Fissocantharis kurosawai ( Wittmer, 1982 )

Zhang, Lulu, Yang, Yuxia & Okushima, Yûichi, 2016, A contribution to the knowledge of the genera Fissocantharis Pic, 1921 and Micropodabrus Pic, 1920 from Taiwan (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 243, pp. 1-37 : 10

Fissocantharis kurosawai ( Wittmer, 1982)

Figs 3 G–I, 4B, 5F

Micropodabrus kurosawai Wittmer, 1982: 132 , figs 20, 30.

Fissocantharis kurosawai – Yang et al. 2012: 52.

Material examined

TAIWAN: 1 Ƌ, near Liu Kui, Shi Nan Shan, 4 May 1986, leg. K. Baba; 1 ♀, near Liu Kui, Shyk Shan, 25 Apr. 1986, leg. K. Baba (both in KURA).

Supplementary description

AEDEAGUS ( Fig. 3 G–I). Ventral process of each paramere slightly wide, slightly narrowed apically, slightly hooked at apex; conjoint dorsal plate of parameres moderately developed, about half length of ventral process and as wide as half of the distance between outer margins of ventral processes, moderately narrowed apically, with straight apical margin.

ABDOMINAL STERNITE VIII Oŀ ŀEMALE ( Fig. 5F ). Distinctly protuberant in middle of posterior margin, the middle protuberance moderately and triangularly emarginate at apex, forming a pair of median lobes, which are widely rounded at apices.

INTERNAL ORGAN Oŀ REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM ( Fig. 4B ). Vagina stout, abruptly thinned and extended into a slightly long duct at ventroapical portion; diverticulum and spermathecal duct arising from the end of the duct of vagina; diverticulum moderately long, spiral and moderately thinned apically; spermathecal duct distinctly shorter than diverticulum and thinner than basal portion of diverticulum; spermatheca composed of a spiral tube which is slightly longer than diverticulum, provided with a thin accessory gland which is distinctly shorter than the spiral tube of spermatheca; median oviduct situated in middle of vagina.

Remarks

In the original publication ( Wittmer 1982), the aedeagus was illustrated in dorsal view, here it is illustrated in ventral, dorsal and lateral views and described in detail. Its abdominal sternite VIII and genitalia of female are illustrated and described for the first time.

Distribution

Taiwan.

Figures

Fig. 3. Aedeagus (A, D, G: ventral view; B, E, H: dorsal view; C, F, I: lateral view). A–C. Fissocantharis formosana (Pic, 1910). D–F. F. gressitti (Wittmer, 1954). G–I. F. kurosawai (Wittmer, 1982). Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

Fig. 5. Abdominal sternite VIII of female, ventral view. A. Fissocantharis denominata (Wittmer, 1997). B. F. fenchihuensis (Wittmer, 1982). C. F. flavipennis Yang, Okushima & Yang, 2012. D. F. formosana (Pic, 1910). E. F. gressitti (Wittmer, 1954). F. F. kurosawai (Wittmer, 1982). G. F. laticornis Y. Yang, Okushima & X. Yang, 2012. H. F. lishanensis (Wittmer, 1982). Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

Fig. 4. Female genitalia, lateral view. A. Fissocantharis gressitti (Wittmer, 1954). B. F. kurosawai (Wittmer, 1982). C. F. laticornis Y. Yang, Okushima & X. Yang, 2012. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.