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
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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).