Rhagonycha furcatiformis Wittmer 1997

Rhagonycha furcatiformis Wittmer, 1997: 328, figs 206, 207. Type material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂ (NMPC), [p] “ China Sichuan 23. ‒27.VI. / Jiulonggou nr. Dayi / 70 km W Chengdu / M. Trýzna lgt. 1993”, [p] “ HOLOTYPUS ”, [h] “Rhag. / furcatiformis / Wittm. / det. W. Wittmer ”. Other material examined. CHINA, Sichuan: 1♂, 1♀ (MHBU), 70 km, West Chengdu, Qingcheng Hou Shan mts., 30°44' N, 103°08' E, 1500 m, 1‒06.VI.2005, leg. S. Murzin. Descriptive notes. Male (Fig. 1B).Aedeagus moderately swollen laterally near middle (Fig. 2D, E), moderately swollen ventrally in lateral view (Fig. 2F); ventral processes of parameres abruptly thinned apically near bases, with apices narrowly rounded, approaching to each other in ventral view (Fig. 2D), and nearly straight in lateral view (Fig. 2F); conjoint dorsal plate of parameres feebly longer than ventral processes (Fig. 2D, F), with apical margin roundly and deeply emarginate in middle, lateral margins distinctly diverging apically, latero-apical angles rounded in dorsal view (Fig. 2E), and feebly cinclined ventrally in lateral view (Fig. 2F); the emargination between conjoint dorsal plate and ventral process about 1/3 length of aedeagus (Fig. 2F). Female. Internal organ of reproductive system (Fig. 3B): vagina stout and abruptly thinned at ventroapical portion into a moderately long tube, where diverticulum and spermathecal duct arising separately; diverticulum long and spiral, evenly thin along the whole length; spermathecal duct short, about 1/6 length of apical tube of vagina; spermatheca provided with a spiral tube, evenly thin along the whole length and nearly as long as diverticulum; accessory gland long, about twice longer than spermatheca. Abdominal sternite VIII (Fig. 4B) strongly narrowed posteriorly, widely triangular at latero-apical angles, and trapezodinally protuberant in middle of posterior margin. Destribution (Fig. 35). China (Sichuan).