This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Zhang, Lulu, Yang, Yuxia, Okushima, Yûichi (2016): A contribution to the knowledge of the genera Fissocantharis Pic, 1921 and Micropodabrus Pic, 1920 from Taiwan (Coleoptera, Cantharidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 243: 1-37, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2016.243

Abstract. Twenty previously known species of Fissocantharis Pic, 1921 and Micropodabrus Pic, 1920 from Taiwan are illustrated and described with the genitalia of both sexes and or abdominal sternite VIII of female. The following reconfirmed combinations are proposed, Micropodabrus chujoi (Wittmer, 1972), M. mucronata (Wittmer, 1979), M. multicostata (Wittmer, 1982) and M. nodicornis (Wittmer, 1982), which were all originally described in Kandyosilis Pic, 1929. Two new species are described, Fissocantharis nigriceps Y. Yang & Okushima sp. nov. and Micropodabrus brunneipennis Y. Yang & Okushima sp. nov., which are provided with the illustrations of aedeagus and photos of male habitus.

GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/3aa325f2-3f96-4380-8145-ee552b0bd9c9
Homepage: https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/summary/FFA2FF8D1E63FFCA70461A5886424576
Citation: Zhang L, Yang Y, Okushima Y, valdenar (2016). A contribution to the knowledge of the genera Fissocantharis Pic, 1921 and Micropodabrus Pic, 1920 from Taiwan (Coleoptera, Cantharidae). European Journal of Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2016.243 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-02-12.