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 text ZooKeys 2012 2012-02-24 171 39 92 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.171.2306 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.171.2306 1313-2970-171-39 1C0AE742AF194DCE8A6E86B6D72ECCB2 F3103053C45BFFED2A35FFF7FFA5FFA6 576907 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.