Harpalus (Pseudoophonus) indicus orientalis Kataev, 2014

Kataev, Boris M. & Liang, Hongbin, 2015, Taxonomic review of Chinese species of ground beetles of the subgenus Pseudoophonus (genus Harpalus) (Coleoptera: Carabidae), Zootaxa 3920 (1), pp. 1-39 : 29

Harpalus (Pseudoophonus) indicus orientalis Kataev, 2014

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Harpalus (Pseudoophonus) indicus orientalis Kataev, 2014: 261

Type material. Holotype: ♂, labeled " Vietnam, Lao Cai Prov., env. Sa Pa, Hoang Lien Son Nature Reserve, 1250 m, 2–15.VI.1998, A. Napolov leg." ( ZIN). Paratypes: 272 specimens (males and females) from China (Yunnan, Taiwan), Vietnam, Myanmar, and Laos ( ZIN, IOZ, cWR, NME, MPU, NHMB, TMB, NRM, SIEE, cSCI).

Additional material examined. China. XIZANG: 1 ♂, Bomi, 29°53'N 95°45'E, 30.VIII.2003, Ren Guodong leg.( IOZ); 1 ♂, 3 ♀, Bomi, 2300 m, 25–26.VII.1983, Han Yinheng leg. ( IOZ); 1 ♀, same data, but 14.VIII.1983 ( IOZ); 1 ♂, Medog, 2000 m, 7.X.1982, Han Yinheng leg. ( IOZ); 1 ♀, same data, but 1600 m, 28.X.1982 ( IOZ); 1 ♀, same data, but 850 m, 11.III.1983, ( IOZ); 1 ♀, same data but 800–950 m, 20.III.1983 ( IOZ); 1 ♂, Medog, 1920–2050 m, 6.X.1982, Lin Zai leg. ( IOZ). GUANGXI: 1 ♂, Jinxiu, 550 m, 12.V.1999, Liu Dajun leg. ( IOZ); 1 ♀, Jinxiu, 450 m, 30.VI.2000, Yao Jian leg. ( IOZ); 1 ♂, same locality, 400 m, 16.V.2000, Gao Mingyuan leg. ( IOZ); 2 ♂, 1 ♀, same locality, 1000 m, 2.VII.2000, Chen Yun leg. ( IOZ); 2 ♀, same locality, 900 m, 17.V.1999, Zhang Guoqing leg. ( IOZ); 1 ♂, same locality, VIII.1984, Chen Youwei leg. ( IOZ); 1 ♂, 2 ♀, Napo, 1350 m, 18.V.2000, Zhu Chaodong & Li Wenzhu leg. ( IOZ); 1 ♂, 5 ♀, same locality, 1350 m, 19.V.2000, Li Wenzhu, Yao Jian, Zhu Chaodong & Chen Jun leg. ( IOZ); 1 ♂, Fangcheng, 550 m, 26.V.1999, Li Wenzhu leg. ( IOZ); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, same data but 5.VI.2000, ( IOZ); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, same data but 250 m, 3.VI.2000, ( IOZ); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, same locality, 200 m, 23.V.1999, Zhang Yanzhou & Li Wenzhu leg. ( IOZ); 1 ♀, Longzhou, 330 m, 15.VI.2000, Li Wenzhu leg. ( IOZ). GUANGDONG: 1 ♀, Dinghushan, 9–14.V.1980, Wu Xingfang & Du Shaokun leg. ( IOZ).

Diagnosis. Body size, on average, is greater (9.4–13.6 mm) than in the nominotypical subspecies (8.9–12.6 mm), elytra are more parallel-sided, metepisterna longer, mesotarsomere 1 of male with adhesive scales in apical part, and medial lobe with a dorsomedial spiny patch in internal sac ( Figs 64–67 ); median lobe of the nominotypical subspecies is without dorsomedial spiny patch in the internal sac ( Figs 60–63 ).

Distribution. The southern part of China (Yunnan, Xizang, Guangxi, Guangdong, and Taiwan). The subspecies is recorded here from Xizang, Guangxi and Guangdong for the first time.

Harpalus indicus orientalis is also known from Myanmar, Vietnam and Laos ( Kataev 2014).

Remarks. Harpalus indicus is very similar to H. meghalayensis Kataev, 2001 from northeastern India (Meghalaya) in many characteristics including the transverse elytral microsculpture, the hind femora with two or three setigerous pores along hind margin, the nonpubescent elytral intervals and the obtuse, not denticulate, basal angles of pronotum; in addition, like the males of the subspecies H. indicus orientalis , the males of H. meghalayensis possess adhesive scales at apex of the mesotarsomere 1. As compared with adults of H. indicus , those of H. meghalayensis are stouter, with pronotum broader and more strongly depressed at basal angles; the internal sac of aedeagus ( Figs. 68–71 ) has one or two medial spiny patches and comparatively short field " a " ( Kataev 2001).

Figures

FIGURES 60 – 67. Harpalus indicus, median lobe of aedeagus. 60 – 63, H. indicus indicus (Nepal); 64 – 67, H. indicus orientalis (64, Vietnam; 65 – 67, Taiwan). 60, 66, view from the left side; 61, 67, dorsal view; 62 – 65, view from the right side). a, b, folded formations of internal sac. Scale = 1.0 mm.

FIGURES 68 – 71. Harpalus meghalayensis, median lobe of aedeagus (Meghalaya). 68, view from the left side; 69, dorsal view; 70, 71, view from the right side. a, folded formation of internal sac. Scale = 1.0 mm.