Rhagonycha (s.str.) testaceopallipa Wittmer, 1997

Xiao, Yun-Feng, Liu, Hao-Yu, Yang, Xing-Ke & Yang, Yu-Xia, 2024, Taxonomic review of the Rhagonycha flava species group (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), with descriptions of fourteen new species from China, Zootaxa 5534 (1), pp. 1-69 : 23

Rhagonycha (s.str.) testaceopallipa Wittmer, 1997

( Figs 13B , 38 )

Rhagonycha testaceopallipa Wittmer, 1997: 325 , figs 196, 197.

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂ ( Fig. 13B , NHMB), [h] “ China, W Hupeh / Lichuan Distr. ”, [h] “ Suisapa 1000 m / 2.VIII.1949 ”, [p] “ HOLOTYPUS ”, [h] “R. / testaceopallipa / Wittm. / det. W. Wittmer ”, [h] “116”, [p] “Naturhistorisches / Museum Basel / Coll. W. Wittmer ”, [p] “ CANTHARIDAE / CANTH00002469”.

Distribution ( Fig. 38 ). China (Hubei).

Reamrks. The habitus photo of the holotype is provided for the first time.

Figures

FIGURE 38. Distribution map of the species similar to Rhagonycha spinosa in the aedeagi from southwest China.

FIGURE. 13. Holotype male habitus of Rhagonycha species, dorsal view: A. Rh. furcata Wittmer, 1997; B. Rh. testaceopallida Wittmer, 1997; C. Rh. tryznai Švihla, 2002; D. Rh. albidipennis Pic, 1923. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.