Rhagonycha hubeiana Wittmer 1997
Creators: name: Xiao, Yun-Feng
name: Liu, Hao-Yu
name: Yang, Xing-Ke
name: Yang, Yu-Xia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cantharidae
Rhagonycha
Rhagonycha hubeiana

description: Rhagonycha (s.str.) hubeiana Wittmer, 1997
(Figs 1C, 2G–I, 3C, 4C, 36)
Rhagonycha hubeiana Wittmer, 1997: 326, figs 202, 203.
Type material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂ (NHMB), [p] “ CHINA, W – HUBEI, 1300- / 2000m, DASHENNONGJIA / massif – E slope, / 31°24-30' N / 101°21-24' E / 28.6-5.7.95 / L. + R. BUSINSKÝ”, [p] “ HOLOTYPUS ”, [h] “R. / hubeiana / Wittm. / det. W. Wittmer ”, [h] “235”, [p] “Naturhistorisches / Museum Basel / Coll. W. Wittmer ”, [p] “ CANTHARIDAE / CANTH00003418”.
Other material examined. CHINA, Hubei: 1♂ (IZAS), Shennongjia, 19.VII.1980, leg. P.Y. Yu; 2♂♂, 1♀ (MHBU), Shennongjia, Wenshui, 1600−1800 m, 22.VII.2003, leg. X.Y. Zhang; 1♂, 1♀ (MHBU), Shennongjia, Wenshui, 1600−1800 m, 22.VII.2004, leg. X.Z. Huang; 1♀ (MHBU), Shennongjia, Muyu, 1200 m, 12.VIII.2004, leg. F.L. Zou; 1♂ (MHBU), same data as the preceding, leg. S.B. Liao; 1♂ (MHBU), Shennongjia, Muyu, Longjiangping, 4.VI.2018, leg. P. Wang; 1♂ (MHBU), Shennongjia, Bajiaomiao, 1200−1300 m, 18.VII.2003, leg. X.Z. Huang; 1♂, 9♀♀ (MHBU), Shennongjia, Xiaodangyang, 1000 m, 15.VII.2006, leg. L.K. Tan; 1♂, 3♀♀ (MHBU), Shennongjia, Jiuhuping, 1900 m, 29.VII.2006, leg. L.K. Tan; 1♂, 9♀♀ (MHBU), Shennongjia, Hongping, 1200 m, 12.VIII.2004, leg. Y. Min; 1♂, 1♀ (IZAS), Shennongjia, Hongping Forestry, 1660 m, 16.VII.1987, leg. Y.H. Han; 1♂ (MHBU), Badong, Tiansanping, 1500 m, 14.VIII.2006, leg. H. Yao; 1♀ (MHBU), Dalaoling Nature reserve, 1200 m, 11.VII.2011, leg. R. Chen. Shanxi: 2♂♂, 8♀♀ (MHBU), 3♂♂, 3♀♀ (MHBU), Lishan National Nature Reserve, 9‒19.VII.2013, leg. Z. Li; 16♂♂, 29♀♀ (MHBU), same data as the preceding, 12‒20.VII.2012, leg. Y.Y. Lu; 2♂♂, 8♀♀ (MHBU), Lishan, Dahe Forestry, 23.VII.2012, leg. H.L. Wang, H. Zhang, & Y.X. Du; 6♂♂, 53♀♀ (MHBU), Lishan, Xiachuan, 28.VII.2012, leg. H.L. Wang, H. Zhang, & Y.X. Du. Ningxia: 1♂ (MHBU), Guyuan, Kaicheng, 16.VII.2009, leg. X.P. Wang & H.F. Ran; 2♀ (MHBU), Jingyuan, Erlonghe Foresty, 19–20.VII.2008, leg. X.P. Wang, H.F. Ran & Q.Q. Wu; 1♀ (MHBU), Jingyuan, Erlonghe, 06.VII.2009, leg. S.Y. Zhou & X.J. Meng; 1♀ (MHBU), Jingyuan, Qiuqianjia Foresty, 13–14.VII.2008, leg. X.M. Li, H.F. Ran & Q.Q. Wu; 1♀ (MHBU), Longtan Foresty, 05.VII.2009, leg. X.P. Wang & X.Q. Yang; 5♀ (MHBU), Jingyuan, Hongxia Foresty, 1998 m, 9.VII.2008, leg. X.P. Wang & X.L. Liu.
Descriptive notes. Male (Fig. 1C). Aedeagus moderately swollen laterally near middle (Fig. 2G, H); ventral processes of parameres abruptly thinned apically near bases, with apices acute and directing laterally in ventral view (Fig. 2G), pointed at apices, inclined ventrally in lateral view (Fig. 2I); conjoint dorsal plate of parameres feebly longer than ventral processes (Fig. 2G–I), with apical margin roundly and moderately emarginate in middle, lateral margins diverging apically, latero-apical angles rounded in dorsal view (Fig. 2H), and feebly bent ventrally in lateral view (Fig. 2I); the emargination between conjoint dorsal plate and ventral process about 1/4 length of aedeagus (Fig. 2I).
Female. Internal organ of reproductive system (Fig. 3C): vagina stout and abruptly thinned at ventroapical portion into a very short tube, where diverticulum and spermathecal duct arising separately; diverticulum short and spiral, evenly thin along the whole length; spermathecal duct very short and stout; spermatheca provided with a spiral tube, progressively thinned apically and longer than diverticulum; accessory gland extremely long, about three times longer than spermatheca.
Abdominal sternite VIII (Fig. 4C) moderately narrowed apically, widely rounded at latero-apical angles, and feebly bilobed in middle of posterior margin.
Distribution (Fig. 36). China (Hubei, Shanxi, Ningxia).
description: Published as part of Xiao, Yun-Feng, Liu, Hao-Yu, Yang, Xing-Ke & Yang, Yu-Xia, 2024, Taxonomic review of the Rhagonycha flava species group (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), with descriptions of fourteen new species from China, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 5534 (1) on pages 7-11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5534.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14023514