Micropodabrus semifumatoides, Švihla, 2005

Švihla, Vladimír, 2005, New taxa of the subfamily Cantharinae (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from south-eastern Asia with notes on other species II, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 45, pp. 71-110 : 73-74

Micropodabrus semifumatoides sp. nov.

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Type locality. China, Sichuan Province, Daliang Shan mts., Zhaojue env., Xichang-Meigu pass.

Type material. HOLOTYPE: J, ‘ China: S Sichuan, Daliang Shan mts., Zhaojue env., pass Xichang-Meigu , 12.-14.vi.1998, M. Trýzna lgt.’ ( NMPC).

Description. Coloration. Head and prothorax terra-cotta coloured, mandibles and last palpomeres of all palpi rusty, antennae chestnut brown. Legs chestnut brown excluding rusty femora. Scutellum, meso- and metasternum and abdomen sienna to chestnut brown. Elytra egg-yolk to honey yellow, posteriorly translucent, allowing abdomen to darken apices.

Male. Eyes large and strongly protruding, head across eyes slightly wider than pronotum, temples straight and convergent posteriorly. Antennae reaching almost elytral apex (taking into account the missing antennomere 11), filiform. Surface of head very finely ruguloselacunose, finely and very sparsely yellow pubescent, semilustrous. Pronotum moderately wider than long, its anterior margin widely rounded, anterior corners rounded, lateral margins sinuately diverging posteriorly, posterior corners nearly rectangular, very slightly rounded, posterior margin widely rounded. Surface of pronotum sculptured and pubescent like that of head, semilustrous. Elytra parallel-sided, elytral nervation not developed, surface of elytra finely rugulose-lacunose and yellow pubescent, matt. Aedeagus as in Fig. 4 . Female unknown.

Length J: 9.2 mm.

Differential diagnosis. Micropodabrus semifumatoides sp. nov. is similar and closely related to M. semifumatus (Fairmaire, 1889) , from which it differs by larger eyes, longer antennae (reaching only three fourth of elytral length in M. semifumatus ), parallel-sided and unicolorous elytra and, especially, much shorter and widely divided portions of the dorsal part of the aedeagus (cf. WITTMER 1997).

Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the close resemblance of the new species to M. semifumatus , occurring also in Sichuan.

Distribution. China: Sichuan.

Figures

Figs. 1-5. 1-3 – Rhagonycha bimucronata sp. nov. 1 – aedeagus, ventral view; 2 – dorsal part of aedeagus; 3 – aedeagus, lateral view. 4 – Micropodabrus semifumatoides sp. nov., dorsal part of aedeagus. 5 – M. fissiformis sp. nov., dorsal part of aedeagus.