Themus cavipennis
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Cantharidae
Genus: Themus
Name
Themus cavipennis (Fairmaire, 1897) – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Tryblius cavipennis Fairmaire, 1897: 228.
- Themus ancoralis Champion, 1926: 128. Synonymized by Wittmer 1975[1]: 251.
- Themus (Tryblius) cavipennis : Pic 1929a[2]: 195; Wittmer 1975[1]: 251, fig. 1 (aedeagus illustration).
- Themus (Telephorops) cavipennis : Wittmer 1983b[3]: 197; Okushima 1999[4]: 59, figs 10 (habitus photo), 34 (female abdominal sternite VIII illustration).
Type material examined
1♂ (holotype, MNHN), [p]“Himalaya \ Sikkim”, [h]“Tryblius \ cavipennis \ Fairm., Sikkim”, [p]“HOLOTYPUS”, [h]“Themus \ (Tryblius) \ cavipennis \ Fairm. \ det. W. Wittmer”.
Other material examined. CHINA: Xizang: 1♂, 1♀ (IZAS), Bomi, Tangmai, 2300m, 2005.VIII.31, leg. X.J. Wang; 1♀ (IZAS), Nyingchi, Pêlong, 2100 m, 2005.IX.2, leg. X.L. Chen; 1♀ (IZAS), same data, 2005.IX.1; 1♀ (IZAS), same locality and date, 2115 m, leg. X.J. Wang; 1♀ (IZAS), Nyingchi, Zayü, Shang Zayü, 1960m, 2005.VIII.23, leg. X.L. Chen; 1♀(IZAS), Zayü, Zhowagoin, Xungjug, 1938 m, 28.6067N, 97.2816E, 2014.VIII.29, leg. H. Liu; 1♀(MHBU), Shang Zayü, 2005.VII.14, leg. A.M. Shi; 1♀(MHBU), Nyingchi, Pêlong, 2007.IX.23.–28, leg. F.M. Shi.
Supplementary description
Male (Fig. 3A). Female. Like male, but antennomeres IV–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. 9B) with posterior edge narrowly and triangularly emarginate medially between paired rounded middle protuberances, each protuberance narrower than the distance between it and apicolateral angle and exceeding apex of apicolateral angle. Internal genitalia (Fig. 6B): diverticulum narrowed apically and nearly pointed at apex, about twice as long as its maximal width; spermatheca abruptly expanded apically.
Distribution
China (new record: Xizang), Bhutan, Nepal, northern India.
Taxon Treatment
- Yang, Y; Xi, H; Yang, X; Liu, H; 2019: Taxonomic review of the Themus (Telephorops) nepalensis species-group (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) ZooKeys, 884: 81-106. doi
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Other References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wittmer W (1975) Ergebnisse der Bhutan-Expedition 1972 des Naturhistorischen Museums in Basel. Coleoptera: lam. Cantharidae (2.Teil).Entomologica Basiliensia1: 249–278.
- ↑ Pic M (1929a) Sur le genre Triblius Fairm. (Col. Malacodermata).Bulletin de la Société Zoologique deFrance54: 195–196.
- ↑ Wittmer W (1983b) Beitrag zur einer Revision der Gattung ThemusMotsch. Coleoptera: Cantharidae. Entomologischen Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey 31/32: 189–239.
- ↑ Okushima Y (1999) Cantharidae collected by the Hokkaido University Expeditions to Nepal Himalaya (Coleoptera).Insecta Matsumurana56: 51–68. http://hdl.handle.net/ 2115/9897