Taxonomic note on the genus Taiwanocantharis Wittmer: synonym, new species and additional faunistic records from China (Coleoptera, Cantharidae)

By

Yang, Yuxia
Yang, Xingke.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

367

Pages

19-32

Subjects

Cantharidae , China , new record , new species , synonym , Taiwanocantharis

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.367.6641

 

Abstract

Taiwanocantharis thibetanomima (Wittmer, 1997) is redefined and its type series is clarified. Three new species are described and illustrated, T. wittmeri sp. n. (CHINA: Yunnan), T. adentata sp. n. (CHINA: Gansu, Sichuan) and T. parasatoi sp. n. (CHINA: Guangxi). T. gansosichuana (Kazantsev, 2010) is synonymized with T. drahuska (Švihla, 2004). T. dedicata (Švihla, 2005) and T. malaisei (Wittmer, 1989) are recorded to China for the first time. A key to the species of the Taiwanocantharis thibetana species-group is provided.