Themus (Telephorops) sauteri (Pic, 1912)

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) sauteri (Pic, 1912) Figs 8A , 9I

Cantharis sauteri Pic, 1912: 46.

Themus sauteri : Wittmer 1954: 276.

Themus (Telephorops) sauteri : Wittmer 1983a: 197, figs 47 (aedeagus illustration), 50 (female abdominal sternite VIII illustration).

Material examined.

Taiwan: 1♂ (NHMB), Nanshanchi, 1978.VI.18, H. Akiyama; 1♂, 1♀ (NHMB), Formosa, T. Kano; 1♀ (NHMB), Wushe, 1975.VI.9, K. Akiyama; 1♂ (NHMB), Taichung Hsien, Kukuan, 1996.VII.12, leg. C. Lou; 1♂ (NHMB), same data, 1994.VI.20; 1♀ (NHMB), Nantou Hsien, Sungkang, 1995.VII.17, leg. C. Lou; 1♀ (NHMB), Nantou Hsien, Shintzetou, 1994.VII.14, leg. C. Lou; 1♂, 2♀(IZAS), Taichung Hsien, Kukuan,1996.VII.12, leg. C. Lou; 1♀ (IZAS), Mt. Nantou Hsien, Hohwangshan, 1997.VIII. 27, leg. C. Lou.

Supplementary description.

Female. Like male, but antennomeres VI–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. 9I ) with posterior edge triangularly emarginate medially and largely and triangularly emarginate on both sides, lateral emargination about 3 times as deep as middle one, the protuberances between middle and lateral emarginations acute, exceeding the acute apices of apicolateral angles. Internal genitalia ( Fig. 8A ): diverticulum hardly narrowed apically and rounded at apex, about twice as long as its maximal width; spermatheca expanded apically.

Distribution.

Taiwan.

Figures

Figure 8. Female internal genitalia, lateral view A Themus sauteri (Pic, 1912) B T. uncinatus Wittmer, 1983. 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.