Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Cantharidae

Lycocerus semiextensus (Wittmer, 1995)

Athemus (Andrathemus) rubripennis Pic: Wittmer 1978: 158, Fig. 9 (parte).

Athemus (Andrathemus) semiextensus Wittmer, 1995: 264, Figs 123-124.

Type material examined.

Holotype: 1♂ (NHMB): [p]"E-Nepal \ Koshi \ M. Brancucci", [p]"Gufa-Gorza \ 2800-2100m \ 4.VI.1985", [h]"REM \ 94 \ 4.7", [h]" Athemus s.str. \ semiextensus \ Wittm. \ det. W. Wittmer", [p] “HOLOTYPUS”, [p]" CANTHARIDAE \ CANTH00001301".

Additional material examined.

CHINA, Xizang: 1♂ (IZAS): Droma, 2800m, 8.VI.1961, leg. Lin-Yao Wang; 1 ♀ (IZAS): same data, 7.VI.1961; 1 ♂ (IZAS): same data, 5.VI.1961; 1 ♀ (IZAS): same data, 6.VI.1961.

Distribution.

China (new record: Xizang); India, Bhutan, Nepal (Kazantsev and Brancucci 2007).