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Issue: Vol. 3262 No. 1: 9 Apr. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-04-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3262.1.4
Page range: 46–53
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 3

Synonym, new species and checklist of the genus Fissocantharis Pic from Taiwan (Coleoptera, Cantharidae)

College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, Hebei Province, China
Kurashiki Museum of Natural History, Chûô 2-6-1, Kurashiki-shi, Okayama, 710-0046 Japan
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Coleoptera Cantharidae Fissocantharis new species new synonym Taiwan

Abstract

Two new species of Fissocantharis Pic from Taiwan are described, F. flavipennis sp. nov. and F. laticornis sp. nov., andpresented with photos of habitus and illustrations of aedeagi, also each new species is provided with a key to the relatedspecies. Micropodabrus simplicicornis Wittmer, 1993 is synonymized with Fissocantharis formosana (Pic, 1910). A checklist of Fissocantharis from Taiwan is given.

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