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 subnitidus
Švihla, 2005
Figs. 12, 42
Stenothemus subnitidus
Švihla, 2005: 97
, Figs 60, 63.
Type
material examined.
Holotype
:
1♂
(
NHMB
): [h] “
INDIA
\
Kameng Nefa
\
Kalaktang Sangtoo
vall. \ Alt.
2288m
11.IX.1961
\ S. Biswas”, [p] “HOLOTYPUS \
Stenothemus
\
subnitidus
sp. nov.
\
V. Švihla
det. 2005”, [p] “Naturhistorisches \ Museum Basel \ coll.
W. Wittmer
”, [p] “
CANTHARIDAE
\
CANTH00003341
”.
Additional material examined.
1 ♂
, 1 ♀ (
IZAS
):
CHINA
: Xizang: Zham,
2400m
, 1975.
VI.30
, leg. F.S. Huang
;
1 ♂
(
IZAS
): same data, 1975.
VII.4
;
1 ♀ (
IZAS
): same data, 1975.
VII.21
;
1 ♀ (
IZAS
): Gyirong,
2400m
,
22.VII.1975
, leg. F.S. Huang
;
1 ♂
(
MHBU
): Zham,
5.‒6.VIII.2005
, leg. Y.B. Ba & A.M. Shi
;
1 ♂
, 1 ♀ (
MHBU
): same locality,
27.VII.2005
, leg. A.M. Shi.
Distribution.
China
(Xizang),
India
?.
Supplementary description.
Female. Similar to males, but head slightly convex on dorsum, head width across eyes distinctly narrower than pronotum, antennae shorter and extending to elytral midlength, pronotum wider, about 1.23 times as wide as long, moderately convex on posterolateral parts of disc, elytra with lateral margins distinctly diverging posteriorly, abdominal sternite VIII (Fig. 12) abruptly narrowed posteriorly, nearly parallel-sided on posterior part, longitudinally and narrowly convex in middle of sclerotized part, the convex narrowed posteriorly and acute at apex, with lateral margins nearly membranous, posterior margin roundly emarginated in middle, lateroapical angles rounded, the lobe slightly sclerotized, triangular and acute at apex.
Body length: 6.0‒7.0 mm; width:
1.5‒1.6 mm
.
Remarks.
The female is discovered and reported for the first time, so a supplementary description is given of the characters different from the male. What’s noted, 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. 42
.