Rhagonycha (s.str.) latiuscula Sahlberg, 1887

Kazantsev, S. V., 2023, A review of soldier beetles of the genus Rhagonycha Eschscholtz, 1833 (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) of Siberia, with description of a new species, Russian Entomological Journal 32 (3), pp. 271-296 : 272

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15298/rusentj.32.3.03
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scientific name	Rhagonycha (s.str.) latiuscula Sahlberg, 1887
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Figs 129–131.

Rhagonycha latiuscula J.R. Sahlberg, 1887: 32

= Rhagonycha caroli Pic, 1905: 121

= Rhagonycha distinctipes Pic, 1905: 121

= Rhagonycha mlikovskyi Švihla, 1995: 74 , syn.n.

REMARKS. The description of Rhagonycha mlikovskyi Švihla, 1995 , based on two specimens, one from Buryatia, the other from Korea, compares it to Rh. sibirica Wittmer, 1971 [ Švihla, 1995], whereas its aedeagus is actually indistinguishable from that of Rh. latiuscula Sahlberg, 1887 [ Kazantsev, 1994], falling within the range of its intraspecific variability. Besides, the Rh. sibirica group of species is characterised by the conspicuous tooth at the base of the distally split male claws [ Kazantsev, 1994], while the presence of such tooth is not mentioned in the description, apparently due to its absence. Therefore, also taking into account the identity in all other parameters between the above mentioned taxa, Rhagonycha mlikovskyi Švihla, 1995 , syn.n. is proposed to be considered a junior synonym of Rhagonycha latiuscula Sahlberg, 1887 .

DISTRIBUTION. West and East Siberia (Altai, Kemerovo, Chita Oblasts, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Buryatia), Far East (Magadan Oblast, Primorskij Krai, Sakhalin) – Korea, Japan, Mongolia.