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 Peliocypas Schmidt-Gobel, 1846 Peliocypas cordicollis ( Bates, 1889 ) New record for Hong Kong . Identification determined by Dr. Martin Baehr from specimens. Material: 1 ex. Hong Kong , Tai Om Shan, 6.iv.13 ; 1 ex. Hong Kong , Tai Om Shan, 16.iv.13 ; 1 ex. Hong Kong , Lam Tseun valley, 13.v.12 ; 2 exx. Hong Kong , Tai Om Shan, 17.v.13 ; 1 ex. Hong Kong , Tai Om Shan, 18.v.13 ; 1 ex. Hong Kong , Tai Mo Shan, 9.vii.11 , in grass circa 800 m altitude; 1 ex. Hong Kong , Tai Mo Shan, 29.vii.12 ; 1 ex. Hong Kong , Lam Tsuen valley, 8.viii.12 , in wet ditch. Biology : Imago found April to August in grasslands. Appears at higher altitudes up to 800 m in mid to late summer, it would be very interesting to ascertain whether this was a new generation or a result of altitudinal movement. There is another species of Peliocypas , that differs from the previous in being slightly larger, having pubescence on pronotum and elytra; elytral striae blackish brown, distinctly punctate with the intervals very glossy. Using Kirschenhofer (1986b) and Jedlièka (1963) it keys out to Peliocypas luridus ( Schmidt-Göbel, 1846 ) , though it is unlikely to be this species as nowhere in the description do they mention the distinctive dark stria. Material : 1 ex. Hong Kong , Tai Om Shan, 6.iv.13 ; 1 ex. Hong Kong , Wu Kau Tang, 12.iv.14 ; 1 ex. Hong Kong , Lam Tsuen valley, 21.iv.12 ; 1 ex. Hong Kong , Tai Om Shan, 27.iv.13 ; 2 exx. Hong Kong , Lam Tseun valley, 29.iv.12 ; 1 ex. Hong Kong , Lam Tsuen valley, 5.v.12 ; 1 ex. Hong Kong , Wu Kau Tang, 29.v.12 . Biology : Imago found April to May. Grasslands in lower altitudes.