Therates pseudorugifer subsp. pentalabiodentatus Matalin 2001

3a. Therates pseudorugifer pentalabiodentatus Matalin

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Therates pseudorugifer pentalabiodentatus Matalin 2001: 387, 388, 389, f. 6 - 11.

Therates pseudorugifer pentalabiodentatus. Shook and Wiesner 2006: 20; Shook and Wu 2007: 71, 114; Wu 2011: 31.

Type depository. Holotype female in ZIN.

Type status. Holotype female! Type labels: “319. Yunnan, Xiaomengyang, NE of Cheli and 64th km) 850 m, 6.V.1957, D. Panfilov ” [handwritten, cyrillic]; “HOLOTYPUS, Therates, pseudorugifer, pentalabiodentatus snew species, det. A. V. Matalin, 2000” [printed, red].

Diagnosis. Distinguished from the nominate subspecies by the five dentate labrum.

Re-description. Size: Total length (without labrum) 9.5 mm, (n=1). Teneral! Head: Shining blackish. Mandibles yellowish, teeth brownish marginally. Labrum (Fig. 27) as wide as long, yellowish, with five apical teeth and one lateral tooth. Labial and maxillary palpi yellowish. Antennae lanceolate, extending posteriorally to elytral shoulders, scape with a single apical bristle, antennomeres 2 to 5 glabrous,antennomeres 6 to 11 finely and evenly pubescent; scape yellowish above, black on underside, remaining antennomeres blackish. Clypeus glabrous. Frons smooth, with a transverse furrow in the posterior part of the orbital plates. Thorax: Pronotum shining blackish, as long as wide, constricted in front and at back, transverse furrows strong, middle line and lateral lines nearly obsolete. Elytra: Shining blackish, with basal and apical humps, slightly punctate in front, nearly absent in the apical half (Fig. 24). Elytral apex transparent brown. Apex with lateral and sutural corner, slightly recurved between. Maculation yellow elytral markings composed of a short humeral lunule, a narrow basal dot, and trapezoid horizontal central dot (Fig. 25). Ventral aspect: Venter blackish. Legs brownish.

Distribution. China (Yunnan).