Harpalus (Pseudoophonus) sinicus Hope, 1845

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 : 22-23

Harpalus (Pseudoophonus) sinicus Hope, 1845

(Figs 4–5, 44–45)

Harpalus Sinicus Hope, 1845: 14 . Type locality: "Canton", China.

Platus (Harpalus) rugicollis Motschulsky, 1860: 5 . Type locality: Japan.

Harpalus japonicus Morawitz, 1862b: 327 . Type locality: "Hakodate", Japan.

Harpalus (Pardileus) sinicus var. kiautschouensis Schauberger, 1930: 171 . Type locality: "Kiautschou, Schantung" [= Jiao Xian, Shandong], China.

Harpalus (Pardileus) sinicus yunnanus Schauberger, 1930: 172 . Type locality: "Yunnan-sen und Mengtze", Yunnan, China.

Harpalus (Pseudoophonus) periglabellus Huang, 1992: 59 , 63, syn. n. Type locality: Jinyun Mt., 900 m, Sichuan, China.

Harpalus (Pseudophonus) longihornus Lei & Huang, 1997: 111 , 113, syn. n. Type locality: Chuxiong, 2400 m, Yunnan, China.

Type material. Lectotype (present designation) of H. japonicus : ♀, labeled "Hakodate, 133–1.", "133. Japonicus Mor." ( ZIN)

Holotype of H. longihornus : ♂ (teneral), labeled "Yunnan, Chuxiong, 2400 m, 1982. V.8, Yu Peiyu leg. " [in Chinese ], " Harpalus (Pseudoophonus) longihornus " [Huang's handwriting] ( IOZ). Paratype: ♂, "Yunnan, Chuxiong, 2400 m / 1982. V.8, Liao Subai leg." [in Chinese ], " Harpalus (Pseudophonus) longihornus [det Huang Tongling]" ( IOZ).

Additional material examined. More than 1750 specimens (more than 1610 from China), including the following specimens from China and Laos: China. BEIJING: 1 ♂, Pinggu Co., 10.VII.1975, no collector (IZB). YUNNAN: 1 ♀, "Xishuangbanna, Mengzhe, 1200 m, 1958. VI.15, Pu Fuji Collector" [in Chinese ], " Harpalus (Pseudoophonus) periglabellus Huang , 1993.6.23, det Huang Tongling" ( IOZ); 1 ♂, "Xishuangbanna, Mengla, 1050–1080 m, 1958. X.23, Chen Zhizi collector" [in Chinese ], " Harpalus (Pseudoophonus) periglabellus Huang , 1993.6.23, det Huang Tongling" ( IOZ). GUIZHOU: 14 specimens (♂ and ♀), "Kouy-Tcheou [= Guizhou], Reg. de Pin-Fa, Pere Cavalerie, 1908" ( MNHN); 1 ♀, Guiyang, Huaxi, 15.IV.2007, Y. Liu leg. ( IOZ). HAINAN: 1 ♀, Yinggeling, 410 m, 18.X.2007, Wang Fang let. ( IOZ). Laos. 3 ♂, 1 ♀, NE Laos, Pr. Hua Phan Ban Saleui, Phou Pan (Mt.), ca 20°12'N 104°01'E, 1300–1900 m, 11.IV.–15.V.2012, C. Holzschuh leg. ( NME); 4 ♂, 9 ♀, same as preceding, but 1–31.V.2011, local collector ( NME, ZIN).

Diagnosis. Well recognizable by combination of pronotum with basal angles narrowly rounded or blunt at apex, never denticulate, and apical spur of protibia markedly dentate at margins (as in Figs 4–6). Elytral microsculpture is present throughout, consisting of isodiametric meshes. The internal sac of aedeagus ( Figs 44–45 ) is armed with two or three spiny patches in middle portion of the median lobe. Body length 9.5–15.6 mm.

Distribution. China: widely distributed in the north-eastern, eastern and south-eastern parts. The species was known from Liaoning, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Hubei, Anhui, Hunan, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Hongkong, Guangxi, Yunnan and Taiwan ( Schauberger 1930; Kataev et al. 2003). We examined additionally specimens from Beijing, Guizhou and Hainan. Hua (2002) reported this species also from Xizang.

The species also occurs in the Russian Far East (the south of Maritime Territory), North and South Korea including Jejudo, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Ryukyu Islands), Myanmar, Vietnam ( Habu 1973; Lafer 1989; Kryzhanovskij et al. 1995; Kataev 1997; Kataev et al. 2003; Moon & Paik 2006) and Laos. The species is recorded here from Hainan and Laos for the first time.

Remarks. Harpalus periglabellus was described on the basis of four specimens from Sichuan (Jinyun Mt. and Jianyang) as similar to H. sinicus but differing in "its hind femur with four setae near hind margin, invisible cilia on sternites 5". Harpalus longihornus was described from two males collected in Chuxiong, Yunnan as close to H. disaogashimensis [= H. hauserianus ] but differing in "apical spur with lateral dentate, first tarsal segment of mid leg of male with adhesive hairs, median lobe curved to right side, parameres emarginated laterally near base". Examination of the type series of the latter species and the original description of the former species together with the specimens from Xishuangbanna (Yunnan) determined by Huang Tongling as H. periglabellus revealed that both H. periglabellus and H. longihornus are conspecific with H. sinicus .

Harpalus sinicus is very similar in external morphology and male genitalia to H. meridianus Andrewes from India and Pakistan, which differs from the former species mainly in having nondentate apical spur of protibiae, more elytral intervals punctate and male genitalia ( Figs 46–47 ) with differently-organized armature of internal sac ( Kataev 2001).

Figures

FIGURES 44 – 47. Harpalus, median lobe of aedeagus. 44 – 45, H. sinicus (Hanoi )); 46 – 47, H. meridianus (India). 44, 46, view from the left side; 45, 47, dorsal view. Scale = 1.0 mm.