Abstract
New taxa of the subfamily Cantharinae are described and illustrated: Taocaniharis gen. nov. (type species: Islamocantharis businskae Wittmer, 1997), Themus (Telephorops) kubani sp. nov. (N Laos), T. (Tel.) micheli sp. nov. (N Laos), Lycocerus mur-zinisp. nov. (China: Sichuan), L. unguiformis sp. nov. (China: Sichuan), L. nigrosericeus sp. nov. (N Thailand), L. sipekorum sp. nov. (India: Arunachal Pradesh), L. dilatatus sp. nov. (China: Guizhou), L. pacholatkoi sp. nov. (C Laos), L. costipennis sp. nov. (S Vietnam), L. vita sp. nov. (N Laos), L. wolfgangi sp. nov. (China: Sichuan), L. putzi sp. nov. (China: Sichuan), L. rubroniger sp. nov. (N Laos), L. marginalis sp. nov. (China: Yunnan), L. nakladali sp. nov. (China: Yunnan), L. krausi sp. nov. (NLaos), L. verticalis sp. nov. (N Myanmar), Stenothemus prothemoides sp. nov. (China: Yunnan), S. hajeki sp. nov. (China: Yunnan), S. dinshuiensis sp. nov. (China: Sichuan), S. distortus sp. nov. (N Laos), S. kubani sp. nov. (China: Yunnan), S. yanmenensis sp. nov. (China: Yunnan), S. tamil sp. nov. (India: Tamil Nadu), S. honza sp. nov. (India: Maharashtra), Prothe-mus kubani sp. nov. (China: Yunnan) and P. blankae sp. nov. (China: Yunnan). Taiwanocantharis Wittmer, 1984 stat. nov. is raised to genericrank (from subgenus of Cantharis Linnaeus, 1758). New combinations are proposed: Taiwanocantharis dra-huska (Svihla, 2004) comb. nov. (from Cordicantharis Svihla, 1999), T. chumbiensis (Champion, 1926) comb, nov., T. dedi-cata (Svihla, 2005) comb, nov.,T. inthanonensis (Wittmer, 1997) comb, nov., T. kambaitiensis (Wittmer, 1989) comb, nov., T. malaisei (Wittmer, 1989) comb, nov., T. metallipennis (Wittmer, 1997) comb, nov., T. pallidithorax (Wittmer, 1984) comb, nov., T. quinquenotatithorax (Pic, 1914)comb, nov., T. seinghukuensis (Wittmer, 1989) comb, nov., T. satoi (Wittmer, 1997) comb, nov., T. shergaoensis (Wittmer, 1989) comb, nov., T. thibetana (Gorham, 1889) comb, nov., T. thibetanomima (Wittmer, 1997) comb, nov., T. tripunctata (Wittmer, 1984) comb. nov. (all from Cantharis) and Taocaniharis businskae (Wittmer, 1997) comb. nov. (from Islamocantharis Wittmer & Magis, 1987). Key for species similar to Lycocerus nigrolineatus Pic, 1914 is provided and new data and/or illustrations are given forLycocerus svatopluki Svihla, 2004, L. nigrolineatus Pic, 1914, Stenothemus jindrai Svihla, 2004, S. bourgeoisi Wittmer, 1974, S. quadratithorax (Pic, 1917), Prothemus opacipennis (Pic, 1906) and P svihlai Wittmer, 1987.
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