Harpalus (Pseudoophonus) coreanus ( Tschitschérine, 1895 ), Tschitscherine, 1895

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 : 19-20

Harpalus (Pseudoophonus) coreanus ( Tschitschérine, 1895)

( Figs 38–39 )

Ophonus (Pardileus) coreanus Tschitschérine, 1895: 156 . Type locality: Korea.

Type material. Lectotype [designated by Lafer (1996: 80)]: ♂, labeled " Korea (Staud.–Rttr.)", " tridens A. M. v. coreanus m. Typ. Tschitscherin det.", " Pseudoophonus coreanus Tschit. , 74. Lafer det." ( ZIN).

Additional material examined. More than 450 specimens (388 from China), including the following specimens from Anhui, Henan, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Hubei and Guangdong. China. ANHUI: 1 ♀, Hefei, 15.VIII.1981, Qin Yisheng leg. ( IOZ). HENAN: 1 ♀, Neixiang Co., 600 m, 12.VII.1998, Zhang Youwei leg. ( IOZ). ZHEJIANG: 1 ♂, Qingyuan Co., 19.VIII.1991, Wu Hong leg. ( IOZ); 1 ♀, Mokan Shan, 18.V.1936 ( IOZ). SHANGHAI: 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Shanghai, 14.IX.1938, O. Piel leg. ( IOZ). HUBEI: 1 ♀, Shennongjia, Songbai T., 5.VII.1980, Yu Peiyu leg. ( IOZ). GUANGDONG: 1 ♀, Dongguan Co., III.1981, Liu Tanjin leg. ( IOZ).

Diagnosis. This species is similar in habitus to H. pastor , but differs from the latter in having pronotal basal angles with sharp denticle at apex (occasionally denticle very small, indistinct) and with oblique convex fold underneath, elytral interval 7 without preapical pores. The internal sac of the median lobe of aedeagus ( Figs 38–39 ) is without any distinct sclerotized elements. Body length 12.8–15.9 mm.

Distribution. China: the north-eastern and eastern parts. The species was previously known from Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Beijing, Hebei, Nei Mongol, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Hubei, Henan, Anhui, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong ( Kataev 1997; Kataev et al. 2003); we record it here from Anhui, Henan, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Hubei and Guangdong for the first time.

The species also occurs in the south of eastern Russia (Buryatia, Chita and Amur Provinces, Khabarovsk and Maritime Territories), and North and South Korea ( Lafer 1989; Kryzhanovskij et al. 1995; Kataev 1997; Kataev et al. 2003; Paik & Moon 2005).

Figures

FIGURES 36 – 39. Harpalus, median lobe of aedeagus. 36 – 37, H. simplicidens (Liaoning); 38 – 39, H. coreanus (Gansu). 36, 38, view from the left side; 37, 39, dorsal view. Scale = 1.0 mm.