Fissocantharis laticornis Y. Yang, Okushima & X. Yang, 2012

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 : 13

Fissocantharis laticornis Y. Yang, Okushima & X. Yang, 2012

Figs 4C , 5G

Fissocantharis laticornis Y. Yang, Okushima & X. Yang, 2012: 51 , figs 7, 8 12–14.

Material examined

TAIWAN: 1 ♀ (paratype), Taoyuan Hsien, Daguanshan, 4 Apr. 1991, leg. Y. Okushima ( KURA).

Supplementary description

ABDOMINAL STERNITE VIII Oŀ ŀEMALE ( Fig. 5G ). Distinctly protuberant in middle of posterior margin, the middle protuberance widely subtriangular at apex.

INTERNAL ORGAN Oŀ REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM ( Fig. 4C ). Vagina stout and nearly global, abruptly narrowed and extended into a moderately long duct near middle of ventral side, the duct distinctly narrowed apically; diverticulum and spermathecal duct arising from the end of the duct of vagina; diverticulum short, spiral and thin; spermathecal duct nearly as long as and slightly thicker than diverticulum; spermatheca composed of a spiral tube which is distinctly longer than diverticulum, basal portion extended into a short tube, where the accessory gland opening; accessory gland thin and very long, much longer than the spiral tube of spermatheca; median oviduct situated at base of vagina.

Remarks

In the present study, the abdominal sternite VIII and genitalia of female are photographed and described for the first time.

Distribution

Taiwan.

Figures

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.

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.