Lycocerus guerryi atroapicipennis (Pic, 1914)

Cantharis atroapicipennis Pic, 1914:8.

Athemus (Isathemus) guerryi atroapicipennis: Wittmer 1995: 274, fig. 139.

Cantharis jeanvoinei Pic, 1927: 2. Synonymized by Wittmer 1995: 274.

Lycocerus guerryi atroapicipennis: Okushima 2005: 48.

Type material examined.

Holotype of Cantharis atroapicipennis: 1♂ (MNHN), Lao Kay.

Holotype of Cantharis jeanvoinei: 1♀ (MNHN), Tonkin, Chapa, 7.V.1918, Eanvoine.

Non-type material examined.

China: 1♂ (IZAS), Yunnan, Menlongbanna, Mengsong, 1600 m, 22.IV.1958, leg. C. B. Hong; 1♂ (IZAS), same data as the preceding, 23.IV.1958; 1♂(IZAS), Yunnan, Menghai, Nannuoshan, 1100 m, 28.IV.1957, leg. F. J. Pu.

Distribution.

China (new record: Yunnan); Vietnam.

Remarks.

The aedeagus of this subspecies is very similar to that of L. guerryi guerryi, but its elytra are darkened at apices enabling external identification. The body coloration is constant, and the elytra of the individuals from northern Yunnan are uniformly pale yellow ( L. guerryi guerryi), while those from southern Yunnan and adjacent area (northern Vietnam) are always darkened at apices ( L. guerryi atroapicipennis), so they are kept as two subspecies at the moment. Here, L. guerryi atroapicipennis is recorded in the Chinese fauna for the first time.