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 Subgenus Ophionea Klug, 1821 Ophionea (Ophionea) indica (Thunberg, 1784) Kirschenhofer (1996) lists this species for Hong Kong . It may be that this and O. interstitialis are being confused. Material: 1 ex. Hong Kong , Tai Lung Farm (AFCD), 3.ix.76 , on bare, dry mud between rice plants (AFCD collection, Tai Lung Farm. Collector R. Winney. Determined G.G.Kirby). Biology : Imago found September. Associated with rice. Can be attracted to light, it is fully winged and capable of flight. Ophionea (Ophionea) interstitialis ( Schmidt-Gbel, 1846 ) Redtenbacher (1867) recorded Ophionea cyanocephala , a synonym of Ophionea indica (Thunberg, 1764) from Hong Kong . However Andrews (1924) concluded this identification was incorrect and the specimens were in fact interstitialis . It may be that this and O. indica are being confused. Ophionea ( Ophionea ) ishii Habu, 1961 . New record for Hong Kong . The species was previously recorded in Guangdong province. Specimens determined from Habu (1982a) . Material : 1 ex. W.T.L., 23.xi.14 . Biology : Imago found November. Can be attracted to light, it is fully winged and capable of flight.