Lycocerus kiontochananus ( Pic, 1921 )

Yang, Yuxia & Yang, Xingke, 2014, Notes on Lycocerus kiontochananus (Pic, 1921) and description of two new species of Lycocerus Gorham from China (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), Zootaxa 3774 (6), pp. 523-534 : 524-526

Lycocerus kiontochananus ( Pic, 1921)

Figs 1–2 , 9–10 , 29

Cantharis kiontochanana Pic, 1921: 4 .

Athemus kiontochananus: Wittmer, 1982: 341 ; 1995: 241, figs 87–88, 184 [misidentification, nec

Lycocerus kiontochananus ( Pic, 1921) ].

Lycocerus kejvali Švihla, 2004: 193 , figs 131–132. syn. nov.

Lycocerus kiontochananus: Kazantsev & Brancucci, 2007: 251 .

Type material examined. Cantharis kiontochanana : Holotype ♀ ( MNHN): [p]“Kiautschau \ China ”, [h]“kiontochanana \ Pic”, [h]“Athemus \ kiontochananus \ (Pic) \ det. W. Wittmer ”, [p]“HOLOTYPUS”. The right antenna and left antennomeres III–XI of the holotype are missing.

Lycocerus kejvali : Holotype ♂ ( NMPC): [p]“ CHINA, 17. – 22. VI. \ Shaanxi prov. 1991 \ Hua Shan peak env. \ 100 km E of Xi’an \ Z. Kejval lgt.”, [p]“HOLOTYPUS \ Lycocerus \ kejvali sp.n. \ V. Švihla det. 2003”. The holotype is in good condition.

Other material examined. CHINA: Tianjin: 1♂ ( MHBU): Jixian, Baxian Shan Management Bureau , 240m, 18.VII.2007, leg. Shu-Lian Hao & Chun-Wang Yang; 1♀ ( MHBU): Jixian, Baxian Shan , Heishuihe , 550m, 19.VII.2007, leg. Shu-Lian Hao & Chun-Wang Yang; 3♀♀ ( MHBU): Jixian, Baxian Shan , Baxianzhuozi , 600m, 21.VII.2007, leg. Chun-Wang Yang & Shu-Lian Hao; 1♀ ( MHBU): Baxianshan, Qianshan , 450m, 11.VII.2006, leg. Chun-Wang Yang & Jin-Mei Lv. Henan: 1♀ ( IZAS): Songxian , Baiyun Shan , 1600m, 25.VII.2002, leg. Li-Jie Zhang; 1♀ ( IZAS): Lushi, Jihe Forestry , 20.VII.2001, leg. Kang-Zhen Dong; 1♀ ( IZAS): Xixia, Taiping , 17.VII.1998, leg. Yong-Shan Shi. Shaanxi: 1♂ ( IZAS): Ningshan , Huoditang , 1580m, 14.VIII.1998, leg. De-Cheng Yuan; 1♀ ( IZAS): Liuba, Weituogou , 1600m, 21.VII.1998, leg. De-Cheng Yuan; 1♀ ( IZAS): Liuba, Miaotaizi , 1350m, 21.VII.1998, leg. Jian Yao; 1♀ ( IZAS): Ningshan, Xunyangba , 1350m, 29.VII.1998, leg. Jian Yao; 1♀ ( IZAS): same data, leg. De-Cheng Yuan; 1♂, 1♀ ( IZAS): Liuba, Miaotaizi, 1470m, 1.VII.1999, leg. Tong-Li He; 1♀ ( MHBU): Nanjiao, Beiba , 19.–21. VI.2005, leg. Yi-Bin Ba; 1♀ ( MHBU): same data, 19.–22. VI.2005. Gansu: 1♀ ( IZAS): Kangxian , Qinghe Forestry , 1400m, 8.VII.1999, leg. Jian Yao. Hubei: 2♂♂ ( NHMB): “ CHINA, Hubei, 30 km N. E. from Macheng, 700m, 20.–30.V.1995, A. Shamaev leg.”; 1♂, 1♀ ( IZAS): Shennongjia, Yangri , 500m, 3.VI.1981, leg. Yin-Heng Han; 1♀ ( IZAS): Shennongjia, Songluo , 900m, 16.VI.1981, leg. Yin-Heng Han; 1♀ ( IZAS): Shennongjia, Honghua , 27.VII.1980, leg. Pei-Yu YU; 1♀ ( IZAS): Xingshan, Longmenhe , 1350m, 16.VII.1993, leg. Xing-Ke Yang; 1♀ ( IZAS): same data, leg. Xiao-Lin Chen; 1♀ ( IZAS): same locality, 15.VII.1993, leg. Xing-Ke Yang; 1♀ ( IZAS): same data, leg. Wen-Zhu Li.

Supplementary description. Female ( Fig. 1 ). Similar to males ( Figs. 2 , 9 ), but differs in the following characters: eyes less protruding, antennae ( Fig. 10 ) wider and shorter, antennomeres V −X without grooves; pronotum wider, disc slightly convex; legs with all tarsal claws simple; abdominal sternite VIII ( Fig. 29 ) with a middle and two lateral emarginations at posterior margin, the middle emargination rounded and distinctly shallower than lateral ones, the portion of posterior margin between middle and lateral emarginations rounded at apex respectively.

Body length: 9.0−11.0 mm; width: 2.1−2.5 mm.

Distribution. China ( Tianjin, Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Hubei).

Remarks. The aedeagus photos of L. kiontochananus provided by Wittmer (1995) are actually of L. nigrigenus Y. Yang & X. Yang, 2013 . Furthermore, based on the examination of the types and a series of additional specimens including both sexes, L. kejvali Švihla, 2004 is considered to be a junior synonym of L. kiontochananus . Here we follow the description of this species for the male by Švihla (2004), and make a supplementary description for the characters of female different from those of male.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 4. Habitus, dorsal view: 1. Holotype of Cantharis kiontochanana Pic, 1921; 2. Holotype of Lycocerus kejvali Švihla, 2004; 3. Holotype of Cantharis perroudi Pic, 1937; 4. Holotype of C. perroudi var. atropygidialis Pic, 1937. 1, 3 – 4. female; 2. male.

FIGURES 9 – 19. Antennae, dorsal view: 9 – 10. Lycocerus kiontochananus (Pic, 1921); 11 – 12. L. perroudi (Pic, 1937) stat. rev.; 13. L. atropygidialis (Pic, 1937) stat. nov.; 14 – 15. L. jendeki Švihla, 2005; 16 – 17. L. metalliceps sp. nov.; 18 – 19. L. hainanus sp. nov. 9, 11, 14, 16, 18. male; 10, 12, 13, 15, 17, 19. female. Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIGURES 29 – 34. Abdominal sternite VIII of female, ventral view: 29. Lycocerus kiontochananus (Pic, 1921); 30. L. perroudi (Pic, 1937) stat. rev.; 31. L. atropygidialis (Pic, 1937) stat. nov.; 32. L. jendeki Švihla, 2005; 33. L. metalliceps sp. nov.; 34. L. hainanus sp. nov. Scale bars: 1 mm.