Taxonomy of Fissocantharis Pic (Coleoptera Cantharidae) from Guangxi China with descriptions of six new species

摘要

A total of 17 species of Fissocantharis Pic is recorded from Guangxi, China. Six species are described new to science, Fissocantharis sinensomima >sp. n., Fissocantharis sexcostata >sp. n., Fissocantharis basilaris >sp. n., Fissocantharis eschara >sp. n., Fissocantharis latipalpa >sp. n. and Fissocantharis biprojicientis >sp. n., and two previously known species are redescribed, Fissocantharis gracilipes (Pic, 1927) and Fissocantharis sinensis (Wittmer, 1988). These species are presented with habitus of males, abdominal sternites VIII of females and genitalia of both sexes. Fissocantharis flavofacialis (Pic, 1926) is synonymized with Fissocantharis angusta (Fairmaire, 1900); both were originally described in the genus Podabrus Westwood. Additionally, a key and a checklist of all the species of Fissocantharis from Guangxi are provided.