Cordax armatus ( De Haan, 1842 )

Sun, Meiling, Li, Kai & Liu, Xianwei, 2016, Three new species of the subfamily Opisthocosmiinae from China (Dermaptera, Forficulidae), with new synonymies and combinations, Zootaxa 4109 (3), pp. 359-371 : 365

Cordax armatus ( De Haan, 1842)

( Figs. 13‒16 )

Forficula armatus De Haan, 1842: 243 . Opisthocosmia armata Bormans, 1888: 444 . Cordax armatus Burr, 1910: 185 .

Measurements. Total body: ♂ 13.0‒18.0, ♀ 14.0‒18.0; forceps: ♂ 5.5, ♀ 5.0‒6.0.

Material. 1♂, Da’an, Fujian, 1959. VI.25, collected by Jin Gen-Tao & Lin Yang-Ming; 1♂, Beibeng, Motuo, Tibet, China, elev. 1050m, 1979. VII.24, collected by Jin Gen-Tao & Wu Jian-Yi; 2♂♂, 4♀♀, Beibeng, Motuo, Tibet, China, 1979. VIII.5‒XI.6, collected by Jin Gen-Tao & Wu Jian-Yi; 1♀, Didong, Motuo, Tibet, China, elev. 920m, 1980. VII.5, collected by Jin Gen-Tao & Wu Jian-Yi; 2♂♂, 3♀♀, Jinxiu, Guangxi, China, 1981. IX.17‒X.21, collected by Jin Gen-Tao; 1♂, Old Mountain, Jinxiu, Guangxi, China, elev. 1100m, 1981. X.13, collected by Jin Gen-Tao; 1♀, Hekou, Yunnan, China, elev. 130m, 1982. VI.5, collected by Jin Gen-Tao & Wu Jian-Yi; 1♀, Huangniushi, Jiulian Mountain, Jiangxi, elev. 500m, 1986. IX.10, collected by Jin Gen-Tao & Lin Yang-Ming; 1♂, Sancha River, Jinghong, Yunnan, China, 1995. XI.11‒12, collected by Xu Wen-Hong; 2♀♀, Sancha River, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China, elev. 750m, 2009. VI.9‒10, collected by Liu Xian-Wei et al.; 1♂, 2♀♀, Nonggang, Longzhou, Guangxi, China, elev. 200m, 2013. VII.10‒13, collected by Zhang Hai-Guang et al.; 2♂♂, Dongsai, Maolan, Libo, Guizhou, China, elev. 600‒700m, 2014. VIII.9‒10, collected by Sun Mei-Ling; 2♀♀, Weng’ang, Maolan, Libo, Guizhou, China, elev. 500‒800m, 2014. VIII.9‒11, collected by Sun Mei-Ling.

Distribution. China (Fujian, Jiangxi, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan, Tibet, Guizhou), Burma, Borneo, Celebes, Sumatra.

Figures

FIGURES 13 ‒ 29. Cordax Burr, 1910. 13 ‒ 16: C. armatus De Haan, 1842. 17 ‒ 19: C. claviger (Burr, 1917). 20 ‒ 23: C. unidentatus (Borelli, 1915). 24 ‒ 29: Cordax serratus sp. nov. 13, 24) Body of male, dorsal view. 25) Subgenital plate of male, ventral view. 17, 20, 21, 26) Forceps of male, dorsal view. 16, 19, 23, 27) Genitalia of male, dorsal view. 15) First antennal joint of female, dosal view. 28) Subgenital plate of female, ventral view. 14, 29) Body of female, dorsal view. 18, 22) Forceps of female, dorsal view. Scale bars = 2 mm.