Contribution to knowledge of the genus Chydaeus in Xizang Autonomous Region [Tibet] and Yunnan Province, China (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Harpalini)
Author
Kataev, Boris M.
Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
Author
Liang, Hongbin
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Author
Kavanaugh, David H.
Department of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California 94118 USA
dkavanaugh@calacademy.org
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.171.2306
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.171.2306
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Chydaeus bedeli interjectus Kataev & Schmidt, 2002
Fig. 62
Material examined.
A total of 61 specimens (40 males and 21 females in IOZ) were examined from the following localities:
China
.
Xizang Autonomous Region
.
Cona County
: 2 males, Mama, 2900 m, 6.VIII.1974 (IOZ).
Nyalam County
: 8 males and 7 females), Nyalam, 3900 m, 13.V.1974 (IOZ); 1 male, Nyalam, Zham, 2650 m, 15.V.1966, Wang Shuyong leg. (IOZ); 8 males, 3 females, Nyalam, Zham, Quxam, 3300 m, 8.VII.1975, Huang Fusheng leg. (IOZ); 1 male, same data, but 2250 m, 17.V.1974, Wang Shuyong leg. (IOZ); 1 female, same data, but 3500 m, 21.V.1966, Wang Shuyong leg. (IOZ); 11 males, 2 females, same data, but 3300 m, 7 and 8.VII.1975 (IOZ); 3 males, 1 female, same data, but 3400 m, 7.VII.1975 (IOZ); 3 males, 1 female, same data, but 6.VII.1975 (IOZ); 1 male, same data, but 3500 m, 21.V.1966, Wang Shuyong leg. (IOZ); 1 female, same data, but 2400-3000 m, 11.V.1966, Wang Shuyong leg. (IOZ); 1 female, same data, but 3370 m, 22.V.1966, Wang Shuyong leg. (IOZ).
Yadong County
: 1 male, Tibet, Yadong, 30.V.1975 (IOZ); 1 female, same data, but 31.V.1975 (IOZ); 2 female, same data, but 1.VIII.1981 (IOZ); 1 male, same data, but 2800 m, 30.V.1975 (IOZ); 1 male, same data, but 2800 m, 31.V.1974 (IOZ); 1 female, same data, but 2800 m, 5.VI.1961 (IOZ).
Distribution.
Fig. 62
.
Chydaeus bedeli interjectus
is common in the Eastern Himalaya, from the eastern part of Nepal to Bhutan (
Kataev and Schmidt 2002
). This taxon was not previously recorded from China; and new records presented here extend its known range to include the southern part Xizang Autonomous Region (Cona, Nyalam, and Yadong counties), at elevations of 2250-3900 m.