Pseudoodes ampliusculus, Guéorguiev & Liang, 2020

Guéorguiev, Borislav & Liang, Hongbin, 2020, Revision of the Palaearctic and Oriental representatives of Lachnocrepis LeConte and Oodes Bonelli (Coleoptera: Carabidae), with special account on Chinese species, Zootaxa 4850 (1), pp. 1-89 : 24

“ ampliusculus ” species group

Diagnosis. The only member of this species group possesses the following two peculiarities: (1) large and very broad body; and (2) very long metepisternum. Pseudoodes ampliusculus shares with members of the “ cribristernis ” group a bursa copulatrix with dorsal sclerite. The spermatheca of this species is slightly differentiated as in P. rambouseki but it is less elongate (see “Diagnosis” under “ rambouseki ” species group).