Stenothemus harmandi (Bourgeois, 1902)

Švihla, Vladimír, 2005, New taxa of the subfamily Cantharinae (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from south-eastern Asia with notes on other species II, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 45, pp. 71-110 : 100

Key to the species of the Stenothemus harmandi species group

1 Posterior corners of pronotum sharp, protruding (as in Fig. 57 ). ..................................................................... 2

– Posterior corners of pronotum rounded ( Fig. 58 ); aedeagus as in Figs. 62 and 65 . India: Manipur. ................. ......................................................................................................................................... S. orbiculatus sp. nov.

2 Surface of pronotum and elytra matt, velvety; apex of paramere circular ( Fig. 64 ) and concave terminally, branches of dorsal part of aedeagus as in Fig. 61 . India: Assam. .................................. S. holosericus sp. nov.

– Surface of pronotum and elytra semilustrous, parameres with less dilated apices ( Figs. 56 and 63 ). ............. 3

3 Branches of dorsal part of aedeagus wider and subparallel ( Fig. 59 ); parameres convergent apically. India: Sikkim and Darjeeling; Nepal. ........................................................................ S. harmandi ( Bourgeois, 1902)

– Branches of dorsal part of aedeagus narrower and with strongly divergent apices ( Fig. 60 ); apices of parameres divergent and concave on ventral sides. India: Assam. ................................................... S. subnitidus sp. nov.

Figures

Figs. 53-58. 53-54 – Stenothemus favrei (Pic, 1907). 53 – aedeagus, ventral view; 54 – last abdominal sternite of female. 55 – S. andrewesi (Bourgeois, 1907), last abdominal sternite of female. 56-57 – S. harmandi (Bourgeois, 1902). 56 – paramere, lateral view and its variability; 57 – pronotum. 58 – S. orbiculatus sp. nov., pronotum. Scales a – Figs. 53-55, 57-58; b – Fig. 56.

Figs. 59-63. 59-62 – dorsal part of aedeagus. 59 – Stenothemus harmandi (Bourgeois, 1902); 60 – S. subnitidus sp. nov.; 61 – S. holosericus sp. nov.; 62 – S. orbiculatus sp. nov. 63 – S. subnitidus sp. nov., paramere, lateral view.

Figs. 64-70. 64-66 – paramere, lateral view. 64 – Stenothemus holosericus sp. nov.; 65 – S. orbiculatus sp. nov.; 66 – S. wardi sp. nov. 67-68 – S. wardi sp. nov. 67 – aedeagus, ventral view; 68 – dorsal part of aedeagus. 69-70 – S. sepiaceus sp. nov. 69 – dorsal part of aedeagus; 70 - aedeagus, ventral view. Scales a – Figs. 66-68; b – Figs. 64- 65, 69-70.

Figs. 6-11. 6-8 – Micropodabrus kopetzi sp. nov. 6 – aedeagus, ventral view; 7 – ditto, lateral view; 8 – dorsal part of aedeagus. 9-11 – M. kantnerorum sp. nov. 9 – aedeagus, ventral view; 10 – ditto, lateral view; 11 – dorsal part of aedeagus.