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
Broscus
Panzer, 1813
Broscus davidianus
Fairmaire, 1888
Fairmaire (1888a)
described
Broscus davidianus
from specimens in his collection originating in
Hong Kong
and Yunnan. Dejean described
B
.
punctatus
from specimens collected by M. Klug on Mount Sinai (having visited this mountain in the centre of the Sinai peninsula in
Egypt
, I find it hard to believe that the same species can occur in
Hong Kong
).
Andrewes (1919a)
and
Andrewes (1935)
, treat this as a well marked form of
B. punctatus
and is listed under that species as occurring in
Hong Kong
by
Bousquet (2003a)
and
Häckel
et al.
(2010)
.
Roig-Juñent (2000)
examined both taxa and lists
Broscus davidianus
Fairmaire, 1888a
separately.
Hua (2002)
lists
Broscus davidianus
Fairmaire, 1888a
.