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Genus of beetles
Fissocantharis is a genus of
soldier beetle belonging to the family
Cantharidae . It is one of the largest genera of cantharid beetles, with about 200 species known worldwide and new species discovered in every year.
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In China, more than 100 species recognized.
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[6] About 30 species identified from Taiwan, where all of them are endemic, except one species, F. mucronata .
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Selected species
References
^ Yang, Y.; Su, J.; Yang, X. (2014).
"Taxonomic note and description of new species of Fissocantharis Pic from China (Coleoptera, Cantharidae)" . ZooKeys (443): 45–59.
doi :
10.3897/zookeys.443.8309 .
PMC
4205503 .
PMID
25349496 .
^ Yang, Y.; Yang, X. (2011).
"A taxonomic study on semifumata species-group of Fissocantharis Pic, with description of six new species from China and Myanmar" . ZooKeys (152): 43–61.
doi :
10.3897/zookeys.152.2070 .
PMC
3234424 .
PMID
22287905 .
^ Li, Limei; Zhang, Lulu; Yang, Yuxia; Okushima, Yûichi (2016).
"A contribution to the knowledge of the genera Fissocantharis Pic, 1921 and Micropodabrus Pic, 1920 from Taiwan" . European Journal of Taxonomy (243).
doi :
10.5852/ejt.2016.243 . Retrieved 3 April 2018 .
^ Yang, Y.; Li, L.; Guan, K.; Yang, X. (2015).
"Taxonomy of Fissocantharis Pic (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from Guangxi, China, with descriptions of six new species" . ZooKeys (489): 95–123.
doi :
10.3897/zookeys.489.9153 .
PMC
4395839 .
PMID
25878532 .
^ Yang, Yuxia; Li, Limei; Yang, Xingke (2015).
"Description of four new species related to Fissocantharis novemexcavatus (Wittmer, 1951) (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from China" . Zootaxa . 4058 (3): 362–72.
doi :
10.11646/zootaxa.4058.3.4 .
PMID
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^ Yang, Yuxia; Qi, Yaqing; Yang, Xing-Ke (2018).
"Four new species of Fissocantharis Pic, 1921 (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from China" . ZooKeys (738): 97–115.
doi :
10.3897/zookeys.738.19884 .
PMC
5904520 .
PMID
29670425 . Retrieved 3 April 2018 .
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"Synonym, new species and checklist of the genus Fissocantharis Pic from Taiwan" (PDF) . Zootaxa. Retrieved 3 April 2018 .