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
Physodera
Eschscholtz, 1829
Physodera eschscholtzii
Parry, 1849
New record for
Hong Kong
. Identification was made by Dr. Martin Baehr, by checking
type
material.
Material
: 1 ex.
Hong Kong
,
Hong Kong
Island, Pok Fulam,
17.iv.09
(Leg. Yiu Vor); 1 ex.
Hong Kong
, Mui Tze Lung,
7.v.08
(Leg.Yiui Vor).
Biology
: Imago found April to May.
Physodera parvicollis
Van de Poll, 1889
This species was described from
Hong Kong
specimens, and is listed by
Jedlièka (1963)
,
Hua (2002)
,
Kabak (2003)
and
Shi
et al.
(2013)
. The only distinguishing feature between this species and
P. eschscholtzii
Parry 1849
, is the size of the pronotum, smaller and narrower in
P. parvicollis
. As the only recent specimens of this genus collected in
Hong Kong
match well the
type
specimens of
P. eschscholtzii
, a comparison of
type
material is needed to ascertain whether both species names refer to the same taxon.