Synonym, new species and checklist of the genus Fissocantharis Pic from Taiwan (Coleoptera, Cantharidae)
Author
Yang, Yu-Xia
Author
Okushima, Yûichi
Author
Yang, Xing-Ke
text
Zootaxa
2012
2012-04-09
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3262.1.4
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3262.1.4
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Fissocantharis formosana
(
Pic, 1910
)
Figs. 1–4
Rhagonycha formosana
Pic, 1910: 271
.
Podabrus curvatipes
Pic, 1922: 4
;
Wittmer, 1986: 131
(syn.).
Rhagonycha obscurioripes
Pic, 1926: 235
;
Wittmer, 1982: 129
(syn.).
Micropodabrus formosanus
:
Wittmer, 1982: 129
, Abb. 11
–
13.
Micropodabrus simplicicornis
Wittmer, 1993: 209
, Abb. 9, 12.
syn. nov.
Fissocantharis formosana
:
Yang, Brancucci & Yang, 2009: 49
.
Type
material examined.
Type
3 of
Rhagonycha formosana
Pic
, “
Formosa
[
Taiwan
], IV” (
MNHN
)
;
Type
3 of
Podabrus curvatipes
Pic
, “
Formosa
[
Taiwan
], IV” (
MNHN
);
Holotype
♀ of
Rhagonycha obscurioripes
Pic
, “
Formosa
[
Taiwan
]” (
MNHN
)
;
Holotype 3 of
Micropodabrus simplicicornis
Wittmer
, “
Taiwan
,
Taoyuan
Pref.,
Kao-i
, alt.
600m
,
12.IV.1981
, leg.
T. Shimomura
” (
NHMB
)
.
Other material examined.
13, S-Taiwan, near Liu Kuei, Mt. Wu Kon Shan,
3.VI.1989
, leg. K. Baba
;
23, S-Taiwan, Liu Kui,
2.IV.1986
, leg. K. Baba
;
23, 4♀♀, Taiwan,
25.–26.IV.1978
, leg. S. Sato
;
33, 5♀♀, Taiwan, Nantou Hsien, Lien-hua-chih,
7.IV.1991
, leg. Y. Okushima
;
1♀, Taiwan, Nantou Hsien, Lien-hua-chih,
7.IV.1991
, leg. T. Kishimoto
;
2♀♀, Taiwan, Nantou Hsien, Meichi,
10.IV.1991
, leg. T. Kishimoto
;
43, 3♀♀, Taiwan, Nantou Hsien, Shih-tze-tow-chi,
22.IV.1994
, leg. T. Shimizu & T. Kishimoto
;
13, Taiwan, Nantou Hsien, Shihtzetow,
16.III.1994
, leg. C. Lou
;
1♀, Taiwan, Nantou Hsien, Shihtzetow,
28.IV.1994
, leg. C. Lou
;
1♀, Taiwan, Nantou Hsien, Shihtzetow,
24.III.1995
, leg. C. Lou
;
1♀, Taiwan, Nantou Hsien, Renai Hsiang, Guandaoshan,
10.IV.2004
, leg. T. Tsuru
;
13, 1♀, Taiwan, Nantou Hsien, Wushe,
29.IV.1983
, leg. M. Hasegawa
;
13, Taiwan, Nantou Hsien, Nanshanchi,
19.III.1983
, leg. Y. Kusakabe
;
1♀, Taiwan, Nantou Hsien, Nanshanchi,
26.IV.1984
, leg. Y. Kusakabe
;
53, 9♀♀, Taiwan, Nantou Hsien, Nanshanchi,
25.IV.1994
, leg. T. Kishimoto
;
1♀, Taiwan, Nantou Hsien, Nanshanchi,
31.III.1996
, leg. T. Kishimoto
;
43, 3♀♀, Taiwan, Nantou Hsien, Nanshanchi,
8.IV.1991
, leg. Y. Okushima
;
1♀, Taiwan, Nantou Hsien, Shizitou,
9.IV.1991
, leg. Y. Okushima
;
13, 1♀, Taiwan, Nantou Hsien, Shizitou,
12.IV.1991
, leg. Y. Okushima
;
13, Taiwan, Nantou Hsien, Hwei-sun,
30.III.1990
, leg. Chun-Lin Li
;
1♀, Taiwan, Nantou Hsien, Meigu-Holuan,
30.III.1998
, leg. F. Hayashi
;
4♀♀, Taiwan, Nantou Hsien, Lushan Spa,
2.V.1983
, leg. M. Hasegawa
;
13, 1♀, Taiwan, Kaohsiung Hsien, Tengchih,
3.IV.2000
, leg. T. Mizusawa
;
1♀, Taiwan, Kaohsiung Hsien, Tengchih,
28.III.2000
, leg. T. Mizusawa
;
13, 2♀♀, Taiwan, Kaohsiung Hsien, Tengchih,
27.III.2000
, leg. T. Mizusawa
;
1♀, Taiwan, Kaohsiung Hsien, Taoyuan, Tengchih,
1.IV.2001
, leg. K. Okajima
;
2♀♀, Taiwan, Taipei Hsien, Wulai,
7.III.1994
, leg. T. Kishimoto & T. Shimizu
;
13, Taiwan, Taipei Hsien, Wulai,
21.IV.1972
, leg. M. Sakai
;
2♀♀, Taiwan, Taichung Hsien, Kukuan,
11.IV.1991
, leg. Y. Okushima
;
13, Taiwan, Taichung, Kukuan,
18.IV.1996
, leg. G. Ito
;
13, Taiwan, Taoyuan Hsien, Baling,
5.IV.1991
, leg. Y. Okushima
;
13,
1♀
, Taiwan, Taoyuan Hsien, Chikou,
350m
,
25.IV.1996
, leg. L.J. Wang
;
13, Taiwan, Ilan Hsien, Yuanshan,
23.–25.III.2000
, leg. T. Mizusawa
;
13, 2♀♀, Taiwan, Ilan Hsien, Yuanshan,
23.III.2000
, leg. H. Yoshitake (above all in
KURA
)
.
Distribution.
Taiwan
.
Remarks.
The examination of
type
specimens shows that
Micropodabrus simplicicornis
Wittmer, 1993
is a junior synonym of
Fissocantharis formosana
(
Pic, 1910
)
, since there is no difference between them in the characters of appearance and aedeagus. Besides, a large series of additional specimens available in this study appear that this species has some variation in the body coloration, e.g. head orange, sometimes darkened, antennae black, sometimes several basal antennomeres orange, legs entirely orange, sometimes tibiae and tarsi black or entirely black, but the aedeagus is conservative and dependable.