The genus Pareuryaptus (Carabidae, Pterostichini) in China, with three new country records.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pareuryaptus is a genus of Carabidae containing 18 species and one subspecies, distributed mainly in the Oriental Region. However, only one species and one subspecies were recorded from China before the present study.

New information

Four species and one subspecies of Pareuryaptus are reported from China with three of them newly recorded: Pareuryaptusadoxus (Tschitschérine) from Yunnan; Pareuryaptusexiguus Dubault, Lassalle & Roux from Guangxi; and Pareuryaptusluangphabangensis Kirschenhofer from Yunnan. Moreover, the male of Pareuryaptusexiguus Dubault, Lassalle & Roux is firstly described and a key to all known Chinese species is provided.

SUBMITTER: Li H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9848600 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature