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
Amphimenes
Bates, 1873
Amphimenes rugulipennis
(
Bates, 1892
)
New record for
Hong Kong
and probably the Chinese fauna. Material was determined from specimens by Dr. Martin Baehr.
Material
: 1 ex. W.T.,
4.i.10
, night time on footpath railings; 1 ex. W.T.,
12.ii.11
, inside the trunk of dead tree; 1 ex. W.T.,
11.iii.09
, on tree; 1 ex. W.T.,
24.iv.07
, on tree after heavy rain; 1 ex. W.T.,
23.v.10
; 1 ex. W.T.,
9.xi.10
, on railings night; 1 ex.
Hong Kong
, Lantau, Tung Chung valley,
30.ix.14
, under bark tree trunk.
Biology
: Imago found November to May. Nocturnal and arboreal on the trunks of trees and similar structures. Does not come readily to light.