Chydaeus irvinei (Andrewes, 1930)

Kataev, Boris M., Liang, Hongbin & Kavanaugh, David H., 2012, Contribution to knowledge of the genus Chydaeus in Xizang Autonomous Region [Tibet] and Yunnan Province, China (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Harpalini), ZooKeys 171, pp. 39-92 : 75

Chydaeus irvinei (Andrewes, 1930) Fig. 63

Material examined.

A total of 5 specimens (3 males and 2 females, all in IOZ) were examined from the following locality: China. Xizang Autonomous Region. Nyalam County: 2 males, 28°10'N, 85°57'E, 3300 m, 17.V.1966, Wang Shuyong leg.; 1 female, same data, but 3570 m, 18.V.1966; 1 female, same data, but 2400-3400 m, 11.V.1966; 1 male, same data, but 3400 m, 6.VIII.1971, Zhang Xuezhong leg.

Distribution.

This species, a member of the irvinei group, was known previously from two isolated areas in the Central Himalaya: to the north of Sikkim in southern Xizang and in the upper Tama Koshi valley in southern Xizang and Central Nepal ( Kataev and Schmidt 2002). The new record reported here ( Fig. 63 ) is in the upper Bhote Koshi valley in southern Xizang, not far to the west from the Tama Koshi valley.

Figures

Figures 62 - 63. Toporelief map of southeastern Asia, illustrating localities for Chydaeus species 62 Chydaeus bedeli (Tschitscherine): Chydaeus bedeli difficilis Kataev & Schmidt = red dots, Chydaeus bedeli interjectus Kataev & Schmidt = green diamonds, and Chydaeus bedeli vietnamensis Kataev & Schmidt = yellow squares 63 Chydaeus similis Kataev & Schmidt = yellow squares and Chydaeus irvinei (Andrewes) = red dot. Only new records reported here are shown. Scale bar = 300 km (in 100 km increments).