Taxonomic review of Chinese species of ground beetles of the subgenus Pseudoophonus (genus Harpalus) (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Author
Kataev, Boris M.
Author
Liang, Hongbin
text
Zootaxa
2015
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3920.1.1
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Harpalus
(
Pseudoophonus
)
eous
Tschitschérine, 1901
(
Figs 13–14
)
Harpalus
(
Pseudophonus
)
eous
Tschitschérine, 1901
: 236
.
Type
locality: "Mantschurie: G. Boyan SuSu" (restricted here based on designation of
lectotype
).
Type
material
.
Lectotype
(present designation): ♂, labeled "G. Boyan SuSu (Mn)
23/VII.97
Grombchev" [in Cyrillic], "
Eous
m. Typ. Tschitscherin det." (
ZIN
).
Paralectotypes
:
4 ♂
, 1 ♀, same data as preceding (
ZIN
); 1 ♀, "Salidugan
10–20.VII.90
Komarov" [in Cyrillic], "
Eous
m. Typ. Tschitscherin det." (
ZIN
),
1 ♂
, "M. Salidugan i Erdugan
10–20.VII.96
Komarov" [in Cyrillic], "
Eous
m. Typ. Tschitscherin det." (
ZIN
), 1 ♀, "Vlsdsk., 7.90", "
Eous
m., Typ. Tschitscherin det." (
ZIN
).
Additional material examined
. More than
420 specimens
(140 from
China
), including the following specimens from Hubei and Hunan.
China
.
HUBEI
:
1 ♂
, Shennongjia,
1650 m
,
12.VII.1980
, Yu Peiyu leg. (
IOZ
); 2 ♀, same data as preceding, but
1800 m
,
2.VIII.1981
, Han Yinheng leg. (
IOZ
).
HUNAN
:
1 ♂
, Quyuan Nongchang (farm),
18.VI.1987
, no collector (
IOZ
).
Diagnosis
. This species is recognizable by combination of the following characters: head large, tempora setaceous, pronotum with several lateral setae along sides, and elytra densely punctate and pubescent on all intervals, without row of discal pores on intervals 1, 3, 5 and 7. Median lobe of aedeagus (
Figs 13–14
) has several somewhat large spiny patches in the internal sac. Body length
12.5–14.8 mm
.
Distribution
.
China
: mainly in the north-eastern and central parts. It was recorded from Nei Mongol, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Beijing, Hebei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Hunan (
Liang & Yu 2000
;
Kataev
et al
. 2003
), and Hubei (
Hua 2002
). Additional localities from Hubei and Hunan are listed above.
The species is also known from Eastern
Russia
(Buryatia, Chita and Amur Provinces, Khabarovsk and Maritime Territories), North and
South Korea
including Jejudo, and
Japan
(Hokkaido, Honshu, Sikoku, and Kyushu Islands) (
Habu 1973
;
Lafer 1989
;
Kryzhanovskij
et al
. 1995
;
Kataev 1997
;
Kataev
et al
. 2003
; Moon &
Paik 2006
).