Rhagonycha furcatiformis Wittmer, 1997: 328

Xiao, Yun-Feng, Liu, Hao-Yu, Yang, Xing-Ke & Yang, Yu-Xia, 2024, Taxonomic review of the Rhagonycha flava species group (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), with descriptions of fourteen new species from China, Zootaxa 5534 (1), pp. 1-69 : 6-7

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Rhagonycha furcatiformis Wittmer, 1997: 328 , figs 206, 207.

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂ ( NMPC), [p] “ China Sichuan 23. ‒27.VI. / Jiulonggou nr. Dayi / 70 km W Chengdu / M. Trýzna lgt. 1993”, [p] “ HOLOTYPUS ”, [h] “Rhag. / furcatiformis / Wittm. / det. W. Wittmer ”.

Other material examined. CHINA, Sichuan: 1♂, 1♀ ( MHBU), 70 km, West Chengdu, Qingcheng Hou Shan mts. , 30°44' N, 103°08' E, 1500 m, 1‒06.VI.2005, leg. S. Murzin. GoogleMaps

Descriptive notes. Male ( Fig. 1B View FIGURE ).Aedeagus moderately swollen laterally near middle ( Fig. 2D, E View FIGURE 2 ), moderately swollen ventrally in lateral view ( Fig. 2F View FIGURE 2 ); ventral processes of parameres abruptly thinned apically near bases, with apices narrowly rounded, approaching to each other in ventral view ( Fig. 2D View FIGURE 2 ), and nearly straight in lateral view ( Fig. 2F View FIGURE 2 ); conjoint dorsal plate of parameres feebly longer than ventral processes ( Fig. 2D, F View FIGURE 2 ), with apical margin roundly and deeply emarginate in middle, lateral margins distinctly diverging apically, latero-apical angles rounded in dorsal view ( Fig. 2E View FIGURE 2 ), and feebly cinclined ventrally in lateral view ( Fig. 2F View FIGURE 2 ); the emargination between conjoint dorsal plate and ventral process about 1/3 length of aedeagus ( Fig. 2F View FIGURE 2 ).

Female. Internal organ of reproductive system ( Fig. 3B View FIGURE 3 ): vagina stout and abruptly thinned at ventroapical portion into a moderately long tube, where diverticulum and spermathecal duct arising separately; diverticulum long and spiral, evenly thin along the whole length; spermathecal duct short, about 1/6 length of apical tube of vagina; spermatheca provided with a spiral tube, evenly thin along the whole length and nearly as long as diverticulum; accessory gland long, about twice longer than spermatheca.

Abdominal sternite VIII ( Fig. 4B View FIGURE 4 ) strongly narrowed posteriorly, widely triangular at latero-apical angles, and trapezodinally protuberant in middle of posterior margin.

Destribution ( Fig. 35 View FIGURE 35 ). China (Sichuan).