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President Wiesner invocation
No full text1. MIT commencement -- 2. President Wiesner invocation.Live recording."June 2, 1972"--Side 2 label.Electronic reproduction from Rulan Chao Pian Audio Cassette Collection.Performers, unknown.Spoken in English
Therates murzini , J. Wiesner 1999
No full text44. <i>Therates murzini</i> Wiesner (Fig. 335) <p> <i>Therates murzini</i> Wiesner 1999b: 370 - 372, f. 3 - 5, 7.</p> <p> <i>Therates murzini</i>. Cassola and Klícha 2002: 38.</p> <p> <b>Type depository.</b> Holotype male in JWGC, 1 paratype female in JWGC, 2 paratype females in RNFC.</p> <p> <b>Type status.</b> Holotype male! <i>Type labels</i>: “ MYANMAR N (Burma), 50 km E Putao, H- 950m, env. Nan Thi vill., 11- 16.05.1998, leg. S. Murzin and V. Siniaev ” [printed, white with yellow borders]; “Holotype, THERATES murzini J. Wiesner ” [printed, red]. Paratypes! <i>Type labels</i>: “ MYANMAR N (Burma), 50 km E Putao, H- 950m, env. Nan Thi vill., 11- 16.05.1998, leg. S. Murzin and V. Siniaev ” [printed, white with yellow borders]; “Paratype THERATES murzini, J. Wiesner ” [printed, red].</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> Distinguished by the combination of yellow venter, elongated elytral apex, and elytral maculation pattern that includes only a portion of the middle suture.</p> <p> <b>Re-description.</b> <i>Size:</i> Total length (without labrum) 6.5 mm- 7.4 mm (mean= 6.9 mm, n=5). <i>Head:</i> Shining black. Mandibles yellowish, brownish distally in females, teeth brownish marginally. Labrum (male Fig. 341, female Fig. 342) as long as wide, yellowish, with six apical teeth and one lateral tooth. Labial and maxillary palpi yellowish. Antennae slender, extending posteriorally behind elytral shoulders in females, longer in males, 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, all the other antennal segments brownish black. Clypeus glabrous. Frons smooth. <i>Thorax</i>: Pronotum shining black, barely longer than wide, constricted in front and at back, transverse furrows strong, middle line and lateral lines nearly obsolete. <i>Elytra</i>: Shining black, with basal and apical humps, distinctly punctate in front, shallower in the apical half (Fig. 336). Apex rounded, with a tiny sutural tooth. Distance between apical hump and lateral tooth long. Maculation highly variable and composed of the following: brownish yellow or yellow humeral lunule of variable length; yellow central dot of variable size, ocassionally connected with the humeral lunule; brownish yellow basal dot absent, or if present then variable in length, ocassionally connected with the humeral lunule (Figs. 337-339). Apex transparent brownish in specimen with reduced maculation and has a large brownish yellow dot, which included the distal part of the apical humps, in the other specimens. <i>Ventral aspect</i>: Venter brownish yellow. Legs yellowish, tibiae and tarsomeres somewhat darkened distally. <i>Aedeagus:</i> (Fig. 340) curved, with a stout tip distally, total length 2.0 mm.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> Myanmar (Kachin).</p> <p> <b>Localities.</b> MYANMAR, 50 km E Putao, env. Nan Thi vill., 11.-16.v. 1998, 950 m (RNFC).</p>Published as part of <i>Wiesner, Jürgen, 2013, The chennelli group of the Genus Therates Latreille (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) 114. Contribution towards the knowledge of Cicindelidae, pp. 1-86 in Insecta Mundi 2013 (315)</i> on page 45, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5176988">10.5281/zenodo.5176988</a>
Therates ottomerkli , J. Wiesner 1999
No full text49. <i>Therates ottomerkli</i> Wiesner (Fig. 374) <p> <i>Therates ottomerkli</i> Wiesner 1999a: 321, 322, f. 1.</p> <p> <i>Therates ottomerkli</i>. Sawada and Wiesner 2002: 80.</p> <p> <b>Type depository.</b> Holotype female in HMHN, paratype female in JWGC.</p> <p> <b>Type status.</b> Holotype female! <i>Type labels</i>: “ LAOS, Champassak Prov., Dong Hua Xao NBCA, bank of Nam Phak river, 15°59’N, 105°55’E,” [printed, white]; “ 280 m, singled and swept from the vegetation, No. 15, 28-29. III. 1998, leg. O.Merkl and G.Csorba ” [printed, white]; “Holotype Therates ottomerkli J. Wiesner ” [printed, red]. Paratype female! <i>Type labels</i>: “ LAOS, Champassak Prov., Dong Hua Xao NBCA, bank of Nam Phak river, 15°59’N, 105°55’E ” [printed, white with yeollow borders]; “ 280 m, singled and swept from the vegetation, No. 15, 28-29.iii.1989, leg. O. Merkl and G. Csorba ” [printed, white]; “Paratype Therates ottomerkli, J.Wiesner ” [printed, red].</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> Distinguished by the combination of brownish pronotum and venter, and central dot acutely angled laterally toward the front.</p> <p> <b>Re-description.</b> <i>Size:</i> Total length (without labrum) 6.4 mm- 6.6 mm, (mean= 6.5 mm, n=2). Male unknown. <i>Head:</i> Shining black. Mandibles yellowish, teeth brownish marginally. Labrum (female Fig. 377) as wide as long, yellowish, with six apical teeth one lateral tooth. Labial and maxillary palpi yellowish. Antennae lanceolate, extending posteriorally behind elytral shoulders in females, 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, all the other antennal segments brownish black. Clypeus glabrous. Frons smooth, with a transverse furrow in the posterior part of the orbital plates. <i>Thorax</i>: Pronotum brownish, as long as wide, constricted in front and at back, transverse furrows strong, middle line and lateral lines nearly obsolete, middle line with several transverse short branches. <i>Elytra</i>: Shining black, with basal and apical humps, distinctly punctate in front, shallower in the apical half (Fig. 375). Apex transparent brown with angular lateral corner and sutural tooth, slightly recurved between. Maculation yellow, composed of a slender humeral lunule, basal dot, and central dot which is acutely angled outwards toward the front (Fig. 376). The area between humeral lunule central dot is brownish. <i>Ventral aspect</i>: Venter brownish. Legs yellowish, tarsomeres darker distally.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> Laos (Champasak).</p>Published as part of <i>Wiesner, Jürgen, 2013, The chennelli group of the Genus Therates Latreille (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) 114. Contribution towards the knowledge of Cicindelidae, pp. 1-86 in Insecta Mundi 2013 (315)</i> on page 49, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5176988">10.5281/zenodo.5176988</a>
Therates csorbai J. Wiesner 1999
No full text36. <i>Therates csorbai</i> Wiesner (Fig. 281) <p> <i>Therates csorbai</i> Wiesner 1999b: 322 d, f. 2, 3.</p> <p> <i>Therates csorbai</i>. Sawada and Wiesner 2000a: 63; Sawada and Wiesner 2002: 80.</p> <p> <b>Type depository.</b> Holotype male in HNHM, paratype female in JWGC.</p> <p> <b>Type status.</b> Holotype male! <i>Type labels</i>: “ LAOS, Champassak Prov., Dong Hua Xao NBCA, 2 km S of Ban Nong Luang, bank of Touay-Guai stream” [printed, white]; “ 15°4’N, 106°13’E, 800 m, swept, no. 23, 1-5. IV. 1998, leg. O.Merkl and G.Csorba ” [printed, white]; “Holotype Therates csorbai J. Wiesner ” [printed, red]. Paratype female! <i>Type labels</i>: “ LAOS, Champassak Prov., Dong Hua Xao NBCA, 2 km S of Ban Nong Luang, bank of Touay-Guai stream,” [printed]; “ 15°4’N, 106°13’E, 800 m, swept, No. 23, 1- 5.iv.1998, leg. O. Merkl and G. Csorba ” [printed]; “Paratype Therates csorbai J. Wiesner ” [printed, red].</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> Distinguished by the combination of yellowish margin of the ventral ventrites, brownish margin of the labrum, and elytral maculation with long basal dot.</p> <p> <b>Re-description.</b> <i>Size:</i> Total length (without labrum) 6.5 mm- 7.5 mm (mean= 7.2 mm, n=3). <i>Head:</i> Shining greenish black. Mandibles yellowish, brownish distally in female, teeth brownish marginally. Labrum (male Fig. 286, female Fig. 287) wider as long in male, as wide as long in female, margin brownish at base, remainder yellowish, with six apical teeth and one lateral tooth. Labial and maxillary palpi yellowish. Antennae lanceolate, extending posteriorally behind elytral shoulders in female, somewhat longer in male, 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, all the other antennal segments brownish black. Clypeus glabrous. Frons smooth with a transverse furrow in the posterior part of the orbital plates. <i>Thorax</i>: Pronotum shining greenish black, as long as wide, constricted in front and at back, transverse furrows strong, middle line and lateral lines nearly obsolete, middle line with several transverse short branches. <i>Elytra</i>: Shining brownish black, sutural area near humeral lunule and central dot brownish, with basal and apical humps, distinctly punctate in front, shallower in the apical half (Fig. 282). Apex with lateral and sutural corner, recurved between. Maculation composed of a long brownish yellow humeral lunule, long brownish yellow basal dot, and a yellow central dot which is acutely angled outwards toward the front (Figs. 283, 284). Apex is yellow with this coloration reaching the apical humps. <i>Ventral aspect</i>: Venter black, ventrites brownish, yellowish at margin. Legs of male yellowish, hind femora, tibiae and tarsomeres somewhat darker distally. Legs of female brownish dark, only profemora and base of meso- and metafemora lighter. <i>Aedeagus:</i> (Fig. 285) curved, curved, apex produced into angled tip, total length 1.7 mm.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> Laos (Champasak, Attapu).</p> <p> <b>Localities.</b> LAOS, Attapu, Bolaven Plateau, 15 km SE of Ban Houaykong, Non Lom (lake) env., 18.- 30.iv. 1999, 800 m (JWCG).</p>Published as part of <i>Wiesner, Jürgen, 2013, The chennelli group of the Genus Therates Latreille (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) 114. Contribution towards the knowledge of Cicindelidae, pp. 1-86 in Insecta Mundi 2013 (315)</i> on pages 38-39, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5176988">10.5281/zenodo.5176988</a>
Calochroa fumikoae Wiesner and Phyu 2019, new species
No full text<i>Calochroa fumikoae</i> Wiesner and Phyu, new species <p>(Fig. 8)</p> <p> <b>Type depository.</b> Holotype male in OMNS, one paratype male and one paratype female each in DARM and YAUM, two paratype males and two paratype females in JWGC, sixteen paratype males and six paratype female in MHWJ.</p> <p> <b>Type status.</b> <i>Holotype male, type labels</i>: “ Pyon village, near Ainggyi, / 13 miles from Saw, / Magway Region, MYANMAR / June 1, 2016 / Michio HORI & Thanda Moe leg.”, “ HOLOTYPE / Calochroa / fumikoae new species / Wiesner & Phyu ded. 2019 [printed, red]”.</p> <p> <i>Paratypes</i>: 1 male and 1 female with same label in DARM, and “ PARATYPE, Calochroa / fumikoae new species / Wiesner & Phyu ded. 2019 [printed, red]”. 1 male with same labels in JWGC. 1 male and 1 female with same labels in YAUM. 4 males with same labels in MHWJ. 1 female in MHWJ: “ 5 km W from Ainggyi (teak / plantation), Magway Region, / MYANMAR / May 31, 2018 / Michio HORI & Thanda Moe leg.”, and “ PARATYPE, Calochroa / fumikoae new species / Wiesner & Phyu ded. 2019 [printed, red]”. 1 male and 2 females in JWGC: “ Pyon village, near Ainggyi, / 13 miles from Saw, / Magway Region, MYANMAR / June 1, 2016 / Michio HORI & Thanda Moe leg.”, and “ PARATYPE, Calochroa / fumikoae new species / Wiesner & Phyu ded. 2019 [printed, red]”. 9 males and 3 females with same labels in MHWJ. 1 male and 1 female in MHWJ: “ Pyon village, near Ainggyi, / 13 miles from Saw, / Magway Region, MYANMAR / June 8, 2015 / Michio HORI & Thanda Moe leg.”, “ PARATYPE / Calochroa / fumikoae new species / Wiesner & Phyu ded. 2019 [printed, red]”. 2 males and 1 female in MHWJ: “ Pyon village, near Ainggyi, / 13 miles from Saw, / Magway Region, MYANMAR / June 10, 2017 / Michio HORI & Thanda Moe leg.”, “ PARATYPE / Calochroa / fumikoae new species / Wiesner & Phyu ded. 2019 [printed, red]”.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> Myanmar (Magway Region).</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> This new species is cordially dedicated to Fumiko Hori, wife of Prof. Dr. Michio Hori.</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> Similar to <i>Calochroa nosei</i> Sawada and Wiesner, 2000, but distinguished by the shorter tarsal and antennae segments and the shape of aedeagus.</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> <i>Size</i>: Total length (without labrum) 12.2–16.5mm (mean = 14.3mm, <i>n</i> = 30). <i>Head</i>: Glabrous, with two setigerous punctures next to each of the eyes in front and at the centre; clypeus brassy greenish, marginal part of frons near the eyes bluish green, genae brassy greenish in front and bluish green at base, remainder of head coppery brown or greenish in males, black in females; frons and orbital plates with distinct longitudinal striae, genae with fine longitudinal striae, vertex distinct and irregular wrinkled. Eyes pale whitish with some small darker areas. Ratio between width of head and elytra = 3.5 in medium. Labrum (male Fig. 9, female Fig. 10) distinctly wider than long, ratio of length to width = 0.6 in medium, yellowish, irregularly black at margins, with four setae in front, with three pointed apical teeth and two small bulges each on left and right side of the three teeth. Mandibles yellow, teeth black. Labial palpi yellowish, apical two joints black. Maxillary palpi yellowish, apical joint black, basal segment of labial palpi with long erect white setae. Antennae slender, reaching back a third of the elytral length in the males, a little shorter in the females; antennomeres one to four dark, with metallic green luster; scape with with one long apical seta, the other three antennomeres almost glabrous; antennomeres five to eleven black, dull, finely and evenly pubescent. <i>Thorax</i>: Pronotum slightly wider than long (ratio of length to width = 0.9 in medium), sides somewhat rounded between the transversal constrictions; glabrous, with a few white setae at front in lateral margin; with irregular wrinkles on disc; color brown or greenish in males, black in females, lateral margin greenish blue in males, coppery in females. Sternae and episternae bluish black, proepisternum with a few white setae in males, glabrous in females, mesepisternum and metepisternum glabrous, mesepimeron and metasternum setose; mesepisternum of females with a longitudinal furrow in the upper half. <i>Elytra</i>: (Fig. 12–15) wider than head with eyes, parallel-sided, apices microserrulate, rounded, with distinct sutural edge; shoulders well marked, subsquare; surface smooth with a fine microsculpture, ground color black; elytral testaceous maculations consist of a roundish apical dot, an oblong oval central dot small and a triangulate humeral dot, which is mostly enlarged onto the disk forming a lunule with variably extended distal part. Epipleurae brownish. <i>Ventral aspect</i>: Venter bluish black, abdominal segments 1, 2 and 3 setose apically; coxae with white setae; trochanters testaceous; coxae, femora, tibiae and tarsi dark, with metallic reflections; legs covered sparsely with setae, mesotibiae more densely setose. <i>Aedeagus</i>: (Fig. 11) on left lateral view fusiform, straight, tapering, slightly indented in the middle, with a straight, blunt, and upturned apex (total length 3.9mm).</p>Published as part of <i>Wiesner, Jürgen & Phyu, Moe Hnin, 2019, Two new tiger beetle species of the genus Calochroa Hope, 1838 (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) from Myanmar. 150. Contribution towards the knowledge of the Cicindelidae, pp. 1-7 in Insecta Mundi 696</i> on pages 2-3, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/3670536">10.5281/zenodo.3670536</a>
Tricondyla (Tricondyla) johnsoni Anichtchenko & Wiesner 2024, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Tricondyla</i> (<i>Tricondyla</i>) <i>johnsoni</i> sp. nov. <p> <b>Type material.</b> Holotype, male: “ March 2019 / Gumitan, Davao / Mindanao / Philippines [handwritten] // HOLOTYPE / Tricondyla (Tricondyla) / johnsoni / design. Anichtchenko & / Wiesner 2023 [printed, red]” (JWc). Paratypes: 1f: “ Philippines, Mindanao, Misamis Or., Claveria rd., 1200m, 8.701522, 125.014624, 26- 28.3.2022, Anichtchenko A. leg.” (AAc); 1f: “ Philippines, Mt. Bulacao, Bukidnon, Mindanao, Jan. 2014 ” (DUBC); 1m, 1f: “ July 2019 / Gumitan, Davao / Mindanao / Philippines ” (WJc, JWc); 1f: “ May 2019 / Dominorog, Bukidnon / Mindanao / Philippines ” (WJc); 3f: “ October 2019 / Kalinan, Davaob/ Mindanao / Philippines ” (WJc); 1m: “ October 2018 / New Albay / Mindanao / Philippines ” (DUBC); 1m: “ December 2018 / Kapatagan / Mindanao / Philippines ” (WJc); 1f: “ April 2019 / Bukidnon / Mindanao / Philippines ” (WJc); 1m: “ Philippines, Mindanao, Gumitan, VII.2018 ” (RSc). All paratypes with the label “ PARATYPE / Tricondyla (Tricondyla) / johnsoni / design. Anichtchenko & / Wiesner 2023 [printed, red]”.</p> <p> <b>Differential diagnosis.</b> In overall appearance is similar to <i>T. aptera</i>. Exteriorly can be distinguished by strong transversally rugate pronotum in females, and gently rugate in males. Interocular furrows are slightly deeper than in <i>T. aptera</i>.</p> <p> <b>Description</b>. (Figs 37–39) body size 20–24 mm; black, with weak blue tinge on the head and pronotum; femora brown with narrowly black knees, tibiae and tarsi black.</p> <p>Head smooth; labrum large, with six teeth, 2 middle teeth rounded, 2 paramedial beveled, lateral teeth narrow and pointed; interocular cavity wide and almost flat, interocular furrows evident; orbital plates from gently to moderately rugate. Pronotum rather short, smooth, moderately convex from both dorsal and lateral views; medial lobe oval-shaped, slightly narrowed in front; anterior collum abrupt; elytra elliptic in shape, base relatively broad, the lateral constriction feebly marked, often narrowed posteriorly, strongly transversally rugate pronotum in females, and gently rugate in males. Elytra elongated and oval, narrower in males; disc moderately convex in apical third; transversally rugate at base, wrinkles become weaker and shorter posteriorly, gradually turning into points at the apex of elytra. Ventral side glabrous and smooth, sternites III–V with two setae (rarely 3) near apical margin. Aedeagus (Fig. 113). Endophallus (Figs 40–42); protuberances: DB large and outstanding from the base; VB and V indistinct; DA thin and short; VA short, rounded, and voluminous; flagellum relatively short and thin.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> This new species is cordially dedicated to Walter N. Johnson, Minneapolis, Minnesota, a specialist of Nearctic tiger beetles, who made 10 specimens available to us, and provided extensive material of <i>Tricondyla</i> species for this research.</p> <p> <b>Distribution</b>. Known only from Mindanao.</p>Published as part of <i>Anichtchenko, Alexander & Wiesner, Jürgen, 2024, Tiger beetles of the genus Tricondyla Latreille, 1822 (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) of the Philippines, with some considerations of the taxonomy of the genus, pp. 351-376 in Zootaxa 5397 (3)</i> on pages 357-358, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5397.3.3, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10468872">http://zenodo.org/record/10468872</a>
Cylindera (Conidera) mindoroana Zettel and Wiesner 2018, new species
No full text<i>Cylindera</i> (<i>Conidera</i>) <i>mindoroana</i> Zettel and Wiesner, new species <p>(Fig. 1–5, 8, 9, 14, 17, 20)</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> Named after the terra typica, the island of Mindoro.</p> <p> <b>Type material.</b> Holotype male, (coll. Wiesner, Wolfsburg, Germany, long term loan of Natural History Museum Stuttgart) and three paratype females (coll. Wiesner, Wolfsburg, Germany), Philippines, Mindoro, Mt. Halcon, IX.2010, leg. Noel Mohagan. One paratype female, (coll. Zettel, Vienna, Austria),</p> <p>Oriental Mindoro, Roxas, San Vicente, 7.V., local collector. One paratype male, (coll. Wiesner, Wolfsburg, Germany), Philippines, Mindanao, Bukidnon Province, XI.–XII., leg. Noel Mohagan.</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> Medium-sized species (body length 9.7–11.1 mm) of <i>Conidera</i>, with characteristic color pattern of the subgenus (Fig. 1, 2). Sides of clypeus glabrous. Labrum (Fig. 5) strongly protruded in middle, forming a lobe with small acute tip, with 16–18 setiferous pores. Mandible (Fig. 3, 4) with four teeth between basal dentition and apex; in male with large gap between tooth 1 and 2. Pronotum length slightly larger than width in males, subequal or smaller than width in females. Each elytron rounded posteriorly; sutural spine shifted anteriorly, in male slightly, in female strongly (Fig. 8, 9). Elytron of female with large, strongly glossy area expanded over entire humeri.</p> Description. <p> <b>Measurements.</b> Holotype: BL = 10.9, HW = 2.45, PW = 1.96, PL = 2.03, EL = 6.21. Paratype, male (<i>n</i> = 1): BL = 10.8, HW = 2.41, PW = 1.92, PL = 2.06, EL = 6.14. Paratypes, females (<i>n</i> = 4): BL = 9.7–11.1, HW = 2.24–2.52, PW = 2.00–2.38, PL = 1.87–2.02, EL = 5.59–6.27.</p> <p> <b>Color</b> (Fig. 1, 2). Head dorsally black with greenish reflections on antennal plates, clypeus, and margins of labrum, occasionally also on foremargin of frons. Sides of head bluish green. Eyes pale. Mandibles testaceous at base, distally black. Labial and maxillary palpi testaceous, last labial palpomere and last 2–3 maxillary palpomeres with bluish infuscation. Antenna with antennomeres 1–4 metallic green with some bronze or blue reflections, antennomeres 5–11 black. Pronotum chiefly black with slight bronze tinge; sides with some slight greenish reflections. Ground color of elytra dull black, in male with slight olive greenish, in female with weak bronze tinge; punctures on green ground are blue. Humeral areas more vividly colored than rest of elytra, in male greenish, in female dark violet-blue; sides with narrow blue margins. White pattern as characteristic for the subgenus. Thoracic and abdominal sternal sclerites metallic green to bluish, much more vivid than dorsum. Legs: trochanters brownish bronze; coxae and femora metallic green to blue; tibiae and tarsi blue to bronze black.</p> <p> <b>Structures.</b> Head narrow, fully glabrous, except one pair of setae at the dorsal eye margin. Eyes moderately globose. Frons and vertex coriaceous, with fine longitudinal striation, which is much stronger on suborbital declivity. Temples transversely striate; genae longitudinally striate. Clypeus finely shagreened, without setiferous punctures at sides. Labrum (Fig. 5) smooth, with numerous (16–18) setiferous pores (bearing long white setae if not broken off), twice as wide as long, with distinct medial lobe bearing a small apical tip. Mandibles very long and slender, with four teeth between basal dentition (covered by labrum) and apex; in male with large gap between teeth 1 and 2 (Fig. 3), in female without gap. Antenna very long and slender, in male reaching subapical spot of elytra, in female a little shorter than in male; scape and antennomeres 2–4 smooth, 5–11 dull.</p> <p> <b>Pronotum.</b> Narrow, with maximum width near base; length slightly larger than width in males, subequal or smaller than width in females. Disk glabrous, coriaceous, with fine transverse striation that is more obvious at anterior collar. Sides densely punctured and pilose. Posterior transverse furrow deep, medially protruded forward. Mesepisternal coupling sulcus of female developed as a large and deep groove; surface smooth with few small punctures. Sides of prothorax including sides of pronotum, mesepisternum (except coupling sulcus of female), metepisternum, metasternum, abdominal sternites, and parts of forefemur covered with white adpressed to decumbent hairs. Legs with short white decumbent to subdecumbent stiff setae.</p> <p> <b>Elytra.</b> Much wider than head (ca. 1.5 times), sides slightly and apex strongly convex; punctures fine and dense (Fig. 8, 9). Suture in male slightly and in female distinctly concave in posterior third. Sutural spine small and slightly preapical in male, larger and more distant from elytral apex in female. In female the smooth area covering entire humeri. Apical border microserrulate.</p> <p> <b>Aedeagus.</b> Medial lobe slender and elongated (Fig. 14), although minimally wider than in other <i>Conidera</i> species. Endophallic structures (Fig. 17, 20) in an arrangement that is typical for the subgenus. Small stiffening rib with left apex not upcurved, subapically with strong bend; right apex bifid; arciform piece long, distally extremely slender.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> Recorded from two localities on Mindoro Island. The record from Mindanao based on a single male (matching the holotype very well) requires confirmation.</p> <p> <b>Comparative notes.</b> The female can be immediately recognized by the aberrant shape of the elytron; this character is less expressed in the male. Besides the characters mentioned in the key below, there are also minor differences in the endophallic structures (comp. Fig. 17–22; white arrows) that support the status of a separate species but should be examined in more specimens. The endophallic structures of <i>C. conicollis</i> are most similar to the new species, except that the small stiffening rib is less bent before its left apex; both species share a bifid right apex of the small stiffening rib and a slender arciform piece. <i>Cylindera mandibularis</i> differs distinctly from both other species of <i>Conidera</i> by a relatively broad arciform piece; in addition, its small stiffening rib has an upcurved left apex and an acute right apex.</p>Published as part of <i>Zettel, Herbert & Wiesner, Jürgen, 2018, Cylindera (Conidera) mindoroana sp. n. (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), a new tiger beetle species from the Philippines, pp. 1-10 in Insecta Mundi 632</i> on pages 2-4, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/3699707">10.5281/zenodo.3699707</a>
Therates pseudovitalisi Matalin et Wiesner 2023, sp. n.
No full text<i>Therates pseudovitalisi</i> Matalin et Wiesner, sp. n. <p>Figs 9, 10, 36, 37, 58, 59, 90–93, 132–134.</p> <p> <i>Therates fruhstorferi vitalisi</i> W. Horn, 1913 — Sawada & Wiesner 2000: 63–64, 2004: 263–264; Wiesner & Geiser 2016: 88.</p> <p> <b>Type material.</b> HOLOTYPE, 1♂ — Laos, Luang Prabang Prov., Ban Song Cha (5 km W), 20 o 33–4’N 102 o 14’E, ± 1200 m, 24.4– 16.5.1999, leg. Vit Kubaň & C. Holzschuh (JW); PARATYPES: 1♀ —same labeled as the holotype (JW); 3♂♂ 6♀♀ — Laos, Oudom Xai (17 km NEE), 20 o 45’N 102 o 09’E, ~ 1100 m, 18.4– 1.5.1998, leg. Vit Kubaň (2♂♂ 5♀♀ — JW, 1♂ 2♀♀ — MSPU); 1♂ — Laos, Houaphanh Prov., Phou Pane Mt, VII.2011 (MSPU); 1♀ — Laos NE, Sam [<i>= Xam</i>] Neua, 17.V.2002 (JW); 1♂ —Laos-N, Phongsaly prov., Ban Bun Neua [= <i>Boun Neua</i>] (4 km E), 20.VI.2003, ~ 1100 m, 21 o 38’N 101 o 57’E, P. Pacholátko leg. (JW).</p> <p> <b>References.</b> LAOS, <i>Houaphanh Prov.</i>: 1♂ 2♀♀ — Xam Nua Distr, Ban Saleui, 1350 m, 15.VII.2002; 1♂ — Xam Nua Distr, Phu Pan, 1800 m, 17–21.VI.2003 (both Sawada & Wiesner 2004); 1♀ — Phou Pane Mt., 1480–1550 m, 20 o 13’09–19’’N 103º59’54’’E, 1–16.VI.2009, leg. Z. Kraus (Wiesner & Geiser 2016).</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> This new species is readily distinguished from <i>T. vitalisi</i>, <i>T. biserratus</i>, <i>T. hunanensis</i> <b>sp. n.</b>, <i>T. sauteri</i> and <i>T. motoensis</i> by lacking lateral carinae on the apex of aedeagus (Figs 132–134 <i>vs.</i> Figs 152–174). From <i>T. fruhstorferi</i> and T. <i>ziyardamensis</i> <b>sp. n.</b> a new species is easily distinguished by the shape of aedeagus (Figs 132– 134 <i>vs.</i> Figs 115–131), from <i>T. fruhstorferi</i> additionally by wider apices of elytra (Figs 9–11, 90–95 <i>vs.</i> Figs 1, 3–8, 81–89) and by shorter hind tarsus (Figs 175–178). From <i>T. pseudovitalisi tibetana</i> <b>ssp. n.</b> a nominotypical subspecies is clearly differentiated by the shape of antennomeres 9–11 (Figs 36, 37 <i>vs.</i> Figs 38, 39), by the proportions of hind tibiae and tarsi—mean HTbL/HTaL = 1.32 <i>vs.</i> HTbL/HTaL = 1.25, by narrow, elongate, clearly oblique central dot (Figs 9, 10, 90–93 <i>vs.</i> Figs 11, 94, 95), and by the longer elytra—mean EL/AL = 2.6 <i>vs.</i> mean EL/AL = 2.48.</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> TL = 10.53–11.1 mm in males (mean = 10.74 mm, n = 5), 10.5–12.1 mm (mean = 11.17 mm, n = 7) in females.</p> <p>Head shining black-blue with purple-violet reflection; orbital plates finely striated in posterior third; frons convex, semi-circular (see above), slightly downward anteriorly (see at the side), smooth or slightly rugose, frontal sulci deep and slightly convergent in anterior 2/3, shallow and distinctly divergent in posterior third. Mandibles in males brown underside, yellow-brown topside with brown teeth and apical molar; in females dark-brown except pale basal quarter topside. Labial palpi yellow-brown or brown except dark-brown apical palpomeres; maxillary palpi dark brown with narrow light-brown apices in all palpomeres. Antennae barely extend shoulders, black, scape dark brown on anterior margin and black on posterior margin, in some females brown-black, antennomeres 2–5 with light violet tinge and narrow dark-brown apices, antennomeres 9–11 in males distinctly dilated, antennomeres 9 and 10 with wide protruding downward anterior lower margins (Fig. 37), in female only slightly delated and protruding (Fig. 36). Labrum indistinctly transverse, LW/LL = 1.0–1.08 (mean = 1.04, n = 12), in males black-brown with medium-sized yellow-brown apical spot indistinctly separated from central apical teeth (Fig. 58), in females entirely black (Fig. 59).</p> <p>Pronotum shining blue with violet reflection; indistinctly transverse, PW/PL = 1.0–1.11 (mean = 1.06, n = 12), apical lobe practically equal wide throughout; thorax shining black-blue with light golden-violet reflection.</p> <p>Femora bicolored, fore femora pale-yellow with brown violet-tinged anterior side, black with violet tinge on posterior side, middle femora brown-black with light violet tinge except pale-yellow posterior basal third, hind femora pale-yellow in basal third or quarter and black with violet tinge in apical 2/3 or 3/4; tibiae brown-black with blue-violet lustre; tarsi black with blue-violet tinge; HTbL/HTaL = 1.25–1.42 (mean = 1.32, n = 12) (Figs 175–178).</p> <p>Elytra shining black-blue with purple-violet or blue-violet reflection; indistinctly divergent toward apex, EL/ EW = 1.92–2.06 (mean = 1.98, n = 12); punctuation deep and regular between basal humps and central dot, in apical third shallow and sparse; scutellum black with blue or violet tinge; apical margin shortly cut. Elytral pattern presented by well visible pale-yellow small basal portion of humeral lunule (see in front) and elongate slightly or clearly oblique narrow wide-uniformed or slightly dilated in lateral portion central dot; basal dot very small, in some specimens indistinct or entirely absent (Figs 9, 10, 90–93).</p> <p>Aedeagus gradually sinuate with elongate rounded apex, lacking lateral carinae (Figs 132–134); AL = 2.5–2.7 mm (mean = 2.62, n = 5), EL/AL = 2.56–2.72 (mean = 2.6, n = 5), in one aberrant male EL/AL = 2.45.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The new species is named “ <i>pseudovitalisi</i> ” due to it very similar outward appearance with <i>T. vitalisi</i> Horn, 1913.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> LAOS: Oudomxay, Luang Prabang, Houaphanh, Phongsaly Provinces (Fig. 184).</p>Published as part of <i>Matalin, Andrey V. & Wiesner, Jürgen, 2023, Revision of the Therates fruhstorferi complex (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae), pp. 401-433 in Zootaxa 5256 (5)</i> on pages 407-408, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.5.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/7758872">http://zenodo.org/record/7758872</a>
Cylindera (Plectographa) stamatovi Wiesner & Bandinelli 2014, new combination
No full text52. <i>Cylindera</i> (<i>Plectographa</i>) <i>stamatovi</i> (Sumlin, 1979), new combination (Fig. 72, 73, 90-94) <p> <i>Cicindela</i> (<i>Brasiella</i>) <i>stamatovi</i>: Sumlin 1979: 104, 105.</p> <p> <i>Brasiella</i> (<i>Brasiella</i>) <i>stamatovi</i>: Wiesner 1992: 205; Cassola and Pearson 2001: 18; Erwin and Pearson 2008: 116.</p> <p> <b>Distribution</b> (Fig. 160). Argentina (Tucumán).</p> <p> <b>Localities. Tucumán:</b> Tucuman, ii.1950 (Sumlin 1979: 104).</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> Due to the kindness of Lee H. Herman (AMNH) it was possible to study Sumlin’s type material. Its aedeagus (Fig. 92) lacks an apical hook, the internal sac has a flagellum and dorsal spatulate sclerites. Aedeagi of the <i>Brasiella</i> have an apical hook and/or are lacking a flagellum. Aedeagi of <i>Cylindera</i> (<i>Cylindera</i>) have no dorsal spatulate sclerites. As the aedeagus of <i>C. stamatovi</i> lacks an apical hook and bears dorsal spatulate sclerites, it is transferred from <i>Brasiella,</i> where it was tentatively placed by Sumlin, to <i>Cylindera</i> (<i>Plectographa</i>) near <i>C. eugeni</i> (Laporte de Castelnau, 1834).</p>Published as part of <i>Wiesner, Jürgen & Bandinelli, Aligi, 2014, Notes on the tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) of Argentina. 117. Contribution towards the knowledge of Cicindelidae, pp. 1-66 in Insecta Mundi 2014 (377)</i> on page 29, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5179363">10.5281/zenodo.5179363</a>
Wiesner, Jerome B. -- 1967 -- Correspondence, Individual -- letter, 1967-05-16
No full textLetter from Laya to Sabin, Albert B. dated 1967-05-16.Sabin Collection Fair Use Policy</a
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