Review of the genus Stenothemus Bourgeois from Taiwan, with description of three new species (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) and additional distributional records of previously known species Author Hsiao, Yun Author Okushima, Yûichi Author Yang, Ping-Shih text Zootaxa 2016 4117 1 101 114 journal article 38974 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.1.5 ce3337c9-b04b-4ef4-bf33-7831feae6d83 1175-5326 264302 A36A81BA-62B1-4AAD-A4AF-12371A3A9DCB Stenothemus owadai Okushima & M. Satô, 1997 Figs. 18–20 Stenothemus owadai Okushima & M. Satô, 1997 : 85 ; 1999a: 132. Hsiao, 2014: 56. Type material examined. Holotype : Ƌ, Meifeng, alt. 2100m , Jen-ai, Nantou Hsien, Taiwan , 26. XI. 1995 , M. Owada leg. ( KURA ). Paratypes : 17 Ƌ, same data as holotype ( 16 in KURA ; 1 in NMNS ). Additional material examined. 19 Ƌ, Hohuanchi, alt. 1900m , Taichung Hsien [=Nantou Hsien in reality], Taiwan , 12, XII, 1998, M. Owada leg. ( KURA ); 3 Ƌ, 4 ♀, Taian, Miaoli, Taiwan , 20. XII. 1989 , K.-W. Huang leg. ( NMNS ); 33 Ƌ, Wushe, Nantou, Taiwan , 28-29, XII, 1994, C.-S. Lin & W.-T. Yang leg. ( NMNS ); 1 Ƌ, Yuanfeng, Jen-ai, Nantou, 14. XI–19. XI. 2001 , C.-S. Lin & W.-T. Yang leg. ( NMNS ); 13 Ƌ, Meifeng, Jen-ai, Nantou, 15–19. XI. 2001 , C.-S. Lin & W.-T. Yang leg. ( NMNS ); 1 ♀, Anmashan [=Dasyueshan], Taichung, Taiwan , 13. XII. 2002 , C.-S. Lin leg. ( NMNS ); 2 Ƌ, 3 ♀, Yuanfeng, Jen-ai, Nantou, 15. X.-12. XI. 2002 , C.-S. Lin & W.-T. Yang leg. ( NMNS ); 4 Ƌ, 3 ♀, SE of Alishan, 2300m , 23°28’20N 120°51E, Chiayi Co., Taiwan , 6–8 XI.2008 , L. Dembický leg. ( BMNH ); 4 Ƌ, 5 ♀, Chinma a Tunnel, Hsiulin, Hualien, Taiwan , 2. XII. 2008 , H.-H. Lin leg. ( NMNS ); 1 Ƌ, 820 Forest Road, Hsiulin, Hualien, Taiwan , 12. XII. 2008 , H.-H. Lin leg. ( NMNS ); 1 ♀, Tatachia, Nantou, Taiwan , 17. XI. 2009 , C.-F. Lee leg. ( TARI ); 11 Ƌ, 100 Forest 17km , Tatung, Ilan, Taiwan , 6–7. XII. 2010 , W.-T. Yang & H.-H. Liang leg. ( NMNS ); 20 Ƌ, 4 ♀, Meifeng, 2100m , Jen-ai, Nantou, 23. XI. 2013 , Y. Hsiao leg. ( 2 in NMNS ; 22 in YHC); 3 Ƌ, Tsuifeng 2400m , Jen-ai, Nantou, 24. XI. 2013 , Y. Hsiao leg. (YHC); 1 Ƌ, 2 ♀, Siangyang, Taitung, Taiwan , 21. XII. 2013 , W.-R. Liang leg. (YHC). FIGURES 1–17. Abbreviated drawings used in the key. 1–2. Habitus; 3–8. Shape of dorsal plate of aedeagus; 9–11. Inner side of dorsal plate of aedeagus; 12–13. Right half of lateral side of pronotum; 14–17. Left laterophyse of aedeagus, lateral view. Notes. This species was described as having the head dark brown to black, with the central area reddish brown; pronotum orange yellow, with the central area reddish brown; elytra yellowish brown; legs dark brown to black; abdominal ventrite VII of females with an inversely subtriangular darker spot in the posterior part of disc ( Okushima & Satô 1997 ; Hsiao 2014). However, in some specimens from different localities, the head, pronotum and legs are orange, with pronotal margins yellowish orange, elytra are light yellow and abdominal ventrite VII of some females has only the middle lobe darker ( Fig. 20 ).