Rhagonycha flava

Rhagonycha (s.str.) flava (Pic, 1926) (Fig. 10B, 11D–F, 12B, 12D, 36) Podabrus flavus Pic, 1926b: 356. Rhagonycha flava: Wittmer, 1997: 326, figs 200, 201. Type material examined. LECTOTYPE ♂ (MHNH), [p] “MUSEUM PARIS / MOU PIN / A. DAVID 1870”, [p] “MUS. HIST. NAT. / A. DAVID / Moupin (Thibet) / 1871”, [p] “ LECTOTYPUS ”, [p] “ Podabrus / flavus Pic / n sp”, [h] “ Rhagonycha / flava / (Pic) / det. W. Wittmer ”. Other material examined. CHINA, Sichuan: 2♂♂ (IZAS), Emeishan, Jinding, 3000−3200 m, 22.Ⅴ.1957, leg. K.R. Huang; 1♂ (IZAS), Emeishan, Jiulaodong, 1800−1900 m, 17.VI.1957, leg. Y.C. Xu; 2♀♀ (MHBU), Chongzhou, Jiguanshan, Anzihe Nature Reserve, Shaoyaogou Protection Station, 30.Ⅴ.2016, leg. L.M. Li; 1♂, 4♀♀ (MHBU), same data as the proceding, 29.Ⅴ.2016; 3♂♂, 1♀ (MHBU), Chongzhou, Jiguanshan, 21.VI.2016, leg. F.M. Shi; 12♂♂, 20♀♀ (MHBU), Anzihe, Shaoyaogou, 31.Ⅴ.2016, leg. L.M. Li; 2♀♀ (MHBU), Liziping, Menghuo, Pusagang, 26.VII.2016, leg. L.M. Li. Descriptive notes. Male (Fig. 10B). Aedeagus moderately swollen laterally near middle (Fig. 11D, E); ventral processes of parameres abruptly thinned apically near bases, with apices directing laterally in ventral view (Fig. 11D), acute at apices, moderately wide and feebly bent dorsally in lateral view (Fig. 11F); conjoint dorsal plate of parameres feebly shorter than ventral processes (Fig. 11F), with apical margin deeply and triangularly emarginate in middle, lateral margins moderately diverging apically in dorsal view (Fig. 11E), latero-apical angles acute, bent ventrally in lateral view (Fig. 11F); the emargination between conjoint dorsal plate and ventral process about 1/4 length of aedeagus (Fig. 11F). Female. Internal organ of reproductive system (Fig. 12B): vagina stout and abruptly thinned at ventroapical portion into a long tube, where diverticulum and spermathecal duct arising separately; diverticulum short and spiral, evenly thin along the whole length; spermathecal duct short and about 1/4 length of apical tube of vagina; spermatheca provided with a spiral tube, progressively thinned apically and about twice longer than diverticulum; accessory gland long, about twice as long as spermatheca. Abdominal sternite VIII (Fig. 12D): moderately narrowed posteriorly, widely triangular at latero-apical angles, and feebly and trapezodinally protuberant in middle of posterior margin. Destribution (Fig. 36). China (Sichuan).