Review of the Stenothemus harmandi species-group (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), with description of six new species from China
Author
Yang, Yuxia
Author
Su, Junyan
Author
Yang, Xingke
text
Zootaxa
2014
2014-08-07
3847
2
203
220
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3847.2.2
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Stenothemus holosericus
Švihla, 2005
Figs. 13, 43
Stenothemus holosericus
Švihla, 2005: 99
, Figs. 61, 64.
Type
material examined.
Holotype
:
1♂
(
NHMB
): [h] “
Assam Kameng
\
Jhum La
7500′”, [h] “
18.9.1961
\
F. Schmid
”, [p] “HOLOTYPUS \
Stenothemus
\
holosericus
sp. nov.
\
V. Švihla
det. 2005”, [p] “
CANTHARIDAE
\
CANTH00002834
”
.
Additional material examined.
1 ♂
(
IZAS
):
CHINA
: Xizang: Cona,
2500m
,
8.VIII.1974
, leg. F.S. Huang
;
3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ (
IZAS
): same data,
7.VIII.1974
.
Distribution.
China
(Xizang),
India
?.
Supplementary description.
Female. Abdominal sternite VIII (Fig. 13) abruptly narrowed posteriorly, nearly parallel-sided on posterior part, longitudinally convex in middle of sclerotized part, the convex strongly narrowed posteriorly and slightly narrowed anteriorly, acute at apex, with lateral margins moderately sclerotized, posterior margin roundly emarginated in middle, lateroapical angles rounded, the lobe (missing, unknown).
Body length: 7.0‒8.0 mm; width: 1.5‒2.0 mm.
Remarks.
As mentioned above, in the original publication, the
type
locality of this species is recorded in
India
, but actually lies in a controversial area between
China
(Xizang) and
India
, as seen in
Fig. 43
.