Abstract
Two new species of Fissocantharis Pic are described, Fissocantharis bifoveatus sp. n. (CHINA: Yunnan) and Fissocantharis acuticollis sp. n. (CHINA: Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan). Fissocantharis pieli (Pic, 1937) is redescribed and Fissocantharis kontumensis Wittmer, 1989 is provided with a supplementary description. Fissocantharis shanensis (Wittmer, 1997) is synonymized with Fissocantharis kontumensis. For the above four species, illustrations of male genitalia are provided, for the latter three also photos of female genitalia and abdominal sternites VIII, and for the new species photos of male habitus and antennae are presented. Additionally, the specific name of Fissocantharis wittmeri (Y. Yang et X. Yang, 2009), preoccupied by Fissocantharis wittmeri (Kazantsev, 2007), is replaced by Fissocantharis walteri Y. Yang et X. Yang, nom. n. And Fissocantharis wittmeri (Kazantsev, 2007) is found to be a junior objective synonym of Fissocantharis denominata (Wittmer, 1997).
Highlights
Fissocantharis Pic, 1921 is one of the largest genera of cantharid beetles, with about 200 species known worldwide, and the generic diagnosis was most recently redefined by Yang, Brancucci and Yang (2009)
Under the names of F. bifoveatus sp. n. and F. acuticollis sp. n., which are related to F. pieli (Pic, 1937) and F. kontumensis Wittmer, 1989 respectively
A key to their similar species has been already provided by Yang, Okushima and Yang (2012), so only some differential diagnosis between each new species and its related species are summarized in the present study
Summary
Fissocantharis Pic, 1921 is one of the largest genera of cantharid beetles, with about 200 species known worldwide, and the generic diagnosis was most recently redefined by Yang, Brancucci and Yang (2009).
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