Contributions to the taxonomy of Habronychus s. str. (Coleoptera, Cantharidae): nine new species and an updated worldwide key to the subgenus
Nine new species of Habronychus (Habronychus) Wittmer, 1981 are described, viz. H. (H.) divergens sp. nov ., H. (H.) nigricollis sp. nov ., H. (H.) taizhouensis sp. nov ., H. (H.) profundifissus sp. nov ., H. (H.) laticornis sp. nov ., H. (H.) nigripennis sp. nov ., H. (H.) bilineatus sp. nov ., H. (H.) rufolineatus sp. nov ., and H. (H.) hainanensis sp. nov . Habronychus (H.) szechwanus Wittmer, 1988 is redescribed. The habitus, aedeagus, female abdominal sternite VIII, and internal genitalia of these species are illustrated. A worldwide key to the subgenus is updated.
Authors
- Ruobing Hua
- Shujuan Ge
- Y Y Yang
- Xingke Yang
- Haoyu Liu
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Institute of Zoology (CN)
- Hebei University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift
- Published
- 2026-07-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3897/dez.73.188847
- Primary Topic
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
- Type
- article
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