Stenothemus subnitidus Svihla , 2005

Ge, Shujuan, Yang, Xingke, Liu, Haoyu & Yang, Yuxia, 2021, Studies on the Stenothemus harmandi species-group (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), with descriptions of two new species from China, Biodiversity Data Journal 9, pp. 68659-68659 : 68659

Stenothemus subnitidus Svihla, 2005

Stenothemus subnitidus Švihla, 2005: 97, figs 60, 63.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Shi Aimin; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon : scientificName: Stenothemus subnitidus; Location : country: China; stateProvince: Xizang; locality: Zham ; Event : eventDate: 27.07.2005; Record Level : collectionCode: Insects ; ownerInstitutionCode: MHBU; basisOfRecord: Preserved Specimen

Description

Female. Internal organ of reproductive system (Fig. 5 d). Vagina elongate, with median oviduct situated at ventro-apical part, vagina abruptly narrowed in apical part and extended into a short tube from where diverticulum and spermathecal duct are arising; diverticulum short, 0.2 times as long as adult body length, evenly thinned apically, slender tube-shaped and spiral; spermathecal duct 0.3 times as long as diverticulum; spermatheca slender tube-shaped and spiral, thinner than spermathecal duct and 1.4 times longer than diverticulum, with basal part extended into a short tube, at opening of accessory gland. Accessory gland thin in basal part and the remainder relatively thick, 1.1 times as long as spermatheca.

Distribution

China (Xizang), India?