1. Themus (Telephorops) uniformis Wittmer 1983
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Yang, Yuxia, Zong, Le, Yang, Xingke, and Liu, Haoyu
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Coleoptera ,Themus uniformis ,Cantharidae ,Insecta ,Arthropoda ,Themus ,Animalia ,Biodiversity ,Taxonomy - Abstract
Themus (Telephorops) uniformis Wittmer, 1983 Figs 5 A���D Themus (s.str.) bitinctus uniformis Wittmer, 1983b: 218, fig. 30. Themus (s.str.) cribripennis Wittmer, 1983a: 151, figs 46, 49. Synonymised by Yang et al., 2013: 5, fig. 2. Themus (Telephorops) bitinctus uniformis: ��vihla, 2008: 187. Themus (Telephorops) uniformis: Yang et al., 2013: 5, fig. 1. Material examined. Taiwan: 1♂ (IZAS), Nantou Hsien, Penpuchi, 1000 m, 1998. VIII.25, leg. Y. Arita; 1♂ (IZAS), Nantou Hsien, Lushan, 1997. VIII.16, leg. C. Lou. Supplementary description. Male. Aedeagus (Figs 5 A���D): ventral processes of parameres abruptly narrowing apically, rounded at apices, moderately bent towards each other; conjoint dorsal plate slightly shorter than ventral processes, widely and roundly emarginate in middle of apical margin, small and rightly emarginate at lateroapical angles; middle emargination with a narrow and transverse protuberance, which vertically bent ventrally, beside protuberance with narrow transverse ridge on each side of inner surface; laterophyses conjoint, slightly thickened in middle of apical part, which is opposite to the protuberance of conjoint dorsal plate, with latero-apical angles slightly extended dorsally, slightly bifurcated and acute at apices. Distribution. China (Fujian, Taiwan). Remarks. The illustrations of the aedeagus and female abdominal sternite VIII were provided by Wittmer (1983a, b). Here, the aedeagus is illustrated to make a comparison with T. hainanus sp. nov., Published as part of Yang, Yuxia, Zong, Le, Yang, Xingke & Liu, Haoyu, 2019, A taxonomic study on Themus (Telephorops) davidis species-group (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), with description of a new species from China, pp. 401-411 in Zootaxa 4612 (3) on pages 405-406, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4612.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/3235188, {"references":["Wittmer, W. (1983 b) Beitrag zur einer Revision der Gattung Themus Motsch. Coleoptera: Cantharidae. Entomologischen Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey, 31 / 32, 189 - 239.","Wittmer, W. (1983 a) Die Familie Cantharidae (Col.) auf Taiwan (2. Teil). Entomological Review of Japan, 38, 147 - 172.","Yang, Y. - X., Kopetz, A. & Yang, X. - K. (2013) Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on the genera Themus Motschulsky and Lycocerus Gorham (Coleoptera, Cantharidae). Zookeys, 340, 1 - 19. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 340.5470","Svihla, V. (2008) Redescription of the subgenera of the genus Themus Motschulsky, 1858, with description of five new species (Coleoptera: Cantharidae). Veroffentlichungen des Naturkundemuseums Erfurt, 27, 183 - 190."]}
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