A review of the Chinese species of Pseudopodabrus (Coleoptera: Cantharidae)
Yang Yu-Xia, Kopetz Andreas, Yang Xing-Ke
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52(1): 217-228, 2012
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Abstract: A new species of Pseudopodabrus Pic, 1906, P. foveatus sp. nov. (China:
Yunnan), is described and illustrated. Another five species of this genus are
recorded from China for the first time: P. brancuccii Wittmer, 1983 (Yunnan), P.
impressiceps Pic, 1906 (Fujian, Guangdong), P. kabakovi Wittmer, 1983 (Yunnan),
P. malickyi Wittmer, 1995 (Yunnan) and P. sulcatus Wittmer, 1983 (Yunnan).
Pseudopodabrus malickyi is also recorded from Laos for the first time.
Pseudopodabrus tuberculatus Wittmer, 1983 is excluded from the Chinese fauna.
Two poorly known species, P. impressiceps and P. atriceps (Pic, 1922), are
redescribed. Aedeagi of the redescribed and newly described species are
illustrated, male heads of the redescribed and newly recorded species are
photographed, all Chinese species are diagnosed and their distributions are
summarized. Updated distribution maps are provided for all known species of
Pseudopodabrus.
Key words: Coleoptera, Cantharidae, Pseudopodabrus, taxonomy, new species, new records, China, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Oriental Region