Themus (Telephorops) crassipes Pic, 1929

Yang, Yuxia, Xi, Huacong, Yang, Xingke & Liu, Haoyu, 2019, Taxonomic review of the Themus (Telephorops) nepalensis species-group (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), ZooKeys 884, pp. 81-106 : 81

Themus (Telephorops) crassipes Pic, 1929 Figs 5 A–C , 6D , 9E

Themus crassipes Pic, 1929b: 8.

Themus (Telephorops) crassipes : Wittmer 1983b: 191, 200, fig. 64 (female abdominal sternite VIII illustration).

Type material examined.

1♂ (MNHN, holotype), [p]"CHAPG. prov. De \Laokay. Ht.-Tonkin", [h]" Themus \ crassipes \ n. sp.", [h] “type”, [p] “HOLOTYPUS”, [h]" Themus \ (Telephorops)\ crassipes \ Pic\ det. W. Wittmer".

Other material examined.

CHINA, Guangxi: 1♂, 1♀ (IZAS), Leye, Yachang Forestry, Nanchao, 1130 m, 2004.VII.26, leg. X. Yu; 1♀ (MHBU), Tianlin, Cenwanglaoshan, 2014.VIII.16, leg. J.H. Huang; 1♂ (IZAS), Jinxiu, Rd. Jinzhong, 1100 m, 1999.V.12, leg. X.K. Yang; 2♀ (IZAS), same locality, 1000 m, leg. X. Z. Zhang.

Supplementary description.

Male. Aedeagus ( Fig. 5 A–C ): ventral process of each paramere about 4 times as long as wide in ventral view, expanded and nearly globose at apex in lateral view; conjoint dorsal plate of parameres not reaching apices of ventral processes, depth of middle emargination about two-fifths of entire length.

Female. Like male, but antennomeres V–X without impressions along outer edges (while present with smooth narrow longitudinal or oblong impressions in male), terminal abdominal ventrite wide (while narrow and triangular in male) ( Fig. 9E ) with posterior edge narrowly and triangularly emarginate medially between paired rounded protuberances, each protuberance nearly as wide as space between it and apicolateral angle and hardly exceeding apex of apicolateral angle. Internal genitalia ( Fig. 6D ): diverticulum hardly narrowed apically and rounded at apex, about 2.5 times as long as its maximal width; spermatheca expanded apically.

Distribution.

China (Guangxi, Yunnan); Vietnam.

Figures

Figure 5. Aedeagus (A, D ventral view B, E dorsal view C, F lateral view) A-C Themus crassipes Pic, 1929 D-F T. impressipennis (Fairmaire, 1886). Scale bar: 1.0 mm. (vp: ventral process of each paramere; dp: conjoint dorsal plate of parameres; lp: laterophyse; bp: basal piece).

Figure 6. Female internal genitalia, lateral view A Themusbicoloricornis Wittmer, 1983 B T. cavipennis Champion, 1926 C T. coelestis (Gorham, 1889) D T. crassipes Pic, 1929. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

Figure 9. Female abdominal sternite VIII, ventral view A Themus bicoloricornis Wittmer, 1983 B T. cavipennis Champion, 1926 C T. coelestis (Gorham, 1889) D T. crassimargo Champion, 1926 E T. crassipes Pic, 1929 F T. impressipennis (Fairmaire, 1886) G T. laboissierei (Pic, 1921) H T. masatakai Okushima, 2003 I T. sauteri (Pic, 1912) J T. uncinatus Wittmer, 1983. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.