Taxonomic review of Chinese species of ground beetles of the subgenus Pseudoophonus (genus Harpalus) (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Author
Kataev, Boris M.
Author
Liang, Hongbin
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Zootaxa
2015
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Harpalus
(
Pseudoophonus
)
hauserianus
Schauberger, 1929
(Figs 1, 72–81)
Harpalus
(
Pardileus
)
hauserianus
Schauberger, 1929
: 191
.
Type
locality: "Yun-nan-sen" (=Kunming), Yunnan,
China
.
Harpalus
(
Pseudoophonus
)
disaogashimensis
Huang
in
Huang & Zhang, 1995
: 113
, 116,
syn. n.
Type
locality: Kunming,
1990 m
, Yunnan,
China
.
FIGURES 68–71.
Harpalus meghalayensis
, median lobe of aedeagus (Meghalaya). 68, view from the left side; 69, dorsal view; 70, 71, view from the right side.
a
, folded formation of internal sac. Scale = 1.0 mm.
Type
material
.
Lectotype
[mentioned as "
holotype
" by
Gusenleitner (1990: 759)
: see
Kataev (2001: 401)
and remarks below] of
H. hauserianus
: ♂, labeled "Yun-nan-sen", "
Type
", "
Harp
. (
Pard
.)
hauserianus
Sch.
, loc. class.", "
Hauserianus
Schaub., det. Dr. E. Schaub", "
Harpalus
Pardileus indicus
Bates s.
Hauserianus
Schaub." and "
Type
" (
OÖLL
); and three
paralectotypes
(all in
OÖLL
):
1 ♂
and 1 ♀, same data, but labeled as cotypes, and
1 ♂
, labeled "
China
, Pr. Honan, Kihung-Shan", "Cotype", "
Hauserianus
Schaub., det. Dr. E. Schaub.", "Coll. Dr. Schaubg.", and "Cotype".
Holotype
of
H. disaogashimensis
: ♂, "Yunnan (Kunming),
1990 m
,
18.IX.1958
" [in
Chinese
], "
Harpalus disaogashimensis
sp. n.
H.T.L." (
IOZ
). ALT: f (
IOZ
).
Paratypes
:
21 specimens
(♂ and ♀) from Kunming (
IOZ
).
Additional material examined
[in addition to the specimens listed by
Kataev (2001)
].
China
. GUIZHOU:
2 ♂
, 2 ♀, "Kouy-Tcheou [= Guizhou], Reg. de Pin-Fa, Pere Cavalerie, 1908" (
MNHN
). SICHUAN:
1 ♂
, S Sichuan, Xichang—S env., cultural steppe,
26.VII.1997
, J. Turna leg. (cSCI);
6 ♂
, SW Sichuan,
80 km
NE Yanyuan,
2500 m
, near Pingchuan,
25–27.VI.1998
(cITO);
10 ♂
, 3 ♀, S Sichuan, road Xichang—Yanyuan, pass
15 km
SW Pingchuan,
27°33'N
101°49'E
, ca
3200 m
,
26–27.VI.1998
, J. Turna leg. (cITO); 1 ♀, Tatsienlu,
9200 m
,
14.VIII.1929
, Field Museum Kelley—Roosevelt Asiatic Exped. 1929, H. Stevens leg. (
FMNH
);
1 ♂
, Batang,
3470 m
,
16.VIII.1982
, Wang Shuyong leg. (
IOZ
);
1 ♂
, Xiangcheng Co.,
2900 m
,
18.VI.1982
, Wang Shuyong leg. (
IOZ
); 3 ♀, Huili Co.,
2100 m
,
21.VII.1974
(
IOZ
);
2 ♂
, 4 ♀, Luding, Lengqi Town, Road S211 at Km 292,
29.82303°E
102.22245°E
,
1610 m
,
11.IX.2007
, day, D. Kavanaugh leg. (
IOZ
). YUNNAN:
1 ♂
, "Yunnan, David" (
MNHN
);
1 ♂
, "Yun-nan: Tsekou et Se-Tchouen, Principante de Batang: Yargong, J.A. Soulie, 1907" (
MNHN
); 1 ♀, Kunming, Xishan,
17.VII.1982
, Song Shimei leg. (
IOZ
);
1 ♂
, 2 ♀, garden in Kunming, Institute of Botany,
1950 m
,
27.VI.2000
, Sino-American Exp. (
IOZ
);
1 ♂
, 1 ♀, Deqen,
2700 m
,
6.IX.1981
, Liao Subai leg. (
IOZ
); 3 ♀, ca
170 km
NE Lijiang. env. Shudu Lake,
2700 m
,
4.
IV.2003
, T. Vereschagina & S. Sergievskij leg. (
ZIN
); 1 ♀,
5 km
NE of Xiaguan, Erhai Lake,
2261 m
,
20.V.2002
, M, Volkovits leg. (
ZIN
);
1 ♂
, Chuxiong Co.,
2400 m
,
8.V.1982
, Yu Peiyu leg. (
IOZ
);
1 ♂
, Shangrila, Xiaozhongdian, Tianbaoshan,
27.58517°N
99.87586°E
,
3530 m
,
18.IX.2007
, day, H.B.
FIGURES 72–81.
Harpalus hauserianus
, median lobe of aedeagus (72–74, Kunming, lectotype; 75, Nepal; 76–77, Yunnan; 78–81, Sichuan). 72, view from the left side; 73, 77, 79, 81, dorsal view; 74–76, 78, 80, view from the right side).
a
,
c
, folded formations of internal sac. Scale = 1.0 mm.
Liang leg. (
IOZ
);
5 ♂
, 7 ♀, Tonghai, Yangguang, Shuijieshan, ground,
24.15233N
102.83973E
,
2120 m
,
15.X.2007
, day, D. Kavanaugh & H.B. Liang leg. (
IOZ
);
1 ♂
, 1 ♀, Gongshan, Cikai Town, Pulahe, river & road sides,
27°44'55"N
98°40' 01"E
,
1445 m
,
8.X.2002
, D. Kavanaugh & H.B. Liang leg. (
IOZ
);
1 ♂
, Gongshan, Cikai Town, Pulahe, joint with Nujiang,
27.74843°N
98.66498°E
,
1530 m
,
11.XI.2004
, D. Kavanaugh & D.Z. Dong leg. (
IOZ
);
7 ♂
, 2 ♀, same data as preceding, but
23.X.2004
, D. Kavanaugh & D.Z. Dong leg. (
IOZ
);
2 ♂
, Lushui Co., Liuku Town,
Laowo
He, riverside,
25.88207°N
98.99156°E
,
1280 m
,
18.XI.2004
, H.B. Liang leg. (
IOZ
); 1 ♀, Lushui Co., Liuku, Laimao village, around the corn field
25.82744°N
98.85177°E
,
854 m
,
20.X.2004
, D. Kavanaugh leg. (
IOZ
);
1 ♂
, Fugong, Lumadeng, Yaping, Yamuhe,
27.13561°N
98.84166°E
,
1612 m
,
7.X.2007
, day, H.L. Shi & H.B. Liang leg. (
IOZ
); 2 ♀, Yongping Co., highway pass Yongping—Huanglian,
2370 m
,
25.49303°N
99.63825°E
,
23.VIII.2007
, B. Kataev & H.-B. Liang leg. (
ZIN
);
9 ♂
, 7 ♀, Jianchuan Co., Yuhua reservoir,
26.42694°N
99.96504°E
,
2437 m
,
18.VIII.2007
, B. Kataev & H.-B. Liang leg. (
ZIN
);
9 ♂
, 7 ♀, same data as preceding, but H.B. Liang leg. (
IOZ
);
1 m
, 2 f, Chuxiong Co., Zixishan, lake side,
2390 m
,
25.00435°N
101.41094°E
,
24.VIII.2007
, B. Kataev & H.-B. Liang leg. (
ZIN
); 2 ♀, Chuxiong Co., Zixishan forest station,
2330 m
,
25.03484°N
101.39908°E
,
24.VIII.2007
, H.B. Liang leg. (
IOZ
);
2 ♂
, 1 ♀, Dali Bai Aut. Pref.,
36 km
N Dali,
2158 m
,
26°01'20"N
100°08'14"E
, ruderal pasture with pines, shrubs, small brooks, and stones/ litter shifted,
24.VIII.2009
, D.W. Wrase leg. (cWR,
ZIN
). XIZANG: 1 ♀, Qamdo,
20.V.1976
, Han Yinheng leg. (
IOZ
).
Diagnosis
. This species is extremely similar in external characters including apical spur of protibia not dentate at margins (Fig. 1) to
H. indicus
, but differs from it in greater number (four, more rarely three or five) of setigerous pores along posterior margin of metafemur and in structure of median lobe of aedeagus with a much shorter basal field “
a
” and with a peculiar medial folded formation “
c
” in the internal sac (
Figs 72–77, 80–81
); some specimens have a medial spiny patch in the internal sac (
Figs 78–79
). In addition, mesotarsomere 1 of male of
H. hauserianus
lacks adhesive vestiture underneath in contrast to that of
H. indicus orientalis
, which has such vestiture apically. Body length
9.2–12.9 mm
.
Distribution
. Known only from
China
: mainly the south-western part (Xizang, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Henan). The species is recorded here from Xizang and Guizhou for the first time.
Remarks
. In the original description of
H. hauserianus
,
Schauberger (1929)
did not mention any specimen of the
type
series as a
type
. Thence, based on the article 74.5 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (
ICZN 1999
), the subsequent erroneous treatment of the male from "Yun-nan-sen" as a
holotype
by
Gusenleitner (1990)
should be considered as a valid
lectotype
designation (
Kataev 2001
), because this specimen was selected from the
type
series and all other specimens of this series were mentioned by him as
paratypes
.
The status and distinctive characters of
H. hauserianus
were discussed by
Kataev (2001)
. Based on the original description of
H. disaogashimensis
, he also proposed that this taxon seems to be conspecific with
H. hauserianus
. A more recent examination of the
type
series of
H. disaogashimensis
confirmed this proposition. Thus we treat the latter taxon as a junior synonym of
H. hauserianus
.