Micropodabrus Pic, 1920

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 : 26

Genus Micropodabrus Pic, 1920

Micropodabrus Pic, 1920: 6 .

Mimopodabrus Wittmer, 1997: 320 .

Diagnosis

This genus is very similar to Fissocantharis , but differentiated from the latter by the aedeagus presenting with laterophyses. The structures of female genitalia are variable, most species are similar to those of Fissocantharis , but some with vagina abruptly and strongly expanded at apical part, spermathecal duct absent, median oviduct situated at base of vagina, such as Micropodabrus multicostata ( Wittmer, 1982) and M. nodicornis ( Wittmer, 1982) .