title: Taxonomic note and description of new species of Fissocantharis Pic from China (Coleoptera, Cantharidae).
abstract: Two new species of Fissocantharis Pic are described, Fissocantharisbifoveatus sp. n. (CHINA: Yunnan) and Fissocantharisacuticollis sp. n. (CHINA: Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan). Fissocantharispieli (Pic, 1937) is redescribed and Fissocanthariskontumensis Wittmer, 1989 is provided with a supplementary description. Fissocantharisshanensis (Wittmer, 1997) is synonymized with Fissocanthariskontumensis. For the above four species, illustrations of male genitalia are provided, for the latter three also photos of female genitalia and abdominal sternites VIII, and for the new species photos of male habitus and antennae are presented. Additionally, the specific name of Fissocanthariswittmeri (Y. Yang et X. Yang, 2009), preoccupied by Fissocanthariswittmeri (Kazantsev, 2007), is replaced by Fissocanthariswalteri Y. Yang et X. Yang, nom. n. And Fissocanthariswittmeri (Kazantsev, 2007) is found to be a junior objective synonym of Fissocantharisdenominata (Wittmer, 1997).
authors.affiliation: College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, Hebei Province, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yuxia
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, Hebei Province, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Junyan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Su
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
authors.forename: Xingke
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
keywords: China; Fissocantharis; Taxonomy; homonym; new name; new species; synonym