Two new species of cavernicolous trechine beetles are described from the limestone caves in southwestern China, Shilinotrechus intricatus Huang and Tian, new species (Da Dong cave, Yiliang County, Yunnan Province) and Sichuanotrechus dakangensis Huang and Tian, new species (Zhaojia Dong cave, Jiangyou City, Sichuan Province). Occurrence of Sichuanotrechus albidraconis Uéno, 2006 is reported for the first time from the Shuimen Dong cave, Jiangyou City, Sichuan Province. Distribution maps of the two genera Shilinotrechus Uéno, 2003 and Sichuanotrechus Deuve, 2005 are provided.
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18 December 2015
New Species and New Record of Subterranean Trechine Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae) from Southwestern China
Sunbin Huang,
Mingyi Tian
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The Coleopterists Bulletin
Vol. 69 • No. 4
December 2015
Vol. 69 • No. 4
December 2015
ground beetles
Shilinotrechus
Sichuan
Sichuanotrechus
taxonomy
troglobitic
Yunnan