Chydaeus bedeli interjectus Kataev & Schmidt, 2002

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 : 74

Chydaeus bedeli interjectus Kataev & Schmidt, 2002 Fig. 62

Material examined.

A total of 61 specimens (40 males and 21 females in IOZ) were examined from the following localities: China. Xizang Autonomous Region. Cona County: 2 males, Mama, 2900 m, 6.VIII.1974 (IOZ). Nyalam County: 8 males and 7 females), Nyalam, 3900 m, 13.V.1974 (IOZ); 1 male, Nyalam, Zham, 2650 m, 15.V.1966, Wang Shuyong leg. (IOZ); 8 males, 3 females, Nyalam, Zham, Quxam, 3300 m, 8.VII.1975, Huang Fusheng leg. (IOZ); 1 male, same data, but 2250 m, 17.V.1974, Wang Shuyong leg. (IOZ); 1 female, same data, but 3500 m, 21.V.1966, Wang Shuyong leg. (IOZ); 11 males, 2 females, same data, but 3300 m, 7 and 8.VII.1975 (IOZ); 3 males, 1 female, same data, but 3400 m, 7.VII.1975 (IOZ); 3 males, 1 female, same data, but 6.VII.1975 (IOZ); 1 male, same data, but 3500 m, 21.V.1966, Wang Shuyong leg. (IOZ); 1 female, same data, but 2400-3000 m, 11.V.1966, Wang Shuyong leg. (IOZ); 1 female, same data, but 3370 m, 22.V.1966, Wang Shuyong leg. (IOZ). Yadong County: 1 male, Tibet, Yadong, 30.V.1975 (IOZ); 1 female, same data, but 31.V.1975 (IOZ); 2 female, same data, but 1.VIII.1981 (IOZ); 1 male, same data, but 2800 m, 30.V.1975 (IOZ); 1 male, same data, but 2800 m, 31.V.1974 (IOZ); 1 female, same data, but 2800 m, 5.VI.1961 (IOZ).

Distribution.

Fig. 62 . Chydaeus bedeli interjectus is common in the Eastern Himalaya, from the eastern part of Nepal to Bhutan ( Kataev and Schmidt 2002). This taxon was not previously recorded from China; and new records presented here extend its known range to include the southern part Xizang Autonomous Region (Cona, Nyalam, and Yadong counties), at elevations of 2250-3900 m.

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).