A contribution to the knowledge of cavernicolous ground beetles from Sichuan Province, southwestern China (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechini, Platynini)
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
He, Li
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4597-3442
Sichuan Cave Exploration Team, No. 66, 5 th Shuangcheng Road, Chenghua District, Chengdu, 610051, China
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ZooKeys
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2020-12-31
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1008.61040
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1008.61040
1313-2970-1008-61
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Uenoaphaenops fani (
Ueno
, 2003)
comb. nov.
Chinese name:
范氏上野穴步甲
Figs 2
, 3
, 4A, C
, 5A, B
, 6
Material.
3 females, the cave
Hua'er
Dong, Xiangdingshan, Xiangding, Shiping, Gulin, Luzhou, Sichuan (四川省泸州市古蔺县石屏镇向顶村象顶山华儿洞),
28.028931°N
,
106.00716°E
, 640 m, 2020-VI-22, leg. Yuan Li & Zhen Wang, in CLH, CYL and CZW, respectively; 2 males and 1 female, same cave, 2019-XI-3, leg. Yunchun Li, in SCAU.
Remarks.
Ueno
(2003)
mentioned that the submentum of
Qianotrechus fani
is 8-setose. Actually, there are 12 setae in total in our exemplars, excluding the shorter pubescence along the site of labial suture.
Distribution.
China (Sichuan). Known only from the cave
Hua'er
Dong (Figs
2
,
6
).
Ueno
(2003)
gave a detailed description of the cave
Hua'er
Dong in which there are two main entrances in opposite directions (Fig.
6A-D
). The exemplars of
Uenoaphaenops fani
(
Ueno
, 2003) comb. nov. were collected on the wall or under stone in the moist areas about 20-30 m from the left entrance in dark zone. It is sympatric with
Jujiroa wangzheni
sp. nov. (Fig.
6E
).
Figure 6.
Cave
Hua'er
Dong, the type locality of
Uenoaphaenops fani
(
Ueno
, 2003), comb. nov. and
Jujiroa wangzheni
sp. nov.
A-C
environs of the cave, left (yellow arrow) and right (red arrow) entrances
D
entrance to the right
E
a running individual of
Jujiroa wangzheni
sp. nov. in cave. (
A-D
by courtesy of Yuan Li).