Four new species of Fissocantharis Pic, 1921 (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from China

By

Yang, Yuxia
Qi, Yaqing
Yang, Xingke.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

738

Pages

97-115

Subjects

Cantharinae , Description , East Asia , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.738.19884

 

Abstract

Four new species of Fissocantharis Pic, 1921 are described: F. securiclata sp. n. (China: Zhejiang, Anhui), F. maculicollis sp. n. (China: Zhejiang), F. hainana sp. n. (China: Hainan) and F. laticollis sp. n. (China: Hainan), which are illustrated with the habitus and aedeagus of the male, the abdominal sternite VIII and the internal genitalia of the female. A key to the species from southeast China is provided.