Harpalus (Pseudoophonus) fokienensis Schauberger, 1930

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 : 17-18

Harpalus (Pseudoophonus) fokienensis Schauberger, 1930

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Harpalus (Pardileus) fokienensis Schauberger, 1930: 175 . Type locality: "Fokien" [= Fujian], China. Harpalus (Pseudoophonus) muciulus Huang, 1992: 60 , 64, syn. n. Type locality: "Sichuan (Leibo, Xining)", China. Harpalus fokiensis: Kataev 1997 (error).

Type material. Paratypes of H. fokienensis (all in OÖLL): 1 ♂ from "Fokien" (= Fujian), 1 ♂ from "Gbg. b. Mengtze" (Yunnan), 4 ♂ and 1 ♀ from "Kwanshien" [= Guan Xian; Sichuan], 2 ♂ and 1 ♀ from "Mts. Yunling" [= Jiajin Shan; Sichuan].

Paratype of H. muciulus : ♂, labeled "Sichuan, Ya’an, summer of 1982" [in Chinese ], and " Harpalus (Pseudoophonus) muciulus " ( IOZ).

Additional material examined. More than 210 specimens (176 from China), including the following specimens from Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan and Guangxi. China. ANHUI: 6 ♂, 2 ♀, Qianshan, Tianzhushan, Foguangsi, light trap, 30.72331°N 116.45518°E, 680 m, 21.VI.2004, H.-B. Liang & T. Sota leg. ( IOZ). JIANGXI: 1 ♂, SW Jiangxi, near Jinggangshan, 900 m, 26.V.–1.VI.1998, S. Kurbatov leg. ( ZIN); 1 ♂, "Kuling [= Guling], 6.VII.1935, O. Piel leg." ( IOZ); 1 ♀, Longnan Co., Jiulian Shan, 15.VI.1975, Zhang Youwei leg. ( IOZ); 1 ♀, Lushan, 12.XI.1979, Yu Peiyu leg. ( IOZ); 1 ♀, same data as preceding, but 14.IX.1979 ( IOZ); 1 ♀, same data as preceding, but 28.VIII.1979 ( IOZ); 1 ♀, same data as preceding, but 29.VIII,1979 ( IOZ). HUNAN: 1 ♂, 2 ♀, Sangzhi Co., 1640 m, 13.VIII.1988, Yang Xingke leg. ( IOZ); 1 ♀, Sangzhi, 350 m, 14.VIII.1988, Lin Hong leg. ( IOZ); 1 ♂, Hengyang, Hengshan, Cangjingdian, roadside, 27.27449°N 112.68392°E, 1012 m, 23.VI.2004, H.-B. Liang & T. Sota leg. ( IOZ). GUANGXI: 1 ♂, Longsheng Co., 300 m, 21.VI.1963, Wang Chunguang leg. ( IOZ).

Diagnosis. This species is similar in external characters and male genitalia to H. pastor , but differs from the latter in having very shiny dorsum, very fine microsculpture consisting of dense transverse lines on elytral disc in baso-medial portion, deeper elytral striae, less expanded punctation of elytra (inner intervals impunctate apically) and much longer metepisterna. The longitudinal spiny patch of internal sac of aedeagus ( Figs 34–35 ) is divided into two or three separate parts, as opposed to that of H. pastor , which is continuous ( Figs 32–33 ). Body length 9.9–12.5 mm.

Distribution. China: the southern and south-eastern parts. The species was previously recorded from Zhejiang, Hunan, Fujian, Guizhou, Guangxi, Sichuan and Yunnan ( Kataev et al. 2003; Liang & Liu 2007). We provided here the new material from Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan and Guangxi. It is recorded here from Anhui and Jiangxi provinces for the first time.

The species is also known from Vietnam ( Kataev 1997).

Remarks. Harpalus muciulus was described from several localities in Sichuan (Leibo, Gulin, Emei Mt., and Ya’an) as close to H. simplicidens Schauberger. Examination of the original description and the paratype revealed that this taxon is conspecific with H. fokienensis .

Figures

FIGURES 32 – 35. Harpalus, median lobe of aedeagus. 32 – 33, H. pastor (Zhejiang); 34 – 35, H. fokienensis (Fujian). 32, 34, view from the left side; 33, 35, dorsal view. Scale = 1.0 mm.