Notes on Lycocerus kiontochananus (Pic, 1921) and description of two new species of Lycocerus Gorham from China (Coleoptera, Cantharidae)

Yuxia Yang; Xingke Yang

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3774.6.2

Notes on Lycocerus kiontochananus (Pic, 1921) and description of two new species of Lycocerus Gorham from China (Coleoptera, Cantharidae)

Zootaxa. 2014 Mar 11:3774:523-34. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3774.6.2.

Authors

Yuxia Yang¹, Xingke Yang²

Affiliations

¹ College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, Hebei Province, China.; Email: yxyang@hbu.edu.cn.
² Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.; Email: yangxk@ioz.ac.cn.

PMID: 24871519
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3774.6.2

Abstract

The Lycocerus kiontochananus species complex is revised; L. perroudi (Pic, 1937) stat. rev., originally in Cantharis, is resurrected from synonymy with L. kiontochananus (Pic, 1921); L. atropygidialis (Pic, 1937) stat. nov., originally in Cantharis, is upgraded from Cantharis perroudi var. atropygidialis Pic, 1937 and resurrected from synonymy with L. kiontochananus; L. kejvali Švihla, 2004 syn. nov. is considered as a junior synonym with L. kiontochananus. The male of L. perroudi and the female of L. jendeki Švihla, 2005 are described for the first time. Two new species are described under the names of L. metalliceps sp. nov. (China: Sichuan) and L. hainanus sp. nov. (China: Hainan).

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
China
Coleoptera / anatomy & histology*
Coleoptera / classification*
Female
Male