Themus licenti
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Cantharidae
Genus: Themus
Name
Themus licenti Pic, 1938 stat. rev. – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Themus licenti Pic 1938a[1]: 161. [Synonymized with Themus coriaceipennis (Fairmaire, 1889) by Wittmer 1983a[2]: 224.]
- Themus coriaceipennis (Fairmaire, 1889): Wittmer 1983a[2]: 224, figs 43, 111. [Misidentification.]
Type material examined
Themus licenti: Holotype ♀ (MNHN): [p]“CHANSI. S.O. \ 22.VII.35”, [p]“HO CHAN \ 2,255m”, [h]“Themus \ licenti n. sp.”, [h]“Themus (s.str.) \ coriaceipennis \ (Fairm.) \ det. W. Wittmer”, [p]“HOLOTYPUS”.
Telephorus coriaceipennis: Holotype ♀ (MNHN): [p]“Thibet \ Tàtsiénloù \ M. F. Biet”, [h]“Telephorus \ coriaceipennis \ n. sp.”, [h]“Themus (s.str.) \ coriaceipennis \ (Fairm.) \ det. W. Wittmer”, [p]“HOLOTYPUS”.
Additional material examined
CHINA: Henan: 1♂, 1♀ (IZAS): Lushi, Jihe forestry station, 1200m, 20.VII.2001, leg. Kang-Zhen Dong. Sichuan: 5♂♂, 1♀ (NHMB): “Szechuen, Yao Gi, nr Mupin, 7400ft., 15.VII.1929, D. C. Graham”; 1♂, 1♀ (NHMB): “Mu San Tsai, 10km NW Weichow, 8700ft., 26.–28.VI.1933, D. C. Graham”; 1♂, 1♀ (IZAS): Luding, Xinxing, Yanzigou, 1560m, 7.VIII.2004, leg. Ming Bai.
Distribution
China (Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan).
Remarks
Themus licenti Pic, 1938a was synonymized with Themus coriaceipennis (Fairmaire, 1889) by Wittmer (1983a)[2]. However, examination of the holotypes of both nominal species shows that they are different species. Themus licenti is obviously different from Themus coriaceipennis in the following characters: head (Fig. 3) width across eyes wider than anterior margin of pronotum, pronotum reddish brown with a large black marking in middle, abdominal sternite VIII of female (see Wittmer 1983a[2]: fig. 111) deeply concaved on both sides of the middle emargination of posterior margin; while in Themus coriaceipennis (Fig. 4), head width across eyes narrower than anterior margin of pronotum, pronotum uniformly dark brown, without any black marking, abdominal sternite VIII of female (Fig. 22) slightly concaved on both sides of the middle emargination of posterior margin. Therefore, we suggest Themus licenti Pic, 1938a be resurrected from synonymy with Themus coriaceipennis (Fairmaire, 1889).
Taxon Treatment
- Yang, Y; Kopetz, A; Yang, X; 2013: Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on the genera Themus Motschulsky and Lycocerus Gorham (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) ZooKeys, 340: 1-19. doi
Other References
- ↑ Pic M (1938a) Malacodermes exotiques. L’Échange, Revue Linnéenne 54 [hors-texte](472–474): 161–164.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Wittmer W (1983a) Beitrag zur einer Revision der Gattung Themus Motsch. Coleoptera: Cantharidae. Entomologischen Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey 31–32: 189–239.
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