A new species of Therates Latreille, 1816 (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) from China

  • Jürgen Wiesner

    Am Zellberg 6 D-38527 Meine, Germany

    ORCID 0000-0002-7824-166X
  • Xinxin Xiong

    Center of Arboretum Management & Specimen Museum, Southwest Forestry University No. 300 Bai Long Si, Kunming, Yunnan, China

    ORCID 0000-0001-5155-8803
Keywords
chennelli species group, tiger beetle

Abstract

Therates yunnanensis Wiesner and Xiong, new species (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), is described from Yunnan, China. It is distinguished from its allies by the shape of the aedeagus, labrum and elytral maculation.

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