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 Tachylopha Motschulsky, 1862 Tachyura ( Tachylopha ) ovata ( Motchulsky, 1851 ) Schaum described a junior synonym of this species Tachyura albicornis Schaum, 1860 from a specimen collected by Bowring in Hong Kong . Also listed for Hong Kong by Gemminger & Harold (1868) , Andrewes (1919a) and Kopecky (2003) . Andrewes (1928) draws attention to a specimen in Motschulsky's collection, originating from Bowring and dated 7.xii.51 , bearing a double sided label, on one side (not in Motschulsky's handwriting " Tachys albicornis Schaum , Hong Kong " and on the other probably in Chaudoir’s writing " Bemb callipygum Chaud". Material: 1 ex. Hong Kong , Lam Tsuen valley, 2.i.12 , (leg. Jason Maté); 1 ex. W.T.L., 31.v.15 ; 2 exx. W.T.L., 24.vi.15 . Biology : Imago found January and May to June. Andrewes & Scott (1924) commented it was found under stones in Macao , though the only recent Hong Kong record from a habitat was found on the grassy bottom of a narrow, shallow drainage ditch. Can be attracted to light.