Studies on the Stenothemusharmandi species-group (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), with descriptions of two new species from China

The species-group has 10 species at present. They are (Bourgeois, 1902) (located in N. India, Nepal); Švihla, 2005, Švihla, 2005 and Švihla, 2005 (N. India); Y. Yang & X. Yang, 2014, Y. Yang & X. Yang, 2014, Y. Yang & X. Yang, 2014 and Y. Yang & X. Yang, 2014 (China: Xizang); Y. Yang & X. Yang, 2014 (China: Yunnan) and Y. Yang & X. Yang, 2014 (China: Guizhou). In the present study, two previously-known species are classified into this species-group, Wittmer, 1974 and Švihla, 2004, of which the latter as a subspecies of the former is upgraded to the specific level and another two new species are discovered and described. Two new species of the species-group are described, (China: Yunnan) and . (China: Xizang), which are illustrated with habitus photos and aedeagi of males, abdominal sternites VIII and internal genitalia of females. Švihla, 2004 is upgraded from a subspecies of Wittmer, 1974 and the two species are classified into this species-group. Characters of the female reproductive system are described for the first time for the following species: Y. Yang & X. Yang, 2014; Y. Yang & X. Yang, 2014; Y. Yang & X. Yang, 2014; Švihla, 2005; Y. Yang & X. Yang, 2014 and Švihla, 2005. Meanwhile, some additional distribution information is added for previously-described species. A key for the identification of all species is updated.