Dongodytes (Dongodytodes) deharvengi Tian, 2011

Tian, Mingyi, Yin, Haomin & Huang, Sunbin, 2014, Du'an Karst of Guangxi: a kingdom of the cavernicolous genus Dongodytes Deuve (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae), ZooKeys 454, pp. 69-107 : 78-80

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Carabidae

Dongodytes (Dongodytodes) deharvengi Tian, 2011 Figs 1b, 20, 31, 73e

Diagnosis.

Small sized, dark reddish brown, whole surface covered with dense and short bristly setae; head stout though rather elongate (Fig. 20), head excluding mandibles slightly longer than prothorax; genae distinctly expanded posteriorly, then suddenly constricted before the collar-shaped neck, posterior supraorbital setae present and close to neck constriction; mentum and submentum well separated by labial suture; antennae long, extending at about apical 1/6 of elytra; clypeus transverse, sexsetose; prothorax much longer than wide though propleura distinctly tumid, widest at about 1/3 from base; pronotum narrow, lateral borders almost parallel-sided but feebly expanded at about 1/3 basally, slightly sinuate before hind angles (Fig. 31); front angles right, hind angles obtuse; two pairs of latero-marginal setae present, at about 2/5 from base and a little before hind angles respectively; elytra as long as head with mandibles and pronotum combined, widest at about apical 2/5 of elytra, lateral sides near base straight (Fig. 31); two (middle and preapical) dorsal pores present on 3rd elytral stria, at about middle and apical 1/6 respectively; median lobe of aedeagus slender, widely and evenly arcuate, sagittal aileron moderately sized, each of parameres with four long apical setae.

Material examined.

Apart from the type series ( Tian 2011), two additional specimens were studied: 1 male and 1 female, cave Lubian Dong, same cave of the type locality, 310 m, Du’an: Xia’ao, 2013-V-02, leg. Mingyi Tian, Weixin Liu, Feifei Sun and Haomin Yin, in SCAU.

Distribution.

Guangxi ( Du’an). Known only from the cave called Lubian Dong which was pointed out as an anonymous cave in the original description ( Tian 2011), in Xia’ao, northern Du’an (Figs 1b and 73e). We visited this cave four times in 2013, but collected only two specimens more during the first visit in early May. The reason is probably that the beetle’s habitats had been partly changed after the huge collapse in the cave during the summer raining season.