title: Review of the genus Stenothemus Bourgeois from Taiwan, with description of three new species (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) and additional distributional records of previously known species.
abstract: The genus Stenothemus Bourgeois from Taiwan is reviewed, with description of three new species: S. lupus sp. nov., S. gemini sp. nov. and S. vulpecula sp. nov. Each species is described with photos of habitus, and the new species also include illustrations of aedeagi, female genitalia and abdominal ventrite VII (= sternite VIII) of female if available. In addition, the female of S. mamorui Okushima & M. Satô, 1999 is described for the first time, and female genitalia and the abdominal ventrite VII are illustrated. A distribution map of Stenothemus from Taiwan is presented, and an updated key for the identification of Stenothemus species from Taiwan is given.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, No. 27, Lane 113, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei 10617, Taiwan.; Email: yunhsiao@outlook.com.
authors.forename: Yun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hsiao
authors.affiliation: Kurashiki Museum of Natural History, Chûô 2-6-1, Kurashiki-shi, Okayama Pref., 710-0046 Japan.; Email: musoku@city.kurashiki.okayama.jp.
authors.forename: Yûichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okushima
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, No. 27, Lane 113, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei 10617, Taiwan.; Email: psyang@ntu.edu.tw.
authors.forename: Ping-Shih
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D013624:Taiwan