Tillicera auratofasciata

(Figs. 1, 19–20)

Pseudoclerops auratofasciata Pic 1927: 8; Pic 1934: 133; Pic 1935: 107.

Specimens examined: Holotype: Type, Pseudoclerops auratofasciatus n. sp., Tillicera auratofasciata, Tonkin, Chapa, 27.VI.1918, Jeanvoine, Museum Paris, Coll. M. Pic (MNHN).

Paratype: Pseudoclerops auratofasciatus Pic, 1927, ZMAN type COLE.1801.1, Cotype: Pseudoclerops auratofasciatus 1927, M. Pic, Tonkin, Chapa, 1932, ex coll. M. Pic (ZMAN).

Others: Laos, Phongsaly Prov., Phongsaly env., Phu Fa, h: 1450–1600m, 27.7.2006, leg. M. Geiser, Bergregenwald (2 ex., MGCB); Thailand, Chiangmai, Doi Pui, 14.5.85 (1 ex., RGCM); Thailand, Chiangmai, Doi Pui, 26.5.1985 (2 ex., RGCM); Doi Pui, 1400–1500m Chiang Mai, N. Thailand, 19-VI-1983, T. Shimomura leg. (1 ex., RGCM); Thailand, Soppong Pai 1.- 8.5.1993, Pacholatko & Dembicky leg. (1 ex., RGCM); N. Thailand, Meo Village, near Chiang Mai, 5.1988 (1 ex., RGCM); Mt. Tam Dao, Vinh Phu, N. Vietnam, 5.1998 (1 ex., RGCM); Tam Dao, N. Vietnam, 8.1999 (1 ex., RGCM); 2.– 8.5.1994, Tam Dao, (N. Vietnam), Local-coll (1 ex., RGCM); Xia-Cha-Yu, 1900–2600m, Cha Yu County, Tibet, China, 1.– 28.7.2004, Li Jingke (1 ex., RGCM; 1 ex., JSBC); Carin Cheba, 900–1100m, L. Fea V.XII-88 (2 ex., MCSN); Chapa, Coll. M. Pic (1 ex., MNHN); Tam Dao, Tonkin, H. Perrot, Coll. M. Pic (1 ex., MNHN); Hoa-Binh, Tonkin 1912, Tonkin, V. Laboissiere, 1913 (1 ex., MNHN); Carin Cheba, 900–1100m, L. Fea V.XII-88, ex Coll. R. Oberthur (1 ex., MNHN); Carin Cheba, 900–1100m, L. Fea V.XII-88, Coll. Gorham Oliver, 1914 (1 ex., MNHN); H te Birmanie, Mines des Rubis, 1200m – 1300m, Doherty 1890, ex Coll. R. Oberthur (2 ex., MNHN); Laos, Phongsaly prov., 21°41-2’N, 102°06-8’E, Phongsaly env., 28.5.– 20.6.2003, ~ 1500m, M.Brancucci leg. (5 ex., NHMB); N E. Burma, Kambaiti, 4.– 8.6.1934, R. Malaise (1 ex., NHRS); Tonkin, Chapa, 7.1916, R. Vitalis de Salvaza leg., vend. 1929 (1 ex., ZMAN); Laos, Ban Pan, 2.5.1918, R. Vitalis de Salvaza leg., vend. 1929 (1 ex., ZMAN); Laos, Vien Pou Kha, 9.5.1918, R. Vitalis de Salvaza leg., vend. 1929 (1 ex., ZMAN); Laos, Xieng Khouang, 13.V.1919, Laos, X. Khouang, le 13-V 1919, R. Vitalis de Salvaza, Homotype, Tillicera auratofasciata Pic, Ekis 1974 (1 ex., ZMAN).

Length: 9–16mm (34 specimens).

Collecting period: May – August, December.

Head: Black or brown; anterior part of clypeus, labrum and palpi brown, posterior part of clypeus black to brown (or paler); distributed with dense, fine punctation; cranium vested with golden and dark pubescence; head including eyes only slightly broader than anterior width of pronotum.

Antennae: A1 to A4 light brown with erect yellow setae, from A5 onwards dark brown to black, vested with depressed and erect black setae; antennomeres triangularly dilated from A5 or A6 onwards, A10 broader than long or breadth and width subequal.

Pronotum: Unicoloured red-brown to brown, surface anterior to transverse depression sometimes black or with a semicircular black spot anterior to middle; surface punctation anterior to transverse depression fine, densely and irregularly distributed, surface behind transverse depression more coarsely punctate; vested with anteriorly directed erect black and golden setae; length:width ratio 1.14:1 (broadest in middle).

Scutellum: Brown, finely punctate, vested with a few golden-yellow setae.

Elytra: Black, basal third red-brown to brown (side margins bordered black, in two specimens this redbrown part is reduced to a macula on each elytron), margined posteriorly by two yellowish pigmented transverse maculae (spanning from the lateral margin to mid-way towards suture) with dense, golden-yellow, depressed setae, between these maculae with a semicircular sickle-like pattern of pale setae (sometimes with a pale pigmented spot in the middle), apical third with a pale pigmented transverse fascia (not always pigmented towards suture), with dense, golden-yellow, depressed setae; disc regularly and deeply punctate in rows, diameter of punctures larger than interstices, interstices partly with tubercles; the black middle part without the first two or three rows of punctation, apex densely and very finely punctate; basal third with erect golden and dark setae, the black part with posteriorly directed and semi-decumbent, predominantly dark and isolated yellow (mainly at apex) setae; length:width ratio 2.21:1.

Legs: Brown to black, often paler at base; with more or less dense, golden-yellow, erect setae; tibiae with longitudinal carinae.

Ventral surface: Abdomen black to brown, pro- and mesothorax brown, metathorax black or brown with golden-yellow, depressed pubescence.

Aedeagus: Conspicuously asymmetrical, with tooth-like structures.

Distribution: China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.