Fissocantharis ssulingensis ( Wittmer, 1995 )

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 : 20-21

Fissocantharis ssulingensis ( Wittmer, 1995)

Figs 7 G–I, 10A, 11D

Micropodabrus ssulingensis Wittmer, 1995: 116 , fig. 7.

Fissocantharis ssulingensis – Yang et al. 2012: 52.

Material examined

TAIWAN: 1 Ƌ, Taoyuan Hsien, Mt. Lalashan, 4 Apr. 1991, leg. T. Kishimoto; 1 ♀, Nantou Hsien, Meimu-Holuan, 30 Mar. 1998, leg. F. Hayashi (both in KURA).

Supplementary description

AEDEAGUS ( Fig. 7 G–I). Ventral process of each paramere wide, slightly narrowed apically, slightly hooked at apex; conjoint dorsal plate of parameres moderately developed, about two-thirds length of ventral process and as wide as half of the distance between outer margins of ventral processes, slightly narrowed apically at basal portion and distinctly narrowed at apical portion, with apical margin acute in middle.

ABDOMINAL STERNITE VIII Oŀ ŀEMALE ( Fig. 11D ). Distinctly protuberant in middle of posterior margin, the middle protuberance distinctly and triangularly emarginate at apex, forming a pair of median lobes, which are triangular at apices.

INTERNAL ORGAN Oŀ REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM ( Fig. 10A ). Vagina stout, abruptly thinned and extended into a slightly long duct at ventroapical portion; diverticulum and spermathecal duct arising from the end of the duct of vagina; diverticulum moderately long, spiral and moderately thinned apically; spermathecal duct distinctly shorter than diverticulum and thinner than basal portion of diverticulum; spermatheca composed of a spiral tube which is nearly as long as diverticulum, basal portion extended into a short tube, where an accessory gland opening; the accessory gland thin and nearly as long as the spiral tube of spermatheca; median oviduct situated in middle of vagina.

Remarks

In the original publication ( Wittmer 1995), this species was only illustrated with male antennae. Here the genitalia of both sexes and abdominal sternite VIII of female are illustrated and described for the first time.

Distribution

Taiwan.

Figures

Fig. 7. Aedeagus (A, D, G: ventral view; B, E, H: dorsal view; C, F, I: lateral view). A–C. Fissocantharis piluchiensis (Wittmer, 1995). D–F. F. pingtungensis (Wittmer, 1982). G–I. F. ssulingensis (Wittmer, 1995). Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

Fig. 11. Abdominal sternite VIII of female, ventral view. A. Fissocantharis nantouensis (Wittmer, 1995). B. F. piluchiensis (Wittmer, 1995). C. F. pingtungensis (Wittmer, 1982). D. F. ssulingensis (Wittmer, 1995). E. F. taipeiana (Wittmer, 1982). F. F. uenoi (Wittmer, 1982). Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

Fig. 10. Female genitalia, lateral view. A. Fissocantharis ssulingensis (Wittmer, 1995). B. F. taipeiana (Wittmer, 1982). C. F. uenoi (Wittmer, 1982). Scale bars: 0.5 mm.