Studies on the Stenothemus harmandi species-group (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), with descriptions of two new species from China Author Ge, Shujuan The Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, School of Life Science, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, China Author Yang, Xingke Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Author Liu, Haoyu The Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, School of Life Science, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, China liuhy@hbu.edu.cn Author Yang, Yuxia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3118-6659 The Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, School of Life Science, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, China yxyang@hbu.edu.cn text Biodiversity Data Journal 2021 2021-08-25 9 68659 68659 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e68659 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e68659 1314-2828-9-e68659 A4B4FDE31A6D492D9B417F8CD1CE01EF FCAFB19E02655C129C5E8CB274C394C2 Stenothemus dentatus Wittmer, 1974 Stenothemus dentatus Wittmer, 1974: 52, fig. 5. Materials Type status: Paratype . Occurrence : recordedBy: F. Schmid ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: female ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon : scientificName: Stenothemus dentatus; Location : country: India ; stateProvince: Assam ; locality: Kameng , Bomdi La ; verbatimElevation: 8800ft ; Event : eventDate: 17.06.1961 ; Record Level: language: en; collectionCode: Insects; ownerInstitutionCode: NHMB; basisOfRecord: Preserved Specimen Distribution India. Notes S. alexandrae was treated as a subspecies of S. dentatus due to the similarity of aedeagus in the orginal description ( Svihla 2004 ), suggesting their close relationship. For the same reason with S. alexandrae , S. dentatus was not included in the S. harmandi species-group by Svihla (2005) . As what is noted for S. alexandrae , except for the ventral process bent ventrad to a lesser extent, other characteristics of the aedeagus of S. dentatus match the diagnosis of S. harmandi species-group well, including both ventral process and dorsal plate of each paramere bent ventrad, ventral process thickened terminally and dorsal plate narrowed apically. Therefore, we suggest S. dentatus should also be included in the S. harmandi species-group.