum shining blue with light violet tinge; indistinctly transverse, PW/PL = 1.0–1.07 (mean = 1.03, n = 5), apical lobe practically equal wide throughout; thorax shining blue with violet reflection.

Fore and middle femora red-brown or brown with blue-tinged base and knees; hind femora black with blueviolet lustre except pale-yellow base; fore and middle tibiae red-brown; hind tibiae black or brown-black, all tibia with blue tinge; tarsi black with light blue tinge; HTbL/HTaL = 1.21–1.27 (mean = 1.24, n = 5).

Elytra black-blue with purple reflection, practically sub-parallel, EL/EW = 1.98–2.1 (mean = 2.02, n = 5); punctuation in basal half except humeral area deep and regular, then shallow and sparse, apical quarter practically smooth; scutellum black with blue tinge; apical margin indistinctly cut. Elytral pattern presented by small basal portion of humeral lunule, small basal dot poorly visible in some specimens and elongated slightly oblique central dot ( Figs 19, 21, 103, 104).

Aedeagus with short sharply curved blunt apex and distinct lateral carinae ( Fig. 167); AL = 2.9, EL/AL = 2.52.

Distribution. CHINA: Fujian, Zhejiang Provinces ( Fig. 184).