Description of four new species related to Fissocantharis novemexcavatus (Wittmer, 1951) (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from China

YUXIA YANG; Limei Li; Xingke Yang

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4058.3.4

Issue: Vol. 4058 No. 3: 17 Dec. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-12-17

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.3.4

Page range: 362–372

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**Description of four new species related to Fissocantharis novemexcavatus (Wittmer, 1951) (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from China**

YUXIA YANG⁺⁻
Limei Li⁺⁻
Xingke Yang⁺⁻

The Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, Hebei Province, China.

Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.

taxonomy Cantharidae Fissocantharis new species China Coleoptera

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Abstract

Four new species related to Fissocantharis novemexcavatus (Wittmer, 1951) are described, F. safranekimima sp. nov. (CHINA: Shaanxi), F. septangula sp. nov. (CHINA: Shaanxi), F. guizhouensis sp. nov. (CHINA: Guizhou) and F. novemoblonga sp. nov. (CHINA: Zhejiang, Anhui), which are illustrated with habitus and antennae of males, abdominal sternites VIII of females and genitalia of both sexes. A key for identification of the species of F. novemexcavatus species complex is presented.