Taxonomic review of the ladybird genus Sticholotis from China (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
Author
Xingmin Wang
Author
Hermes E. Escalona
Author
Shunxiang Ren
Author
Chen Xiaosheng
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-09-29
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journal article
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Sticholotis linguiformis
Yu
(
Figure 304
)
Sticholotis linguiformis
Yu, 1995
: 124
.
Diagnosis.
This species is similar to
S. jinpingensis
, but it can be distinguished from the latter as follows: spots at basal 2/5 not touching suture, penis long and thin, penis guide narrowed at middle and distinctly shorter than parameres. In
S. jinpingensis
, spots at basal 2/5 touch suture and form a common sutural spot, penis is short and stout, penis guide is very wide and distinctly longer than parameres.
Specimens
examined.
China
,
Guangdong
:
Chebaling
(
Shixing County
),
23.III.1989
,
Yu GY
leg. (
1female
,
paratype
;
SCAU
).
Distribution
.
China
:
Guangdong
,
Taiwan
.
Remarks.
We examined the
paratype
(
allotype
) of this species, which is damaged. The
holotype
of this species is deposited in Zoologische Staatssammlung München,
Germany
and was not examined yet. All provided diagnostic information for this species is based on Yu’s (1995) detailed description and illustrations.