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
Subgenus
Amblygenius
LaFert-Sénectére, 1851
Chlaenius
(
Amblygenius
)
sinensis
Chaudoir, 1856
Chaudoir described this species from specimens originating from
Hong Kong
.
Chaudoir (1876b)
noted this species as quite common in
Hong Kong
.
Gemminger & Harold (1868)
, Hill (1982) and
Kirschenhofer (2003a)
also list this species for
Hong Kong
. Hill (1982) gives it the common name Shiny Ground Beetle.
Material
: ♀
Hong Kong
, Lantau, Wo Tin
14.ii.15
Wo Tin, under rock on dry hillside; ♀ W.T.L.,
22.vi.12
; 1 ex.
Hong Kong
, Lantau, Sunset Peak,
27.ix.09
, found dead on path dried. Ƌ W.T.,
1.xii.10
, in grass at circa
200 m
alt, under rock, together with what looked like
Craspedophorus mandarinus
or very similar species.
Biology
: Imago found throughout the year. This species seems to like grassy, dry hilltops. Can be attracted to light, it is fully winged and capable of flight.