Asiopodabrus koryeoensis Kang, Han, Okushima & Park, 2012, n. sp.
Creators: name: Kang, Tae Hwa
name: Han, Tae Man
name: Okushima, Yûichi
name: Park, Hae Chul
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cantharidae
Asiopodabrus
Asiopodabrus koryeoensis

description: Asiopodabrus koryeoensis n. sp.
(Figs. 3A, 3E, 4 A, 4E, 5A, 5E, 5I)
Podabrus spec. prop. nigriventris: Wittmer, 1969: 108 (misidentification, in part).
Podabrus (Asiopodabrus) fragiliformis Kang & Kim, 2000: 208 (misidentification, in part).
Description. Male holotype (Fig. 3A) 5.5 mm. Color. Body mainly yellow, with yellowish pubescences; head (Fig. 4 A) yellow in anterior half and black in posterior half, anterior margin with blackish part wide ‘V’ shape; mandibles dark brown with pale yellow basal part; maxillary and labial palpi yellow; antennae dusky yellow on basal three antennomeres, and yellowish brown distally; pronotum with yellowish margins and blackish median disc; scutellum, mesothorax, metathorax and abdomen black; elytra black with pale yellowish margins; legs dusky yellow, distal tip of tarsal claws yellowish brown.
Head flat, with minute and sparse punctures but rough and dense punctures in area behind eyes; antennal sockets slightly protruded medially along longitudinal line; inter-antennal socket space slightly depressed with a long triangular shape. Eye relatively small, ratio of eye diameter to inter-ocular space, 15: 33. Antennae nearly reaching to anterior third of elytra, approximate ratio of each antennomere, 16: 11: 8: 11: 11: 11: 11: 11: 11: 10: 13. Last maxillary and labial palpomere hatchet-shaped.
Pronotum quadrate, with minute and sparse punctures, the distal part of the disc with dense and rough punctures medially in a U-shape; pronotum nearly as wide as long; lateral margins sinuate, with obtused anterior angles and rectengular posterior angles; posterior margin 1.17 times wider than anterior margin. Scutellum tongueshaped, with round apex.
Elytra (Fig. 3A) parallel sided, ratio of width at elytral shoulder to length of elytra, 17: 60; dorsal surface rugose, with thin and minute punctures. Legs long and slender; tibia straight; fore and mid tarsal claws bifid at apex. Tarsal claws with blunt tooth.
Aedeagus (Fig. 5 A, E, I) oval in outline, length 1.35 times longer than wide; dorsal processes relatively long, ratio of dorsal process: aedeagus = 1.3: 3.5, ‘U’ shape to base, gradually widened distally, then narrowly rounding outside at apex (Fig. 5 A); ventral processes relatively slender, like surgical knife with a sharp apex in lateral view (Fig. 5 E), curved outwards at basal part, gradually widened distally and widest at distal third, with blunt apex in ventral view (Fig. 5 I).
Female (Fig. 3E). 5.3–6.5 mm. Color darker than male; head (Fig. 4 A) yellow on anterior half and black on posterior half, anterior margin of yellowish part black, anterior margin of blackish part with a rounded ‘V’ shape (Fig. 4 E); anterior margin of pronotum black; lateral margins dusky yellow; elytra dusky yellow, with a blackish longitudinal stripe, or black except for a pale yellowish edge; mid-femur black at basal half; hind femur black except for a dusky yellow femuro-tibial joint; tibia dusky yellow; body somewhat longer and wider than male; posterior angles of pronotum with acute angle, slightly projected to each side; each tarsal claw with a blunt basal tooth.
Type locality. GB, Yeongju-si, Punggi-eup, Sucheol-ri, Mt. Sobaeksan, Jukyeong
Holotype. 3, GB, Yeongju-si, Punggi-eup, Sucheol-ri, Mt. Sobaeksan, Jukryeong, 12. VI. 2010, Kwon OC.
Paratypes (53 ex). GW: 2Ƥ, Donghae-si, Samhwa-dong, Mt. Dutasan, 24. VI. 2009, Kang TH; 1Ƥ, Hongcheon-gun, Mt. Odaesan, Sambong Mineral Spring, 5. VI. 1998, Kim JI (Paratype of A. fragiliformis); 734Ƥ, Hwingseong-gun, Gangrim-myeon, Bugok-ri, Mt. Chiaksan, 17. VI. 2006, Kang TH; 131Ƥ, ditto, 21. V. 2010, Kang TH; 133Ƥ, ditto, 17. VI. 2006, Kang TH; 23, ditto, 11. VI. 2010, Kwon OC; 131Ƥ, Pyeongchang-gun, Bangrim-myeon, Chiksa-ri, Pyeongchang Youth Hostel, 3. VI. 2008, Kang TH; 1Ƥ, Taebaek-si, Mt. Taebaeksan, 30. V. 1998, Kang TH; 1Ƥ, Taebaek-si, Hwangji-dong, Mt. Hambaeksan, Jeolgol Valley, 5. VI. 2005, Kang TH; 532Ƥ, Yeongweol-gun, Yeongweol-eup, Bangjeong-ri, Seonbawi Park, 17. VI. 2007, Kang TH. GG: 131Ƥ, Bagyon san, Bagyon popo about 27km SW from Kaesong (Gaeseong-gun, Mt. Bakyeonsan, Water fall Bakyeonpokpo), 7. VII. 1970, Mahunka & Steinmann; 13, Gapyeong-gun, Buk-myeon, Baekdun-ri, Temple Seungcheon-sa, 28. V. 2001, Park HC; 1Ƥ, ditto, 28. V. 2001, Lee HA; 13, Gapyeong-gun, Cheongpyeong-myeon, Mt. Hwayasan, 4. VI. 2010, Kang TH; 1Ƥ, Namyangju-si, Mt. Chukryeongsan, 15. VI-3. VII. 1999, no name; 2Ƥ, Yangpyeong-gun, Mt. Yongmunsan, 28. V. 1991, Lee JW. CB: 4Ƥ, Chungju-si, Mt. Woraksan, 22. V. 1998, Han TM (Paratype of A. fragiliformis); 232Ƥ, Danyang-gun, Daegang-myeon, Banggok-ri, Mt. Woraksan, Mangibong, 3. VI. 2006, Lee JW. GB: 2Ƥ, Yeongju-si, Punggi-eup, Sucheol-ri, Mt. Sobaeksan, Jukryeong, 12. VI. 2010, Kwon OC. JN: 2Ƥ, Goseong-gun, Bongrae-myeon, Mt. Bongraesan, 15. V. 2008, Kang TH.
Materials examined (151 ex). See appendix 1.
Etymology. The scientific name ‘ koryeoensis ’ is driven from the old national name of Korea, ‘Ko-ryeo’.
Distribution. Korea.
description: Published as part of Kang, Tae Hwa, Han, Tae Man, Okushima, Yûichi & Park, Hae Chul, 2012, Integrative taxonomy of Asiopodabrus fragiliformis (Kang and Kim, 2000) (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) and its related species, pp. 1-33 in Zootaxa 3259 on pages 16-17, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.213936