A contribution to the knowledge of the genera Fissocantharis Pic, 1921 and Micropodabrus Pic, 1920 from Taiwan (Coleoptera, Cantharidae)

  • Limei Li The Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, Hebei Province
  • Lulu Zhang The Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, Hebei Province
  • Yuxia Yang The Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, Hebei Province
  • Yûichi Okushima Kurashiki Museum of Natural History, Chûô 2–6–1, Kurashiki, Okayama, 710–0046
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2016.243
Keywords: Fissocantharis, Micropodabrus, new species, reconfirmed combination, Taiwan

Abstract

Twenty previously known species of Fissocantharis Pic, 1921 and Micropodabrus Pic, 1920 from Taiwan are illustrated and described with the genitalia of both sexes and or abdominal sternite VIII of female. The following reconfirmed combinations are proposed, Micropodabrus chujoi (Wittmer, 1972), M. mucronata (Wittmer, 1979), M. multicostata (Wittmer, 1982) and M. nodicornis (Wittmer, 1982), which were all originally described in Kandyosilis Pic, 1929. Two new species are described, Fissocantharis nigriceps Y. Yang & Okushima sp. nov. and Micropodabrus brunneipennis Y. Yang & Okushima sp. nov., which are provided with the illustrations of aedeagus and photos of male habitus.

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Published
2016-11-14
How to Cite
Li, L., Zhang, L., Yang, Y., & Okushima, Y. (2016). A contribution to the knowledge of the genera Fissocantharis Pic, 1921 and Micropodabrus Pic, 1920 from Taiwan (Coleoptera, Cantharidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, (243). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2016.243
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No. 243 (2016): A contribution to the knowledge of the genera Fissocantharis Pic, 1921 and Micropodabrus Pic, 1920 from Taiwan (Coleoptera, Cantharidae)
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Entomology
Copyright (c) 2016 Limei Li, Lulu Zhang, Yuxia Yang, Yûichi Okushima

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