A contribution to the knowledge of cave-adapted ground beetles from Guiyang, central Guizhou Province, southwestern China (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechini) Author Tian, Mingyi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2823-7619 Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, 483 Wushan Road, Guangzhou, 510642, China mytian168@aliyun.com Author Cheng, Guangyuan Haixia Caving, Bureau of Ecology and Environment, no. 7 Building, Financial City, Guanshanhu, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550081, China Author Huang, Sunbin https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8357-6651 Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, 483 Wushan Road, Guangzhou, 510642, China & Mecanismes adaptatifs et evolution (MECADEV), UMR 7179 CNRS-MNHN, Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, CP 50, 57 Rue Cuvier, F- 75005 Paris, France text ZooKeys 2021 2021-12-07 1075 175 198 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.73318 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1075.73318 1313-2970-1075-175 E78D89702BE5424FA4F1B77E009B4154 D2E9DEA7FC48510B94D8D513FAD89F73 Zhijinaphaenops jingliae Deuve & Tian, 2015 (Chinese name: 景丽织盲步甲 ) Figures 1 , 9B-D, F-H , 10C, D , 12 , 13 Zhijinaphaenops jingliae Deuve & Tian, 2015: 397 Material. 2 males & 1 female , Guizhou : Guiyang , Xifeng , Xishan , Shenli , Mafen Dong cave (息烽县西山镇马粪洞), 27°04'N , 106°37'E , 1157 m , 2020-II-29 , leg. Guangyuan Cheng ; 1 male , Guizhou , Guiyang , Xifeng , Xinlong , Wenquan Dong (息烽县温泉镇温泉洞), 27°11'N , 106°49'E , 916 m , 2020-VII-18 , leg. Jingli Cheng. Diagnosis. A medium-sized Zhijinaphaenops species, wholly brown and pubescent, head narrow, with thin and very long antennae which extend beyond of elytral apices. Habitus as in Figure 12 A . Figure 12. Mafen Dong cave, a new locality of Zhijinaphaenops jingliae Deuve & Tian, 2015 A habitus of a male beetle discovered in Mafen Dong B place where beetles were discovered. Remarks. Zhijinaphaenops jingliae was recorded from Zhangkou Dong cave near Musa village, Shidong Zhen, Xifeng County ( Deuve and Tian 2015 ). In 2020, this species was found in two caves of the same county, Mafen Dong (Xishan Zhen) and Wenquan Dong (Wenquan Zhen). Morphological characteristics including male genitalia of individuals from the above two caves are identical to the holotype specimen (Figs 9B-D, F-H , 10C, D ). Distribution. China (Guizhou). Known from three limestone caves in Xifeng County, northern Guiyang (Fig. 1 ). Mafen Dong cave (Fig. 12B ) is about 600 m from Mafen village, only 5 km away Zhangkou Dong cave in the east. The individuals of Z. jingliae were found running on the ground in a dark area not far from the entrance. Wenquan Dong cave is near Xinglong village, about 30 km from Zhangkou Dong. It opens via quite large entrance in a small hill of a valley and is surrounded by bushes, (Fig. 13A ). There are two large chambers inside and a main passage about two hundred meters long. There is a pool at the bottom of the first chamber. A large part of the cave is moist and maintains good conditions for cave animals (Fig. 13B, C ). Apart from the single beetle of Zhijinaphaenops jingliae , other cave arthropod animals found in this cave were spiders and crickets (Fig. 13D-F ). Figure 13. Wenquan Dong cave, a locality of Zhijinaphaenops jingliae Deuve & Tian, 2015 and its sympatric arthropods A entrance B, C environ inside cave D a spider with an egg sac E a running individual of Z. jingliae F a Tachycines cricket.