Chlaenius chuanqianensis
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Carabidae
Genus: Chlaenius
Name
Chlaenius chuanqianensis Valim, Ye, 2011 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Chlaenius chuanqianensis Valim, Ye, 2011, ZooKeys 128: 19-20.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis. Antennomere 1 coniform (Fig. 52); color of antennomere 1 yellow or brown; intervals 1-5 glabrous medially, with one row of pubescence laterally (Fig. 80); aedeagus stout, apical lamella round (Fig. 117), thin and straight in lateral view (Fig. 118).
Description
Description. Total length = 16.0-17.0 mm (mean = 16.8), width = 5.60-6.13 mm (mean = 5.86); HW = 2.60-2.95 mm (mean = 2.82), EYL = 0.95-1.10 mm (mean = 1.03), ratio Ant3/Ant1 = 1.56-1.72 (mean = 1.64), PL/PW = 0.76-0.84 (mean = 0.81), EL/EW = 1.68-1.91 (mean = 1.79), EL/ PL = 1.37-1.49 (mean = 1.42). Head and pronotum black with green or coppery metallic luster; elytra black; ventral surface black; mandibles and trochanters dark brown; antennomere 1, femora, tibiae yellow to brown; antennomeres 2-11, palpi and tarsi dark brown to nearly black. Head with vertex smooth medially, coarsely punctate behind eyes; labrum slightly emarginate at apex; antennomere 1 coniform (Fig. 52). Pronotum with disk smooth, very sparsely punctate along midline in a few specimens; lateral furrow sparsely pubescent and coarsely punctate; medial longitudinal furrow deep, impunctate; basal foveae narrow, deep, sparsely pubescent and punctate. Elytral intervals convex, intervals 1-5 glabrous medially, with a row of setae laterally (Fig. 80), pubescent in apical one-fifth in a few specimens, intervals 6-9 pubescent throughout; striae deep, punctate; humeral angles obtuse (Fig. 66). Abdominal sterna IV-VI sparsely pubescent medially, densely pubescent laterally; sternum VII narrowly rounded apically in both sexes (Figs 94-95). Lamella of aedeagus round at apex (Fig. 117), thin and straight in lateral view (Fig. 118).
Etymology
Etymology. The Latinized name chuanqianensis refers to type localities of this new species in "chuanqian" regions, of which "chuan" refers to Sichuan Province and "qian" refers to Guizhou Province).
Distribution
Geographical distribution. Fig. 158. Known only from Guizhou and Sichuan Provinces, China.
Taxon Treatment
- Valim, Ye; Kavanaugh, David H.; Shi, Hongliang; Liang, Hongbin; 2011: A key to species of subgenus Lithochlaenius (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Chlaeniini, Chlaenius), with descriptions of three new species ZooKeys, 128: 19-20. doi
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