Harpalus (Pseudoophonus) jureceki (Jedlička, 1928), Jedlicka, 1928

Kataev, Boris M. & Liang, Hongbin, 2015, Taxonomic review of Chinese species of ground beetles of the subgenus Pseudoophonus (genus Harpalus) (Coleoptera: Carabidae), Zootaxa 3920 (1), pp. 1-39 : 9-10

Harpalus (Pseudoophonus) jureceki (Jedlička, 1928)

( Figs 17–18 )

Pseudophonus Jureceki Jedlička, 1928a: 45 . Type locality: "Sachalin, Japan, Ussuri-Sutschan".

Type material. Syntype: 1 ♀, labeled "Sachalin", " TYPE ", " Pseudophonus jureceki Jedl. DET. ING. JEDLIČKA" ( ZIN).

Additional material examined. More than 900 specimens (573 from China).

Diagnosis. This species is very similar in external characters to H. griseus , but differ from the latter in presence of one or several additional setae on clypeus anteriorly. Labial basal palpomere is with almost straight longitudinal carina basally. Median lobe of aedeagus ( Figs 17–18 ) has two or three somewhat large spiny patches in the internal sac. Body length 8.0– 12.6 mm.

Distribution. China: mainly in the eastern part. It was recorded from Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Shanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan ( Kataev et al. 2003), Jilin, Nei Mongol, Hebei, Shaanxi, Hubei, Jiangsu, Fujian, Hunan, and Guizhou ( Hua 2002).

The species is also known from Eastern Russia (Buryatia, Amur Province, Khabarovsk and Maritime Territories, southern Sakhalin), North and South Korea including Jejudo, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu Islands), and northern Vietnam ( Habu 1973; Lafer 1989; Kryzhanovskij et al. 1995; Kataev 1997; Kataev et al. 2003; Moon & Paik 2006).

Figures

FIGURES 15 – 18. Harpalus, median lobe of aedeagus. 15 – 16, H. griseus (Liaoning); 17 – 18, H. jureceki (Heilongjiang). 15, 17, view from the left side; 16, 18, dorsal view. Scale = 1.0 mm.