Stenothemus notaticollis ( Gorham, 1895 )

Ge, Shujuan, Yang, Xingke, Liu, Haoyu & Yang, Yuxia, 2021, Definitions of two species groups of Stenothemus Bourgeois (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), with descriptions of three new species from China, Zootaxa 5047 (2), pp. 139-152 : 143

Stenothemus notaticollis ( Gorham, 1895)

Figs 1C‒D

Silis ? notaticollis Gorham, 1895: 314 .

Themus picticollis Bourgeois, 1907b: 102 , parte.

Stenothemus picticollis: Bourgeois, 1907a: 293 . Synonimzed by Champion, 1926: 204.

Stenothemus notaticollis: Champion, 1926: 204 ; Wittmer, 1974: 49, fig. 3.

Type material examined. ♀ (Holotype, MNHN), [p] “Kanara”, [h] “ Silis // notaticollis // Gorham.’’, [h] “657”, [h] “Gorham // Type’’, [p-h] “ Stenothemus // notaticollis // Gorh. // det. W. Wittmer ” .

Other material examined. 1♂ ( NHMB), [h] “ Nilgiri Hills // Cherangode // S. India III 1950 ”, [p-h] “Stenothe- mus // notaticollis // Gorh. // det. W. Wittmer ”, [p] “Naturhistorisches // Museum Basel // Coll. W. Wittmer ” .

Distribution. E. and S. India.

Remarks. The type habitus is presented for the first time, in order to make a comparison with the new species described below and summarize the characters of the species group.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Habitus of Stenothemus, dorsal view (A‒C, holotype, D, specimen identified by Dr.W. Wittmer): A. S. laterophysus Švihla, 2004; B. S. bourgeoisi Wittmer, 1974; C‒D. S. notaticollis (Gorham, 1895).