Stenothemus holosericus Švihla, 2005

Yang, Yuxia, Su, Junyan & Yang, Xingke, 2014, Review of the Stenothemus harmandi species-group (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), with description of six new species from China, Zootaxa 3847 (2), pp. 203-220 : 210

Stenothemus holosericus Švihla, 2005

Figs. 13, 43

Stenothemus holosericus Švihla, 2005: 99 , Figs. 61, 64.

Type material examined. Holotype: 1♂ ( NHMB): [h] “ Assam Kameng \ Jhum La 7500′”, [h] “ 18.9.1961 \ F. Schmid ”, [p] “HOLOTYPUS \ Stenothemus \ holosericus sp. nov. \ V. Švihla det. 2005”, [p] “ CANTHARIDAE \ CANTH00002834 ” .

Additional material examined. 1 ♂ ( IZAS): CHINA: Xizang: Cona, 2500m, 8.VIII.1974, leg. F.S. Huang ; 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ ( IZAS): same data, 7.VIII.1974.

Distribution. China (Xizang), India?.

Supplementary description. Female. Abdominal sternite VIII (Fig. 13) abruptly narrowed posteriorly, nearly parallel-sided on posterior part, longitudinally convex in middle of sclerotized part, the convex strongly narrowed posteriorly and slightly narrowed anteriorly, acute at apex, with lateral margins moderately sclerotized, posterior margin roundly emarginated in middle, lateroapical angles rounded, the lobe (missing, unknown).

Body length: 7.0‒8.0 mm; width: 1.5‒2.0 mm.

Remarks. As mentioned above, in the original publication, the type locality of this species is recorded in India, but actually lies in a controversial area between China (Xizang) and India, as seen in Fig. 43 .

Figures

FIGURE 43. The distribution area of eastern Himalayas. Black triangles: S. holosericus Švihla, 2005; black stars: S. orbiculatus Švihla, 2005, black circle: S. septimus sp. nov.; black square: S. laticollis sp. nov.