Fissocantharis fenchihuensis ( 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 : 5

Fissocantharis fenchihuensis ( Wittmer, 1982)

Figs 1 G–I, 2B, 5B

Micropodabrus fenchihuensis Wittmer, 1982: 131 , figs 18, 19, 29.

Fissocantharis fenchihuensis – Yang et al. 2012: 52.

Material examined

TAIWAN: Ilan Hsien: 1 Ƌ, 1 ♀, Yuanshan, 23 Mar. 2000, leg. H. Yoshitake; 1 Ƌ, Yuanshan, 23– 25 Mar. 2000, leg. T. Mizusawa; 1 Ƌ, Yuanshan, Huxi vill., 4– 16 Mar. 1999, leg. T. Mizusawa (all in KURA).

Supplementary description

AEDEAGUS ( Fig. 1 G–I). Ventral process of each paramere wide, distinctly narrowed apically, rounded at apex; conjoint dorsal plate of parameres developed, about two-thirds length of ventral process and as wide as half of the distance between outer margins of ventral processes, slightly widened apically, with straight apical margin.

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

INTERNAL ORGAN Oŀ REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM ( Fig. 2 B ). 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 slightly thinned apically; spermathecal duct distinctly shorter than and thicker than diverticulum; spermatheca composed of a spiral tube which is distinctly longer than diverticulum, provided with a thin accessory gland which is slightly shorter than the spiral tube of spermatheca; median oviduct situated in middle of vagina.

Remarks

In the original publication ( Wittmer 1982), the species was illustrated with male antenna and aedeagus. Here, the aedeagus is illustrated again and described in detail, also the characters of abdominal sternite VIII and genitalia of female are provided for the first time.

Distribution

Taiwan.

Figures

Fig. 1. Aedeagus (A, D, G: ventral view; B, E, H: dorsal view; C, F, I: lateral view). A–C. Fissocantharis bicoloriceps (Wittmer, 1995). D–F. F. denominata (Wittmer, 1997). G–I. F. fenchihuensis (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. 2. Female genitalia, lateral view. A. Fissocantharis denominata (Wittmer, 1997). B. F. fenchihuensis (Wittmer, 1982). C. F. flavipennis Y. Yang, Okushima & X. Yang, 2012. D. F. formosana (Pic, 1910). Scale bars: 0.5 mm.