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
Platymetopus
Dejean, 1829
Platymetopus flavilabris
(
Fabricius, 1798
)
Listed by
Schauberger (1933)
as occurring in
Hong Kong
(variant
corrosus
), but not listed by Kataev
et al.
(2003). Specimens agree with the
type
descriptions of
P. corrosus
Bates 1873a
and
P. punctulicollis
Bates 1889
, both junior synonyms of this species. Determination confirmed by Liang Hong Bin (pers. comm.) and D.W. Wrase (pers. comm.).
Material
: ♀ W.T.L.,
19.iii.15
; sight record W.T.L.,
31.iii.09
; sight record W.T.L.,
1.iv.09
; Sight record 1 ex W.T.L.,
16.iv.14
; Sight record W.T.L.,
28.iv.15
; Sight record W.T.L.,
30.iv.15
; Sight record W.T.L.,
2.v.15
; 1 ex. W.T.L.,
1.v.11
; 1 ex. W.T.L.,
2.v.06
; 1 ex. W.T.L.,
6.v.06
; Sight record W.T.L.,
6.vi.15
; 1 ex. W.T.L.,
12.v.15
; sight record W.T.L.,
13.v.15
; sight record W.T.L.,
14.v.15
; Sight record W.T.L.,
18.v.15
on vertical surface; 1 ex. W.T.L.,
20.v.12
; Sight record W.T.L.,
24.v.15
; Sight record W.T.L.,
31.v.15
; Sight record W.T.L.,
2.vi.15
; sight record W.T.L.,
14.vi.15
; sight record W.T.L.,
24.vi.15
; Sight record W.T.,
15.vii.14
under cover on vertical wall of house; 1 ex. W.T.L.,
6.viii.06
; 1 ex. W.T.L.,
17.viii.06
; 1 ex. W.T.L.,
20.viii.13
; Sight record W.T.L.,
27.ix.15
; Sight record W.T.L.,
2.x.14
; Sight record W.T.L.,
24.x.14
; 1 ex. W.T.L.,
25.x.14
; 1 ex. W.T.L.,
October 2011
.
Biology
: Imago found March to October. Can be attracted to light, it is fully winged and capable of flight. This species seems to have a preference for vertical surfaces.
Platymetopus quadrimaculatus
Dejean, 1829
New record for
Hong Kong
. This is the first record of this distinctive species that was confirmed by D.W. Wrase from photo (pers. comm.).
Material
: 1 ex. W.T.L.,
29.vi.08
; 1 ex. W.T.L.,
25.viii.13
; 1 ex. W.T.L.,
2.ix.10
; sight record 1 ex. W.T.L.,
9.ix.13
.
Biology
: Imago found June to September. Can be attracted to light, it is fully winged and capable of flight.
Platymetopus tritus
Bates, 1889
Listed by
Schauberger (1933)
,
Hua (2002)
, and Kataev
et al.
(2003) as occurring in
Hong Kong
. It maybe that this species is a junior synonym of
P. flavilabris
(
Fabricius, 1798
)
, from which it seems to differ in being smaller in size.