Discovery of a cavernicolous trechine species from the Sanwang Dong-Erwang Dong cave system, Wulong, Chongqing, southwestern China (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae)

Mengzhen Chen; Zijun Ma; Mingyi Tian

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4668.1.6

Discovery of a cavernicolous trechine species from the Sanwang Dong-Erwang Dong cave system, Wulong, Chongqing, southwestern China (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae)

Zootaxa. 2019 Sep 9;4668(1):zootaxa.4668.1.6. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4668.1.6.

Authors

Mengzhen Chen¹, Zijun Ma, Mingyi Tian

Affiliation

¹ Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, No. 483, Wushan Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510642, China. user@example.com.

PMID: 31716641
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4668.1.6

Abstract

Qianaphaenops (Sanwangius) rowselli Tian et Chen, n. subgen., n. sp. is described from the Sanwang Dong-Erwang Dong cave system, northeastern Wulong, southern Chongqing, southwestern China. Sanwangius is markedly distinct by several important features from subgenera Qianaphaenops (s. str.) Uéno, 2000 and Tiankengius Tian et Huang, 2018. Larval characteristics of this new species are also provided. This is the first report of a Qianaphaenops species from Chongqing.

Keywords: Coleoptera, ground beetle, semi-aphaenopsian, new subgenus, new species, larva.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animal Structures
Animals
Body Size
China
Coleoptera*
Organ Size