Key to the Chinese species of the subgenus Sphodromimus Casale, 1984 (Carabidae, Chlaeniini, Chlaenius) with descriptions of two new species

Yuyao Qin; Christoph Germann; Hongbin Liang

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1135.93843

Key to the Chinese species of the subgenus Sphodromimus Casale, 1984 (Carabidae, Chlaeniini, Chlaenius) with descriptions of two new species

Zookeys. 2022 Dec 12:1135:61-91. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1135.93843. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Yuyao Qin^{1

2}, Christoph Germann³, Hongbin Liang²

Affiliations

¹ College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China Hebei University Baoding China.
² Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.
³ Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Augustinergasse 2, CH-4051 Basel, Switzerland Naturhistorisches Museum Basel Basel Switzerland.

Abstract

The subgenus Sphodromimus Casale, 1984 in China has been studied, revealing two new species: Chlaenius (Sphodromimus) caperatussp. nov. from Hunan Province and Chlaenius (Sphodromimus) yinggelingensissp. nov. from Hainan Province. A new replacement name is proposed for C. (Sphodromimus) wrasei (Kirschenhofer, 2003) [nec Chlaenius (Lithochlaenius) wrasei Kirschenhofer, 1997]: Chlaenius (Sphodromimus) davidinom. nov.. The status of Chlaenius (Sphodromimus) enleensis Mandl, 1992 is upgraded from subspecies to full species, and Chlaenius (Sphodromimus) tamdaoensis Kirschenhofer, 2003 is proposed as its new synonym. Chlaenius (Sphodromimus) pilosus (Casale, 1984) is reported as a new record from China. A key to all known species of the subgenus Sphodromimus from China is provided.

Keywords: Coleoptera; distribution; genitalia; ground beetles; taxonomy.

Yuyao Qin, Christoph Germann, Hongbin Liang.

Grants and funding

National Science & Technology Fundamental Resources Investigation Program of China