Catalogue and Bibliography of the Hong Kong Carabidae Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Adephaga), with notes on the historic boundaries of Hong Kong as related to zoological collections Author Aston, Paul text Zootaxa 2016 4121 3 201 257 journal article 38912 10.11646/zootaxa.4121.3.1 6cb37831-da16-4763-a32c-aef636512990 1175-5326 265007 172021D4-55C8-483F-A6B2-F823C3022F90 Subgenus Chlaeniostenus Kuntzen, 1919 Chlaenius (Chlaeniostenus) acroxanthus Chaudoir, 1876 New record for Hong Kong . Species determined by Liang Hong-Bin. Chaudoir (1876b) described this species from specimens originating from Thailand , Singapore and Java. Material : 1 ex. Hong Kong , Lantau, Pui O, 20.ii.15 , under rock in dry freshwater marsh; 1 ex. Hong Kong , Lantau, Pui O, 11.ix.12 , caught in pit fall trap, dry fresh water marsh. Biology : Imago found February and September. Probably lives on the edge of marshy areas. Chlaenius ( Chlaeniostenus ) circumdatus xanthopleurus Chaudoir, 1856 Chlaenius nicanus Motschulsky, 1865 , a junior synonym of this species, was described from specimens originating in Hong Kong . Chaudoir (1876b) noted Chlaenius xanthopleurus Chaudoir, 1856 , now subspecies Chlaenius (Chlaeniellus) circumdatus xanthopleurus Chaudoir, 1856 , from Hong Kong . Material : Ƌ W.T.L., 15.iii.15 ; Hong Kong 23.v.07 (Leg. Yiu Vor). Biology : Imago found March to May. Attracted to light and fully winged. Chlaenius (Chlaeniostenus) postscriptus Bates, 1873 Bates described this species from specimens originating in Hong Kong . Chaudoir (1876b) described Chlaenius extremus , a junior synonym of this species, also from Hong Kong specimens. The specimen originating from a M. Dohrn, is listed under this name by Harold (1876) . Also in that work Chaudoir noted a female of postscriptus in Bate's collection. Kirschenhofer (2003a) also lists this species for Hong Kong .