Fissocantharis kontumensis Wittmer, 1989

Yang, Yuxia, Su, Junyan & Yang, Xingke, 2014, Taxonomic note and description of new species of Fissocantharis Pic from China (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), ZooKeys 443, pp. 45-59 : 48-49

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Cantharidae

Fissocantharis kontumensis Wittmer, 1989 Figs 4, 7, 17‒19

Fissocantharis kontumensis Wittmer, 1989: 215, figs 12, 13.

Micropodabrus shanensis Wittmer, 1997: 313, figs 181, 182. syn. n.

Fissocantharis shanensis : Yang et al., 2009: 49.

Type material examined.

Fissocantharis kontumensis : Holotype ♂ (NHMB): [p] "VIETNAM: Buon-loi \ 40 km N of Ankhe \ Prov. Gia. Lai Kontum \ 12. –14.6.1985”, [p] “HOLOTYPUS”, [h] "F. \ kontumensis \ Wittm. \ det. W. Wittmer", [p] "Naturhist. \ Museum Basel \ coll. W. Wittmer", [p] " CANTHARIDAE \ CANTH00001272".

Micropodabrus shanensis : Holotype ♂ (NHMB): [p] "S. SHAN States \ Burma 1500m. \ Taunggyi 1.VIII- \ 22.IX.(19)34 Malaise", [p] “HOLOTYPUS”, [h] "Micropodabrus \ shanensis \ Wittm. \ det. W. Wittmer", [p] "Naturhist. \ Museum Basel \ coll. W. Wittmer", [p] " CANTHARIDAE \ CANTH00000259". (The antennomeres IX-XI, right prometarsomeres IV-V, left metatarsus of the holotype were missing.)

Additional material examined.

CHINA: Yunnan: 1♂ (IZAS): Xishuangbanna, Mengzhe, 1200m, 29.VIII.1958, leg. F.J. Pu; 1♂ (IZAS): Xishuangbanna, Mengla, 620‒650m, 10.VI.1959, leg. F.J. Pu; 1♂, 2♀♀ (IZAS): Xishuangbanna, Meng’a, 1050‒1080m, 4.VIII.1958, leg. S.Y. Wang; 1♀ (IZAS): Lancang, 1000m, 26.VII.1957, leg. L.C. Zang; 1♂ (IZAS): same locality, 25.VII.1957, leg. S.Y. Wang; 1♂ (IZAS): Jinping, Changpotou, 1300m, 25.V.1956, leg. K.R. Huang; 1♀ (MHBU): Longling, Lameng, 3.VIII.2005, leg. B.Y. Mao & J.S. Xu.

Supplementary description.

Male. Aedeagus (Figs 17‒19): ventral process of each paramere slightly widened and rounded at apex; conjoint dorsal fig of parameres distinctly shorter than ventral processes, largely roundly emarginated in middle of apical margin, lateroapical angles slightly acute; middle node of basal pieces moderately diverging apically.

Female. Abdominal sternite VIII (Fig. 4) slightly truncate at apex, bisinuately emarginated in middle of posterior margin. Internal reproductive organ of genitalia (Fig. 7): vagina abruptly extended apically as a long and thick duct; diverticulum and spermathecal duct arising from the end the long duct of vagina; diverticulum long, thin and spiral; spermathecal duct distinctly shorter and slightly thicker than diverticulum; spermatheca nearly as long as and slightly thicker than diverticulum, provided with moderately long and thin accessory gland, slightly longer than spermatheca.

Body length: 8.0‒10.0 mm; width: 2.0‒2.2 mm.

Distribution.

China (new record: Yunnan); Vietnam; Myanmar.

Remarks.

Fissocantharis shanensis (Wittmer, 1997) was described on a single male holotype. Although some differential characters from Fissocantharis kontumensis Wittmer, 1989 were suggested by Wittmer (1997), these differences of quantitative change in the antenna and conjoint dorsal fig of parameres of aedeagus turned out to be intraspecific variability, based on our examination of both types and a large series of additional material. Therefore, we synonymize Fissocantharis shanensis (Wittmer, 1997) with Fissocantharis kontumensis Wittmer, 1989 here.