Revision of the Therates fruhstorferi complex (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) Author Matalin, Andrey V. 0000-0002-7790-8709 Moscow State Pedagogical University, Department of Zoology & Ecology, Kibalchicha str. 6, build. 3, Moscow 129164, Russia. andrei-matalin @ yandex. ru; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7790 - 8709 & Pirogov National Research Medical University, Department of Biology, Ostrovitianova str. 1, Moscow 117997, Russia. andrei-matalin@yandex.ru Author Wiesner, Jürgen Dresdener Ring 11, D- 38444 Wolfsburg, Germany. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-03-22 5256 5 401 433 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5256.5.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.5.1 1175-5326 7758872 E5B9708E-D626-4923-825A-A9FD59AE4024 Therates vitalisi ida Mandl, 1954 Figs 19–21 , 47 , 71, 72 , 103, 104 , 167 . Therates fruhstorferi ida Mandl, 1954: 159 ( Type locality— China , Kuatun , Fukien ). Therates fruhstorferi ida Mandl, 1954 — Mandl 1955: 335 ; Cassola 1985: 510 ; Hua 2002: 5 . Therates fruhstorferi vitalisi W. Horn, 1913 — Wiesner 1988: 40 , 1992: 92 ; Lorenz 1998: 38 , 2005: 117 ; Puchkov & Matalin 2003: 115 . Therates vitalisi W. Horn, 1913 — Wang 2009: 110 ; Putchkov & Matalin 2017: 245; Wiesner 2020: 95 . Type material. HOLOTYPE , Ô (by original designation)—“Kuatun ( 2300 m ), 27.40n . Br., 117.40ö . L., J. Klapperich, 25.6.1938 (Fukien)” [printed violet label], “Type Therates , Fruhstorferi , Ida m, Ing. K. Mandl ” [printed and handwritten red label], “ Holotypus ” [printed red label], “ Therates fruhstorferi , ida Mandl” [typed white label], “ MUSEUM KOENIG , BONN ” [printed orange label] ( ZFMK ). PARATYPES : 1♀ —“ Kuatun ( 2300 m ) 27.40n . Br., 117.40ö . L., J. Klapperich, 30.5.1938 ( Fukien )“ [printed violet label], “ CoType Therates Fruhstorferi Ida m., Ing. K.Mandl “ [printed and hand-written red label], “ Coll. Ing. K. Mandl ” [printed light blue label]; 1♀ —“KUATUN, FUKIEN, China , 6.8.46, (TSCHUNG SEN.)” [printed and hand-written white label], “ ParaType Therates Fruhstorferi , ssp. Ida m., Ing. K.Mandl “ [printed and hand-written red label], “ Coll. Ing. K. Mandl ” [printed light blue label]; 1♀ — “KUATUN, FUKIEN, China , 21.7.46, (TSCHUNG SEN.)” [printed and hand-written white label], “ ParaType Therates , Fruhstorferi ssp., Ida m., Ing. K. Mandl ” [printed and hand-written red label], “ Coll. Ing. K. Mandl ” [printed light blue label] (all NHMB ) . Addition material. CHINA : 1♀ —Kuatun, Fukien /Tschung Sen/, 6 Sept. 1946 , coll. Klapperich ( JW ) . Reference. CHINA , Zhejiang Prov. : Wuyanlin ( Wang 2009 ). Diagnosis. This subspecies is distinguished from the nominotypical subspecies by distinctly transverse labrum in male—LW/LL = 1.14 vs. LW/LL = 1.0–1.08 ( Fig. 71 vs. Fig. 65, 69, 70 ), less serrated antennomeres 9–10, as well as red-brown or brown fore- and middle femora. Redescription. TL = 11.8 mm in male, 12.3–13.0 mm (mean = 12.78 mm , n = 4) in females. Head shining blue with violet reflection; orbital plates indistinctly striated in posterior third; frons smooth, slightly elevated, wide semi-circular (see above), practically vertical, slightly expanded forward (see at side), frontal sulci deep and poorly convergent in anterior 2/3, clearly divergent in posterior third; occiput slightly concave in anterior margin. Mandibles in male brown underside, yellow-brown topside with light-brown teeth and apical molar; in females black except yellow-brown basal third of topside. Labial palpi yellow-brownish, except brown apical palpomeres; palpomeres 1 and 2 of maxillary palpi light brown, palpomeres 3 and 4 dark brown. Antennae do not extend posteriorly to the shoulders, scape brown on anterior side and black on posterior side; antennomeres 2–5 black with indistinctly blue tinge and brown apices, antennomeres 9 and 10 in male with serrated anterior lower margins; in female less delated with slightly protruding margins ( Fig. 47 ). Labrum distinctly transverse in male( Fig. 71 ), LW/LL = 1.14, indistinctly transverse in females ( Fig. 72 ), LW/LL = 1.0–1.07 (mean = 1.05, n = 4), blackbrownish with medium-sized or small apical yellow spot separated from central apical teeth. Pronotum shining blue with light violet tinge; indistinctly transverse, PW/PL = 1.0–1.07 (mean = 1.03, n = 5), apical lobe practically equal wide throughout; thorax shining blue with violet reflection. Fore and middle femora red-brown or brown with blue-tinged base and knees; hind femora black with blueviolet lustre except pale-yellow base; fore and middle tibiae red-brown; hind tibiae black or brown-black, all tibia with blue tinge; tarsi black with light blue tinge; HTbL/HTaL = 1.21–1.27 (mean = 1.24, n = 5). Elytra black-blue with purple reflection, practically sub-parallel, EL/EW = 1.98–2.1 (mean = 2.02, n = 5); punctuation in basal half except humeral area deep and regular, then shallow and sparse, apical quarter practically smooth; scutellum black with blue tinge; apical margin indistinctly cut. Elytral pattern presented by small basal portion of humeral lunule, small basal dot poorly visible in some specimens and elongated slightly oblique central dot ( Figs 19, 21 , 103, 104 ). Aedeagus with short sharply curved blunt apex and distinct lateral carinae ( Fig. 167 ); AL = 2.9, EL/AL = 2.52. Distribution. CHINA : Fujian , Zhejiang Provinces ( Fig. 184 ).