Trechus wrzecionkoi Deuve, 1996

Schmidt, Joachim, 2009, Taxonomic and biogeographical review of the genus Trechus Clairville, 1806, from the Tibetan Himalaya and the southern central Tibetan Plateau (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechini) 2178, Zootaxa 2178 (1), pp. 1-72 : 22

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2178.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5320002

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/733A87FA-033B-FFB9-FF2F-FC5AFBA113B8

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scientific name

Trechus wrzecionkoi Deuve, 1996
status

 

Trechus wrzecionkoi Deuve, 1996 View in CoL

( Fig. 24 View FIGURES 12–27 )

Catalogue: Trechus wrzecionkoi Deuve, 1996: 70 . Locus typicus: South Central Tibet, Medro Gonggar County, Gyama Valley, “Hepu-Sugala”, altitude 5200 m.

Type material: Holotype male, with label data “ HOLOTYPE ”, “ Tibet 5200 m Hepu – Suga La”, “ Trechus wrzecionkoi n. sp. Holotype Th. Deuve det. 1996” ( MNHN).

Additional material: CHINA: South Central Tibet: 1 male, Gyama Valley, ca. 60 km E Lhasa, north west ascent of Chungenpo Shong side valley, 4900–5230 m, ca. 29°40’36N 91°35’33E, 21.VII.07 ( CSCHM) GoogleMaps .

Identification: See key above. Within the original description Deuve (1996) noted that the copulatory piece is completely reduced. However, as shown in Fig. 24 View FIGURES 12–27 , a well sclerotized portion of aedeagal internal sac is developed in the specimen from Chungenpo Shong side valley, and it could also be verified in the holotype specimen, when the aedeagus was cleared in lactic acid.

Relationships: At present species relationships within the T. wrzecionkoi group are unknown.

Distribution: Fig. 99 View FIGURE 99 . Transhimalaya east of Lhasa: Higher mountains around Gyama Valley of Medro Gonggar County, South Central Tibet.

Habitat: Higher alpine zone; vertical distribution approximately 5100–5230 m.

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Trechus

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