Fissocantharis pingtungensis ( Wittmer, 1982 )

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 : 20

Fissocantharis pingtungensis ( Wittmer, 1982)

Figs 7 D–F, 8D, 11C

Micropodabrus pingtungensis Wittmer, 1982: 129 , figs 14, 15, 26.

Fissocantharis pingtungensis – Yang et al. 2012: 52.

Material examined

TAIWAN: 3 ƋƋ, 2 ♀♀, Liu Kui, 2 Apr. 1986, leg. K. Baba (all in KURA).

Supplementary description

AEDEAGUS ( Fig. 7 D–F). Ventral process of each paramere wide, slightly narrowed apically, moderately hooked at apex; conjoint dorsal plate of parameres strongly reduced, slightly triangularly protuberant in middle of apical margin.

ABDOMINAL STERNITE VIII Oŀ ŀEMALE ( Fig. 11C ). Distinctly and triangularly emarginate in middle of posterior margin.

INTERNAL ORGAN Oŀ REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM ( Fig. 8D ). Vagina stout, abruptly thinned and extended into a slightly long duct at ventroapical portion; diverticulum and spermathecal duct arising from the end of the duct of vagina; diverticulum moderately long, spiral and moderately thinned apically; spermathecal duct slightly shorter than diverticulum and thinner than basal portion of diverticulum; spermatheca composed of a spiral tube which is slightly longer than diverticulum, provided with a thin accessory gland which is nearly as long as the spiral tube of spermatheca; median oviduct situated in middle of vagina.

Remarks

In the original publication ( Wittmer 1982), the aedeagus of species was illustrated in ventral and dorsal views, here it is illustrated again and also in lateral view. Here the genitalia and abdominal sternite VIII of female are illustrated and described for the first time.

Distribution

Taiwan.

Figures

Fig. 7. Aedeagus (A, D, G: ventral view; B, E, H: dorsal view; C, F, I: lateral view). A–C. Fissocantharis piluchiensis (Wittmer, 1995). D–F. F. pingtungensis (Wittmer, 1982). G–I. F. ssulingensis (Wittmer, 1995). Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

Fig. 11. Abdominal sternite VIII of female, ventral view. A. Fissocantharis nantouensis (Wittmer, 1995). B. F. piluchiensis (Wittmer, 1995). C. F. pingtungensis (Wittmer, 1982). D. F. ssulingensis (Wittmer, 1995). E. F. taipeiana (Wittmer, 1982). F. F. uenoi (Wittmer, 1982). Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

Fig. 8. Female genitalia, lateral view. A. Fissocantharis lishanensis (Wittmer, 1982). B. F. nantouensis (Wittmer, 1995). C. F. piluchiensis (Wittmer, 1995). D. F. pingtungensis (Wittmer, 1982). Scale bars: 0.5 mm.