Asiopodabrus fragiliformis (Kang & Kim)

Kang, Tae Hwa, Han, Tae Man, Okushima, Yûichi & Park, Hae Chul, 2012, Integrative taxonomy of Asiopodabrus fragiliformis (Kang and Kim, 2000) (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) and its related species, Zootaxa 3259, pp. 1-33 : 17-18

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.213936
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5679021
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BEC902-FFE0-CC57-FF71-F95E9CBD7CBB
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Asiopodabrus fragiliformis (Kang & Kim)
status

Treatment

( Figs. 3C, 3G View FIGURE 3 A – D View FIGURE 3 E – H , 4 View FIGURE 4 C, 4G, 5C, 5G, 5K)

Podabrus macilentus: Haku, 1936: 124 ; Cho, 1957: 41; Cho, 1967: 193; Cho, 1969: 262; Lee & Kwon, 1974: 39; Kim & Nam, 1984: 329; Park et al., 1993: 179 (misidentification).

Podabrus lictorius: Kim & Kim, 1972: 78 ; Kim, 1981: 343; Lee et al., 1985: 406; Park, 1992: 265; Kim, 1993: 201; Kim et al., 1994: 148; Kim et al., 1994: 112; An, 1997: 31 (misidentification).

Podabrus (Asiopodabrus) fragiliformis Kang & Kim, 2000: 208 ; Kim, 2002a: 246; Kim, 2002b: 284. Asiopodabrus fragiliformis: Kang & Okushima, 2003: 342 .

Diagnosis. Male ( Fig. 3C View FIGURE 3 A – D ) 5.1–6.8 mm. Body color mainly pale yellow, with yellowish pubescences; head ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 C) mostly yellow; later part in the middle of eyes black; yellowish part of head pale yellow at apical margin; the area behind antennal sockets gradually darker than the anterior part of antennal sockets; anterior margin of blackish part with a ‘reversed hat’ shape with a sinuate floor; mandible dark brown with pale yellow basal part; maxillary and labial palpi yellow; antennae dusky yellow; pronotum with pale yellow margin and blackish median disc; middle area of lateral margins slightly darker than disc; scutellum, mesothorax and metathorax black; abdomen black, but distal half of sixth abdominal segment, and seventh segment yellow; elytra pale yellow; legs yellow; tarsal claws brown. Pronotum 1.06 times wider than long; lateral margins sinuate, with obtuse anterior angles and acute posterior angles; posterior angles slightly projected to each side; posterior margin 1.50 times wider than anterior margin. Aedeagus ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 C, G, K) oblong in outline, length 1.67 times longer than width; dorsal processes relatively short, ratio of dorsal process: aedeagus = 1.1: 4.0, ‘U’ shape to base, gradually narrowed distally, with round apex ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 C); ventral process relatively thick, cleaver-like rounded on underside in lateral view ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 G), curved outwards basally, then inwards at distal fourth, widest basally, slightly narrowed distally, then suddenly narrowed at distal fourth with round apex in ventral view ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 G).

Female ( Fig. 3G View FIGURE 3 A – D View FIGURE 3 E – H ). 6.0– 7.1 mm. Color darker than male; anterior margin of blackish part of head ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 G) with a ‘reversed ’ shape with a flat floor; body somewhat longer and wider than male; eyes relatively smaller than male, ratio of eye diameter to inter-ocular space, 17: 36; each tarsal claw with blunt basal tooth.

Materials Examined (601 ex). See appendix 1.

Distribution. Korea.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Cantharidae
Genus	Asiopodabrus