A contribution to the knowledge of cave-adapted ground beetles from Guiyang, central Guizhou Province, southwestern China (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechini)

Mingyi Tian; Guangyuan Cheng; Sunbin Huang

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1075.73318

A contribution to the knowledge of cave-adapted ground beetles from Guiyang, central Guizhou Province, southwestern China (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechini)

Zookeys. 2021 Dec 7:1075:175-198. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1075.73318. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Mingyi Tian¹, Guangyuan Cheng², Sunbin Huang^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, 483 Wushan Road, Guangzhou, 510642, China.
² Haixia Caving, Bureau of Ecology and Environment, no. 7 Building, Financial City, Guanshanhu, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550081, China.
³ Mécanismes adaptatifs et évolution (MECADEV), UMR 7179 CNRS-MNHN, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CP50, 57 Rue Cuvier, F-75005 Paris, France.

Abstract

A new genus and two new species of cavernicolous trechines are reported from central Guizhou Province, southwestern China. Haixiaphaenops gen. nov. is established to place a new species discovered in two limestone caves in northern Qingzhen Shi: H.jinxiaohongae sp. nov. (Dawan Dong cave and Changtu Dong and Dawan Dong caves). This new genus is allied to Zhijinaphaenops Uéno & Ran, 2002. Zhijinaphaenopszhaofeii sp. nov. is described from Zhangkou Dong cave in northern Jiuzhuang Zhen of Xifeng County. In addition, two new localities of the species Zhijinaphaenopsjingliae Deuve & Tian, 2015, and two new localities of SinaphaenopschengguangyuaniMa et al. 2020 are provided. A distribution map for all cavernicolous trechine beetles known in Guiyang is provided.

Keywords: Hypogean; new genus; new species; semi-aphaenopsian; trechines.

Mingyi Tian, Guangyuan Cheng, Sunbin Huang.

Publication types

Review