Stenothemus kuatunensis Wittmer, 1979

Fig. 5D‒F

Stenothemus kuatunensis Wittmer, 1979: 330, fig. 2.

Material examined

Holotype

CHINA • ♂; [p] “KUATUN, FUKIEN // China, 26.9.(19)46// (TSCHUNG SEN.)”, [h] “ Stenothemus // kuatunensis //Wittm.”, [p] “Naturhistorisches// Museum Basel // Coll. W. Wittmer ”, [p]“ CANTHARIDAE // CANTH00002946”; NHMB.

Other material

CHINA – Anhui • 2 ♂♂; Fengyangshan, Miaopudi; 1430 m a.s.l.; 24 Aug. 2007; S.L. Liu leg.; IZAS . – Zhejiang • 1 ♂; Qingyuan, Baishanzu; 1500 m a.s.l.; 9 Sep. 1993; H. Wu leg.; IZAS .

Supplementary description

AEDEAGUS (Fig. 5D‒F). Strongly swollen dorsally in basal part, contracted in diameter basally; basal piece obviously shorter than dorsal plate of each paramere, with a large, bifurcate conjoint middle nodule at base of ventral side; ventral process of each paramere nearly parallel to one another, long and flattened, apex rounded; dorsal plate slightly shorter than ventral process, nearly parallel-sided, layered in middle, external layer roundly emarginate in middle, internal layer feebly emarginate, apex subrounded; apical parts of laterophyses compressed and next to each other in middle, apex rounded and obviously exceeding middle emargination between dorsal plates.

Remarks

In the original publication (Wittmer 1979), the aedeagus of this species was illustrated only in ventral view; here, it is also illustrated in dorsal and lateral views.

Distribution

China (Anhui, Fujian, Zhejiang).