Podosilis murzini Wittmer, 1997

Kazantsev, S. V., 2019, New species of Podosilis Wittmer, 1978 (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from China and Indochina, Russian Entomological Journal 28 (2), pp. 158-164 : 161-162

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https://doi.org/ 10.15298/rusentj.28.2.07

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scientific name

Podosilis murzini Wittmer, 1997
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Podosilis murzini Wittmer, 1997

Figs 20–26 View Figs 12–26 .

MATERIAL. ♂, N Vietnam, Thanh Hoa, 5–6 km SW Lang- Chanh , 23.I.1989, B. Korotyaev leg. ; ♂, Vietnam, Gialai-Kontum, Buon-Loi , 1–5.I.1990, Yu. Zaitsev leg. ( ICM) .

VARIATION. Whereas the structure of the aedeagus in Podosilis murzini Wittmer, 1997 appears to be subject to little variation, the pronotum may vary from uniformly orange testaceous, as in the specimen from Thanh Hoa, collect- ed by Dr. Boris Korotjaev ( Fig. 20 View Figs 12–26 ) to almost uniformly black, as in the specimen from Gialai-Kontum collected by Dr. Yurij Zaitsev. The coloration of legs may also vary from uniformly testaceous in the former to uniformly black in the latter specimen.

ICM

Instituto de Ciencias del Mar

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cantharidae

Genus

Podosilis

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