Lycocerus curvatus (Wittmer, 1995)

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

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scientific name

Lycocerus curvatus (Wittmer, 1995)
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Lycocerus curvatus (Wittmer, 1995)

Fig. 11A-C View Figure 11

Athemus (Isathemus) curvatus Wittmer, 1995: 260, figs 117, 118, 188.

Lycocerus curvatus : Kazantsev and Brancucci 2007: 250.

Type material examined.

Holotype: 1♂ (NHMB), China, Sichuan, Liziping, 28.VI-3.VII.1991, lgt. R. Dunda.

Non-type material examined.

China: 1♂ (IZAS), Sichuan, Emeishan, 2100 m, 25.VI.1955, leg. X. K Bu; 1♂ (IZAS), same locality as the preceding, 2100-3100 m, 25.VI.1955, leg. X. C. Yang.

Descriptive notes.

Male. Aedeagus: basal piece nearly as long as dorsal plate of each paramere (Fig. 11A-C View Figure 11 ); ventral process of each paramere slender and bent inwards apically in ventral view (Fig. 11A View Figure 11 ), inclining ventrally in lateral view (Fig. 11C View Figure 11 ); dorsal plates of parameres feebly longer than ventral processes (Fig. 11A, C View Figure 11 ), with apical margins rounded in dorsal view (Fig. 11B View Figure 11 ); laterophyse slightly shorter than ventral process, with apices acute and appreciably directing dorso-outwards (Fig. 11A, C View Figure 11 ).

Distribution.

China (Sichuan).

Remarks.

The aedeagus of this species was illustrated only in ventral and lateral views by Wittmer (1995). Here, the aedeagus is illustrated in ventral, dorsal, and lateral views, and the female internal genitalia is illustrated for the first time.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cantharidae

Genus

Lycocerus