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
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Subgenus
Pachydinodes
Kuntzen, 1919
Chlaenius (Pachydinodes) hamifer
Chaudoir, 1856
Chlaenius bihamatus
Chaudoir, 1856 a
junior synonym of this species was described from specimens originating in
Hong Kong
, and is listed under that name by
Chaudoir (1876b)
and
Bates (1889)
.
Andrewes (1919a)
questioned whether these specimens originated from
Hong Kong
"when
C. bihamatus
was described (Bull. Mosc. 1856, iii, 210). Chaudoir said he had received two examples taken by Capt. Boys in N.
India
, and another from
Tranquebar
;
C. hamifer
(I.c. 209) was said to come from Java. In the Monograph (Ann. Mus. Civ.
Gen. 1876
, 62) he tells us that he has two examples of
C. bihamatus
from Java and one from Hong-Kong, while
G. hamifer
now inhabits " toute la presqu'ile Cisgangetique." It is evident to me that in 1856 he transposed the localities, but no word of this appears in the Monograph, where the necessary rectification is made.Listed as occuring in
Hong Kong
by
Saha
et al.
(1992)
.
Material
: 1 ex.
Hong Kong
, Lantau, Pui O,
18.iii.09
, under stone; 2 exx.
Hong Kong
, Lantau, Pui O,
20.iii.07
, under stone; Sight record 1 ex.
Hong Kong
, Lantau, Pui O,
8.iv.09
; Sight record 1 ex.
Hong Kong
, Lantau, Pui O,
13.iv.08
; Sight record 1 ex.
Hong Kong
, Lantau, Pui O,
14.iv.08
; 1 ex.
Hong Kong
, Lantau, Pui O,
5.vi.12
, under stone; Sight record 1 ex. teneral specimen,
Hong Kong
, Lantau, Shap Long,
1.v.15
, under stone in dry marsh; Ƌ W.T.L.,
15.vii.13
; Sight record,
Hong Kong
, Lantau, Pui O,
23.ix.08
; 1 ex.
Hong Kong
, Lantau, Shap Long,
28.ix.13
, many seen; Sight record W.T.L.,
2.x.13
; 1 ex.
Hong Kong
, Lantau, Pui O,
14.x.06
, under stone in damp area of dry marsh; 1 ex.
Hong Kong
, Lantau, Pui O,
21.xi.09
, under stone.
Biology
: Imago found March to November. Freshwater and saltwater marsh. Attracted to light and fully winged.
Chlaenius
(
Pachydinodes
)
leucops
Wiedemann, 1823
New record for
Hong Kong
. Identification confirmed by Lian Hong-bin (pers. comm.).
Material:
1 ex. W.T.L.,
27.vi.11
; 3 exx.
Hong Kong
, Lantau, Pui O,
28.xii.12
, under stone in dry marsh.
Biology
: Imago found June and December. Fresh water marsh. Attracted to light and fully winged.
Chlaenius
(
Pachydinodes
)
pictus
Chaudoir, 1856
Bates (1873) lists this species as occurring in
Hong Kong
.
Kirschenhofer (2003a)
however does not list
Hong Kong
under this species' distribution.
Chlaenius (Pachydinodes) virgulifer
Chaudoir, 1876
Chaudoir (1876b)
described this species from seven
Hong Kong
specimens and two from Northern
China
.