Micropodabrus mucronata ( Wittmer, 1979 )

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 : 28-29

Micropodabrus mucronata ( Wittmer, 1979)

Fig. 13 D–F

Kandyosilis mucronata Wittmer, 1979: 333 , fig. 5.

Micropodabrus mucronatus – Takahashi et al. 2001: 70.

Fissocantharis mucronata – Yang et al. 2012: 52.

Material examined

TAIWAN: 1 Ƌ, Ilan Hsien, Yuanshan, 7 Apr. 2000, leg. T. Mizusawa ( KURA).

Supplementary description

AEDEAGUS ( Fig. 13 D–F). Ventral process of each paramere moderately narrowed apically, slightly pointed at apex; conjoint dorsal plate of parameres well-developed, slightly shorter than the length of ventral process and slightly narrower than the distance between outer margins of ventral processes, nearly parallel-sided, with nearly straight apical margin; laterophyses flattened and separated, nearly triangular at apices, adhered to dorsal side of median lobe, distinctly shorter than conjoint dorsal plate.

Remarks

In the original publication ( Wittmer 1979), this species was only illustrated with male antennae. Here the aedeagus is illustrated and described for the first time.

Distribution

Taiwan; Ryukyu (Iriomote-jima).

Figures

Fig. 13.Aedeagus (A, D, G: ventral view; B, E, H: dorsal view; C, F, I: lateral view). A–C. Micropodabrus chujoi (Wittmer, 1972). D–F. M. mucronata (Wittmer, 1979). G–I. M. multicostata (Wittmer, 1982). Scale bars: 0.5 mm.