Center for Systematic Entomology

Discovery of the male of Therates ottomerkli Wiesner, 1999, a note on Therates yunnanensis Wiesner and Xiong, 2024, and keys to the chennelli group and to the tuberosus group of the genus Therates Latreille, 1816 (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)

ColeopteraCicindelidae

  • Jürgen Wiesner

    Am Zellberg 6D-38527 Meine, Germany

    ORCID 0000-0002-7824-166X

  • Arnošt Kudrna

    University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Science České Budějovice, Czech Republic

DOI
https://doi.org/10.64338/im.1178.dtstg
ZooBank
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:31DAAAD8-991C-4BCA-990B-E28065C6C708
Keywords
Taxonomy, Oriental Region

Abstract

Therates ottomerkli Wiesner, 1999 (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) is reported from Cambodia for the first time, including the first discovery of male specimens. The species is redescribed. A list and an identifica¬tion key to the species of the chennelli group are provided. Therates yunnanensis Wiesner and Xiong, 2024 is transferred from the chennelli group to the tuberosus group. A key to the species of the tuberosus group is also provided.

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