Lycocerus curvatus (Wittmer, 1995)

Wang, Younan, Liu, Haoyu, Yang, Xingke & Yang, Yuxia, 2023, Review of the Lycocerus pallidulus group (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), with descriptions of six new species from China, ZooKeys 1176, pp. 243-285 : 243

Lycocerus curvatus (Wittmer, 1995)

Fig. 11A-C

Athemus (Isathemus) curvatus Wittmer, 1995: 260, figs 117, 118, 188.

Lycocerus curvatus : Kazantsev and Brancucci 2007: 250.

Type material examined.

Holotype: 1♂ (NHMB), China, Sichuan, Liziping, 28.VI-3.VII.1991, lgt. R. Dunda.

Non-type material examined.

China: 1♂ (IZAS), Sichuan, Emeishan, 2100 m, 25.VI.1955, leg. X. K Bu; 1♂ (IZAS), same locality as the preceding, 2100-3100 m, 25.VI.1955, leg. X. C. Yang.

Descriptive notes.

Male. Aedeagus: basal piece nearly as long as dorsal plate of each paramere (Fig. 11A-C ); ventral process of each paramere slender and bent inwards apically in ventral view (Fig. 11A ), inclining ventrally in lateral view (Fig. 11C ); dorsal plates of parameres feebly longer than ventral processes (Fig. 11A, C ), with apical margins rounded in dorsal view (Fig. 11B ); laterophyse slightly shorter than ventral process, with apices acute and appreciably directing dorso-outwards (Fig. 11A, C ).

Distribution.

China (Sichuan).

Remarks.

The aedeagus of this species was illustrated only in ventral and lateral views by Wittmer (1995). Here, the aedeagus is illustrated in ventral, dorsal, and lateral views, and the female internal genitalia is illustrated for the first time.

Figures

Figure 11. Aedeagus A-C Lycocerus curvatus (Wittmer, 1995) D-F L. bispermathecus sp. nov. A, D ventral view B, E dorsal view C, F lateral view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.