Lycocerus araticollis ( Fairmaire, 1897 )

Hsiao, Yun, Okushima, Yûichi, Yang, Ping-Shih & Ko, Chium-Cheng, 2016, Taxonomic revision of the Lycocerus hanatanii species group (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), with the description of new species from Taiwan, European Journal of Taxonomy 170, pp. 1-33 : 15

Lycocerus araticollis ( Fairmaire, 1897)

Figs 2 F–G, 4A–B

Telephorus araticollis Fairmaire, 1897: 216 .

Cantharis araticollis – Delkeskamp 1977: 62. — Kazantsev & Brancucci 2007: 239.

Lycocerus araticollis – Okushima 2007b: 257, fig. 1.

Diagnosis

This species resembles the nearly black forms of L. nigripennis and L. evangelium Hsiao & Okushima sp. nov.; the differential diagnosis is given in Table 3 .

Material examined

Lectotype

CHINA: ♂ ( MNHN): [h] Kiangsi [= Jiangxi] / Gonon / D. David // [p] TYPE // [p] LECTOTYPUS // [h] Telephorus / araticollis / Fairm / Kiangsi [=Jiangxi] // [h] REM / 95 / 11.6 // [h] Athemellus / araticollis / (Fairm.) / [p] det. W. Wittmer.

Other material

CHINA: 1 ♂, Taichow , 19 Apr. 1935, collector unknown ( NHMB ).

Note

The locality of the additional material possibly referred to Taizhou, but there are two localities in China named Taizhou in Zhejiang and Jiangsu, respectively.

Description

See Okushima (2007b).

Supplementary description

AEDEAGUS ( Fig. 4 A–B). Ventral process expanded and rounded apically, apex curved inwards, basal part broad and extending inwards onto ventral side; dorsal plate of each paramere somewhat longer than ventral process, protuberant, apical margin truncated, with some hairs on it. Laterophyse very short and slender, with pointed apex, barely visible in lateral view.

Remarks

This species should be attributed to L. hanatanii species group because its morphological characteristics match the definition of this species group, in agreement with the cladogram ( Fig. 9 ), although the female genitalia have not been examined.

Distribution

China (Jiangxi Province).

Figures

Fig. 2. Habitus, dorsal view. A–B. Lycocerus pictus (Wittmer, 1983). C–E. L. yitingi Hsiao & Okushima sp. nov. F–G. L. araticollis (Fairmaire, 1897). H–I. L. griseopubens (Pic, 1928). J–M. L. nigripennis (Pic, 1938). N–O. L. aurantiacus Hsiao & Okushima sp. nov. P–Q. L. evangelium Hsiao & Okushima sp. nov. R. L. kintaroi Hsiao & Okushima sp. nov. C, F, H, J, N, P, R. Name-bearing types. D, O, Q. Paratypes. A–B, E, G, I, K–M. Non-type specimens. A, C, F–G, I, K–L, N, P, R. Male. B, D–E, H, J, M, O, Q. Female. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

Fig. 4. Aedeagus. A–B. Lycocerus araticollis (Fairmaire, 1897). C–D. L. griseopubens (Pic, 1928). E–G. L. nigripennis (Pic, 1938). H–J. L. aurantiacus Hsiao & Okushima sp. nov. A. Ventrolateral view. B. Dorsolateral view. E, H. Ventral view. D, F, I. Lateral view. C, G, J. Dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

Fig. 9. Phylogenetic reconstruction of the Lycocerus hanatanii species group. Strict consensus tree with characters mapped on branches using unambiguous character changes in WinClada. Tree length = 72; Consistency Index = 54; Retention Index = 72.