Integrative taxonomy of Asiopodabrus fragiliformis (Kang and Kim, 2000) (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) and its related species Author Kang, Tae Hwa Author Han, Tae Man Author Okushima, Yûichi Author Park, Hae Chul text Zootaxa 2012 3259 1 33 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.213936 b93f5c04-5e4b-4865-aba2-0b7b2d50bb0a 1175-5326 213936 Asiopodabrus kurbatovi (Kazantsev) ( Figs. 3B, 3F , 4 B, 4F, 5B, 5F, 5J) Podabrus spec. prop. nigriventris : Wittmer, 1969: 108 (misidentification, in part). Podabrus macilentus : Kim & Kim, 1971: 156 ; Kim & Chang, 1987: 104; Kim et al. , 1994: 181; Kim & Kim, 1998: 171 (misidentification). Podabrus lictorius : Kim & Kim, 1998: 171 (misidentification). Dichelotarsus ( Asiopodabrus ) kurbatovi Kazantsev, 1998b: 523 . Podabrus ( Asiopodabrus ) fragiliformis Kang & Kim, 2000: 208 (misidentification, in part). Diagnosis. Male ( Fig. 3B ) 6.1–7.6 mm . Color. Body mainly pale yellow, with yellowish pubescences; head ( Fig. 4 B) mostly pale yellow; later part of eyes black medially; anterior margin of blackish part with a ‘reversed hat’ shape; mandible dark brown, pale yellow basally; maxillary and labial palpi yellow; first and second antennomeres yellow, third antennomere dusky yellow, distal segments yellowish brown; pronotum with pale yellow margin and blackish median disc; scutellum black and median disc dusky yellow or brown; mesothorax and metathorax black; abdomen black, but distal half of sixth and seventh abdominal segments yellow; elytra pale yellow; legs yellow; distal tip of tarsal claws yellowish brown. Pronotum 1.06 times wider than long; lateral margins sinuate, with obtuse anterior angles and acute posterior angles slightly projected to each side; posterior margin 1.22 times wider than anterior margin. Aedeagus ( Fig. 5 B, F, J) oblong in outline, length 1.60 times longer than wide; dorsal processes relatively short, ratio of dorsal process: aedeagus = 1.0: 4.0, ‘U’ shape to the base, gradually narrowed distally, with round apex ( Fig. 5 B); ventral process relatively thick, spade-shaped with blunt apex in lateral view ( Fig. 5 F), curved outwards at basal part, then inwards at distal half, widest basally then gradually narrowed distally with blunt apex in ventral view ( Fig. 5 J). Female ( Fig. 3F ) 6.9–8.3 mm . Color darker than male; anterior margin of blackish part of head ( Fig. 4 F) ‘reversed ’ shape with a recessed floor; body somewhat longer and wider than male; eyes relatively smaller than male, ratio of an eye diameter to inter-ocular space, 16: 37; each tarsal claw with blunt basal tooth. Materials Examined (154 ex). See appendix 1. Distribution. Korea (new record), China (Jilin: new record), and Russia (Southern Primorskii Territory).