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
Aephnidius
MacLeay, 1825
Aephnidius adelioides
(
MacLeay, 1825
)
New record for
Hong Kong
although this species is quite common locally.
Andrewes and Scott (1924)
recorded this species from
Macao
.
Material
: 1 ex.
Hong Kong
, Lantau, Pui O,
20.iv.08
; 1 ex. W.T.L.,
24.v.14
; 1 ex. W.T.L.,
29.v.12
; 1 ex. W.T.L.,
2.vi.15
, 2 others seen; 1 ex. W.T.L.,
20.viii.13
; 1 ex. W.T.L.,
18.ix.09
; Sight record W.T.L.,
20.ix.15
; 1 ex.
Hong Kong
, Lantau, Pui O,
9.xii.06
, under rock in marsh.
Biology
: Imago found April to September. Sandy areas of fresh and salt water marshes, can be attracted to light, it is fully winged and capable of flight.