Taxonomy of Fissocantharis Pic (Coleoptera,Cantharidae) from Guangxi,China, with descriptions of six new species |
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| Authors: | Yuxia Yang Limei Li Kaile Guan Xingke Yang |
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| Affiliation: | 1.College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, Hebei Province, China ;2.Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China |
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| Abstract: | A total of 17 species of Fissocantharis Pic is recorded from Guangxi, China. Six species are described new to science, Fissocantharissinensomimasp. n., Fissocantharissexcostatasp. n., Fissocantharisbasilarissp. n., Fissocantharisescharasp. n., Fissocantharislatipalpasp. n. and Fissocantharisbiprojicientissp. n., and two previously known species are redescribed, Fissocantharisgracilipes (Pic, 1927) and Fissocantharissinensis (Wittmer, 1988). These species are presented with habitus of males, abdominal sternites VIII of females and genitalia of both sexes. Fissocantharisflavofacialis (Pic, 1926) is synonymized with Fissocantharisangusta (Fairmaire, 1900); both were originally described in the genus Podabrus Westwood. Additionally, a key and a checklist of all the species of Fissocantharis from Guangxi are provided. |
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| Keywords: | Taxonomy, taxon-name" > family" >Cantharidae, taxon-name" > genus" >Fissocantharis, new species, synonym, Guangxi, China |
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