Notiophilus anichtchenkoi, Barševskis, 2009

Barševskis, Arvīds, 2009, Notiophilus anichtchenkoi sp. n. (Coleoptera: Carabidae) - a new ground beetle species from China, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 9 (1), pp. 1-4 : 1-3

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13202957
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13199461
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0D4E87E5-8D74-FFC9-1B69-A6CCFB26FB04
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Notiophilus anichtchenkoi
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Notiophilus anichtchenkoi View in CoL sp. n.

Holotype. Male. China, Quinhai prov. , Lajishan Mts., Sinin v., 3000 m, 22.VII.2007, V. Patrikeev leg. ( Fig. 1).

Paratype. Male, labelled as the holotype ( Fig. 2 View Fig ).

Holotype & paratype are deposited in the author’s collection (abbrev. ABC) in Daugavpils, Latvia .

Description. Body length 5.93 – 6.16 mm. Surface flat, shiny, dark bronze-coloured, monochromatic, without yellow spots. Ventral side black, shiny, with bronze-coloured lustre. Head short, width over eyes usually as wide as pronotum ( Fig. 3). Head width 1.71 – 1.74 mm. Labrum with rounded front side and 6th setiferous punctures, not excised. 1st palpomere, apex of apical palpomere, basal part of 2nd – 4th antennomeres yellow. Frons with 9 – 10 a little irregular keels. Pronotum length 1.10 – 1.11 mm, width 1.72 – 1.74 mm. Pronotal sides distinctly sinuated before acute hind angles. Surface of pronotum deeply punctated and wrinkled. Bottom side of thorax deeply punctated. Elytra ( Fig. 4) length 3.36 – 3.49 mm, width 2.10 mm. 3rd – 7th interval of elytra with very strong isodiametrical microsculpture. 1st – 2nd and marginal intervals smooth, shiny, only in basal and apical parts with microsculpture. 2nd interval has equal width as 3rd – 5th together, 5th interval is narrower than 4th or 6th. Elytra with single dorsal (paratype right elytron in 4th interval with two dorsal pores) and two apical pores. Legs bichromatic, with reddish brown tibia. Aedeagus ( Fig.5) length 1.72 mm.

Comparison. Similar to N. katrinae Barš. ( China: N Sichuan), but differs by large body length, other coloration of legs, number of frontal keels and other characters. Very similar to N. specularis Bates in body shape (Central America: Mexico, Guatemala etc.), but differs with rounded labrum, number of frontal keels, different form of pronotum and other characters.

Etymology. This new species is named in honour of my colleague, carabidologist Aleksander Anichtchenko (Institute of Systematic Biology, Daugavpils University, Latvia).