Lycocerus putzi Svihla , 2011

Wang, Younan, Liu, Haoyu, Yang, Xingke & Yang, Yuxia, 2023, Review of the Lycocerus pallidulus group (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), with descriptions of six new species from China, ZooKeys 1176, pp. 243-285 : 243

Lycocerus putzi Svihla, 2011

Figs 7A-C , 13D , 17D

Lycocerus putzi Švihla, 2011: 11, figs 12, 60, 61-63.

Non-type material examined.

China: 1♂1♀(NHMB), Sichuan, Chengdu, Qingchengshan, 1360 m, 30°44'N, 103°08'E (DDM), 28.VIII.2004, leg. S. Murzin; 1♂ (IZAS), Sichuan, Emeishan, Qingyinge, 800-1000 m, 25.IV.1957, lg. K. R. Huang.

Descriptive notes.

Male. Aedeagus: basal piece feebly longer than dorsal plate of each paramere (Fig. 7A-C ); ventral process of each paramere nearly straight and approaching to each other in ventral view (Fig. 7A ), nearly vertical in lateral view (Fig. 7C ); dorsal plates of parameres obviously longer than ventral processes (Fig. 7A, C ), outer margins obviously converging apically, apical margins rounded in dorsal view (Fig. 7B ); laterophyse feebly longer than ventral process, with apices acute and appreciably directing dorso-outwards (Fig. 7A, C ).

Female. Internal organ of reproductive system (Fig. 13D ): spermatheca obviously longer than diverticulum; accessory gland ~ 2.5 × longer than spermatheca.

Abdominal sternite VIII (Fig. 17D ): triangular emargination in middle and subrounded emarginations on both sides of posterior margin, lateral emarginations feebly deeper and obviously wider than the middle one, the portion between lateral and middle emarginations narrow and acute at apices, obviously extending over apices of latero-apical angles, which are rounded.

Distribution.

China (Sichuan).

Remarks.

The aedeagus of this species was illustrated only for apical parts by Švihla (2011). Here, the aedeagus is illustrated with general views, and the female internal genitalia is illustrated for the first time.

Figures

Figure 7. Aedeagus A-C Lycocerus putzi Svihla, 2011 D-F L. pictipennis (Wittmer, 1995) A, D ventral view B, E dorsal view C, F lateral view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

Figure 13. Internal organ of female reproductive system, lateral view A Lycocerus bilineatus (Wittmer, 1995) B L. jelineki (Svihla, 2004) C L. maoershanensis sp. nov. D L. putzi Svihla, 2011. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

Figure 17. Abdominal sterite VIII of female, ventral view A Lycocerus bilineatus (Wittmer, 1995) B L. jelineki (Svihla, 2004) C L. maoershanensis sp. nov. D L. putzi Svihla, 2011 E L. chongqingensis sp. nov. F L. bispermathecus sp. nov. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.