Discovery of a most remarkable cave-specialized trechine beetle from southern China (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae).
Tian M, Huang S, Wang D.
Tian M, et al. Among authors: huang s.
Zookeys. 2017 Dec 29;(725):37-47. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.725.21040. eCollection 2017.
Zookeys. 2017.
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From a morphological point of view, Xuedytes Tian & Huang, gen. n. seems to be the most extremely cave-adapted trechines in the world. ...Hence the new genus seems to represent a lineage intermediate between Giraffaphaenops and Dongodytes (s. str.)....
From a morphological point of view, Xuedytes Tian & Huang, gen. n. seems to be the most extremely cave-adapted trechines in the w …