Two new species of Feroperis Lafer (Carabidae, Pterostichus) from China, with a key to all known Chinese species in this subgenus

Xiaojie Sun; Hongliang Shi; Weiguo Sang; Jan Christoph Axmacher

doi:10.3897/zookeys.799.28834

Two new species of Feroperis Lafer (Carabidae, Pterostichus) from China, with a key to all known Chinese species in this subgenus

Zookeys. 2018 Nov 28:(799):95-114. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.799.28834. eCollection 2018.

Authors

Xiaojie Sun¹, Hongliang Shi², Weiguo Sang¹, Jan Christoph Axmacher³

Affiliations

¹ College of Life and Environment Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing 100081, China Minzu University of China Beijing China.
² College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100081, China Beijing Forestry University Beijing China.
³ UCL Department of Geography, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK University College London London United Kingdom.

Abstract

Two new Pterostichus species (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in the subgenus Feroperis Lafer, 1979 are described from Zhangguangcai Mountain, northeastern China: Pterostichus (Feroperis) silvestris Sun & Shi, sp. n. and Pterostichus (Feroperis) maryseae Sun & Shi, sp. n. Detailed descriptions and illustrations of the male endophallus and female reproductive tracts for these new species are provided, along with a key to the five known species of the subgenus in China.

Keywords: Feroperis; China; ground beetles; morphology; taxonomy; temperate forest.