Inventory of the Carabid Beetle Fauna of the Gaoligong Mountains, Western Yunnan Province, China: Species of the Tribe Trechini (Coleoptera: Caraboidea), with Descriptions of Four New Genera, One New Subgenus and 19 New Species. Author Deuve, Thierry Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB - UMR 7205 - MNHN, CNRS, UPMC, EPHE, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne-Universités, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 50, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05, France. Author Kavanaugh, David H. Department of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118, U. S. A. dkavanaugh@calacademy.org Author Liang, Hongbin Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China * Corresponding author: David H. Kavanaugh (dkavanaugh @ calacademy. org) text Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 2016 2016-10-14 63 12 341 455 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.13155283 0068-547X 13155283 4C790FE0-B735-4592-8827-EEF83C663CB1 Genus Perileptus Schaum, 1860 Perileptus Schaum, 1860:663 . TYPE SPECIES .— Carabus areolatus Creutzer, 1799 . DIAGNOSIS .— Adults of this genus ( Figs. 5a , 6a ) can be recognized by the following combination of character states: size small to medium (BL = 2.0 to 3.5 mm ), fully winged, dorsal surface covered with more or less long pubescence; eyes large, convex, pubescent; frons flat, frontal furrows wide and deep, attenuated posteriorly; terminal palpomeres slender, attenuated apically; mentum free, not fused with submentum; submentum with 10 or 12 setae; antennal scape distinctly pubescent; pronotum narrowed basally, with base broadly projected posteriorly, median longitudinal furrow deeply and sharply defined; elytra elongate and flattened, recurrent stria indistinct; legs short, protibiae without longitudinal furrows. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION .— Perileptus is a moderately diverse genus with about 50 described species arrayed in four subgenera ( Lorenz 2005 ). It is represented in the Palearctic, Oriental, Afrotropical, Australian and Neotropical Regions. The study area is within the previously known range of this genus.