5100 m above sea level: Agabus joachimschmidti sp. n. and notes on other high altitude diving beetles from Tibet and Bhutan (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae)
Author
Brancucci, Michel
Author
Hendrich, Lars
text
Zootaxa
2008
1825
51
58
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.183097
df4cf84e-9a79-465b-87f2-c0fd4a7a98ca
1175-5326
183097
Agabus suoduogangi
Stastný& Nilsson
Agabus suoduogangi
Stastný& Nilsson, 2003
:
Stastný& Nilsson (2003)
.
Type
material studied.
Paratype
No. 8
(male): “
China
Yünnan prov.; ca.
4000 m
SE ZHONGDIAN; 99°52/ 27°48 flat valley, slowly flowing stream ca.
2m
wide; sandy-gravely 11.-
12.10.1999
, leg. Stastný” (
CLH
).
Paratype
No. 43
(female): “
China
Yünnan prov.
30 km
SE ZHONGDIAN 99°52/27°48; ca.
3900 m
a.s.l. ground water pools, sandy-gravel 11.-
12.10.1999
, leg. Stastný” (
CLH
).
Additional material studied.
“
China
, N-Yunnan, Diqing Tibet Aut. Pref., Deqin Co., Baima Shan, pass
15 km
Se Deqin,
4330m
, 28°22.68
N 99.00
.57 E, meadows, Azalea Juniperus leaf litter, grass, moss, sifted,
12.VI.2005
, M. Schülke [C
2005-10
]” (
1 male
,
2 females
,
CLH
).
Remarks.
This is the first record of the species since its description in 2003. It was only known from the
type
locality around Zhongdian, in the northern part of Yünnan.
Distribution.
China
, northern part of Yünnan Province. At altitudes around
4000 m
above sea level.