Stenothemus bourgeoisi Wittmer, 1974

Ge, Shujuan, Yang, Xingke, Liu, Haoyu & Yang, Yuxia, 2021, Definitions of two species groups of Stenothemus Bourgeois (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), with descriptions of three new species from China, Zootaxa 5047 (2), pp. 139-152 : 142-143

Stenothemus bourgeoisi Wittmer, 1974

Fig. 1B

Themus picticollis Bourgeois, 1907b: 102 , parte.

Stenothemus bourgeoisi Wittmer, 1974: 51 , fig. 3.

Type material examined. ♂ (Holotype, NHMB), [h] “ Nilgiri Hills // Cherangode // S. India X.1950 ”, [h] “217”, [p] “ HOLOTYPUS ”, [p-h] “ Stenothemus // bourgeoisi // Wittm. // det. W. Wittmer ”, [p] “Naturhistorisches // Museum Basel // Coll. W. Wittmer ”, [p] “ CANTHARIDAE // CANTH00002812” .

Distribution. S. India.

Remarks. The type habitus is presented for the first time, in order to make a comparison with the new species described below and summarize the characters of the species group.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Habitus of Stenothemus, dorsal view (A‒C, holotype, D, specimen identified by Dr.W. Wittmer): A. S. laterophysus Švihla, 2004; B. S. bourgeoisi Wittmer, 1974; C‒D. S. notaticollis (Gorham, 1895).