Description of three new species related to Themus (Haplothemus) coriaceipennis (Fairmaire, 1889) (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) Author Su, Junyan Author Yang, Yuxia Author Yang, Xingke text Zootaxa 2015 4034 2 375 389 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4034.2.9 71601bcd-3ff5-491d-9e20-4d1116100e9b 1175-5326 236140 B4EE0E6A-7332-48D8-92D6-C1E14E87F1A3 Key to the species related to Themus ( Haplothemus ) coriaceipennis ( Fairmaire, 1889 ) 1. Pronotum uniformly or mostly red or yellow................................................................ 2 - Pronotum uniformly black brown or mostly black............................................................ 3 2. Pronotum yellow, with two small black markings on disc; aedeagus: conjoint dorsal plate of parameres slightly shorter than ventral processes............................................................. T . ( H .) bimaculaticollis sp. nov. - Pronotum uniformly red, sometimes with two or four indistinct black markings on disc; aedeagus: conjoint dorsal plate of parameres distinctly shorter than ventral processes................................... T . ( H .) ruficollis Wittmer, 1995 3. Pronotum uniformly black brown.............................................. T . ( H .) nigropolitus Wittmer, 1995 - Pronotum mostly black or with one or two large black markings................................................. 4 4. Aedeagus: ventral process of each paramere narrow and nearly straight, conjoint dorsal plate convex at apical parts of inner surface.............................................................................................. 5 - Aedeagus: ventral process of each paramere slightly widened, with outer margins arcuate in ventral view, conjoint dorsal plate normal on inner surface.................................................................................6 5. Pronotum wider (about 1.2 times as wide as long); aedeagus: conjoint dorsal plate of parameres slightly shorter than ventral processes............................................................. T . ( H .) coriaceipennis ( Fairmaire, 1889 ) - Pronotum narrower (about 1.1 times as wide as long); aedeagus: conjoint dorsal plate of parameres moderately shorter than ventral processes..................................................................... T . ( H .) rectus sp. nov. 6. Female genitalia: diverticulum boot-shaped; aedeagus: conjoint dorsal plate of parameres evenly narrowed apically.......................................................................................... .. T . ( H .) licenti Pic, 1938 - Female genitalia: diverticulum sac-shaped; aedeagus: conjoint dorsal plate of parameres abruptly narrowed apically... T . ( H .) licentimimus sp. nov.