Fissocantharis bicoloriceps ( Wittmer, 1995 )

Zhang, Lulu, Yang, Yuxia & Okushima, Yûichi, 2016, A contribution to the knowledge of the genera Fissocantharis Pic, 1921 and Micropodabrus Pic, 1920 from Taiwan (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 243, pp. 1-37 : 3

Fissocantharis bicoloriceps ( Wittmer, 1995)

Fig. 1 A–C

Micropodabrus bicoloriceps Wittmer, 1995: 117 , figs 12, 13.

Fissocantharis bicoloriceps – Yang et al. 2012: 52.

Material examined

TAIWAN: 1 Ƌ, Hsinchou, 920 m, 17 Mar. 1996, leg. L.J. Wang ( KURA).

Supplementary description

AEDEAGUS ( Fig. 1 A–C). Ventral process of each paramere wide, slightly narrowed apically, moderately hooked at apex; conjoint dorsal plate of parameres moderately developed, about half length of ventral process and as wide as half of the distance between outer margins of ventral processes, moderately narrowed apically, with straight apical margin.

Remarks

In the original publication ( Wittmer 1995), this species was only illustrated with male antennae. Here, the aedeagus is illustrated and described for the first time.

Distribution

Taiwan.

Figures

Fig. 1. Aedeagus (A, D, G: ventral view; B, E, H: dorsal view; C, F, I: lateral view). A–C. Fissocantharis bicoloriceps (Wittmer, 1995). D–F. F. denominata (Wittmer, 1997). G–I. F. fenchihuensis (Wittmer, 1982). Scale bars: 1.0 mm.