Abstract
Four new species of Fissocantharis Pic, 1921 are described: F. securiclata sp. n. (China: Zhejiang, Anhui), F. maculicollis sp. n. (China: Zhejiang), F. hainana sp. n. (China: Hainan) and F. laticollis sp. n. (China: Hainan), which are illustrated with the habitus and aedeagus of the male, the abdominal sternite VIII and the internal genitalia of the female. A key to the species from southeast China is provided.
Highlights
The taxonomy of the Chinese species of Fissocantharis Pic, 1921 was studied mainly by Wittmer in the last half century
Complete label data in Chinese are transliterated for type specimens, and quotation marks are used for labels in English
Body length was measured from the anterior edge of the clypeus to the elytral apex and body width across the humeri of elytra
Summary
The taxonomy of the Chinese species of Fissocantharis Pic, 1921 (sensu Yang et al 2009) was studied mainly by Wittmer in the last half century. Among his publications, the one, in which Wittmer (1988) revised the species from mainland China and adjacent areas, is especially useful for our study of species from southeast China. We recently added some species from Fujian, Zhejiang, Hunan, Anhui, Guangxi, Guangdong and Hainan (Yang and Yang 2009, Yang et al 2014, 2015a, b). Study, four new species were discovered and described here under the names F. securiclata sp. N. (China: Hainan) and F. laticollis sp. Study, four new species were discovered and described here under the names F. securiclata sp. n. (China: Zhejiang, Anhui), F. maculicollissp. n. (China: Zhejiang), F. hainana sp. n. (China: Hainan) and F. laticollis sp. n. (China: Hainan)
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