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
Genus
Hikosanoagonum
Habu, 1954
There possibly are two species of this genus inhabiting
Hong Kong
which differ in size, coloration and other characters. These records represent the first citation of the genus for
Hong Kong
.
Hikosanoagonum
sp. 1
Body size
9 mm
long.
Material
: 1 ex.
Hong Kong
, Lantau, Tung Chung valley,
15.iv.14
circa
300 m
altitude; ♀
Hong Kong
, Lantau, Tung Chung valley,
25.v.14
; 1 ex.
Hong Kong
, Lantau, Sunset Peak
6.vi.10
, circa
500 m
altitude.
Biology
: Imago found April to June. Maybe confined to Lantau Island.
Hikosanoagonum
sp. 2
This species is 10.5 mm long, with the green laterally on the elytra, the disk yellow brown.
Material
: 1 ex.
Hong Kong
, Tai Mo Shan,
29.vii.12
, circa
800 m
altitude, netted.
Biology
: Imago found July. Maybe a mountain species.