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A new highly cave-adapted trechine genus and species from northern Guizhou Province, China (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae).


ABSTRACT: A remarkable aphaenopsian beetle, a sympatric species of Qianotrechus tenuicollis Uéno, 2000, was newly discovered in Cave Mahuang Dong of Shuanghe Dong cave system, the longest cave system of China in Suiyang County, northern Guizhou Province. To categorize this striking but still unknown species, a new genus and species are proposed: Shuangheaphaenops elegansgen. n., sp. n. Relationships of Shuangheaphaenops and other highly modified aphaenopsian genera from southern China Karsts are discussed.

SUBMITTER: Tian M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5242270 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A new highly cave-adapted trechine genus and species from northern Guizhou Province, China (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae).

Tian Mingyi M  

ZooKeys 20170106 643


A remarkable aphaenopsian beetle, a sympatric species of <i>Qianotrechus tenuicollis</i> Uéno, 2000, was newly discovered in Cave Mahuang Dong of Shuanghe Dong cave system, the longest cave system of China in Suiyang County, northern Guizhou Province. To categorize this striking but still unknown species, a new genus and species are proposed: <i>Shuangheaphaenops elegans</i><b>gen. n.</b>, <b>sp. n.</b> Relationships of <i>Shuangheaphaenops</i> and other highly modified aphaenopsian genera from  ...[more]

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