Two new species of Feroperis Lafer (Carabidae, Pterostichus) from China, with a key to all known Chinese species in this subgenus

By

Sun, Xaojie
Shi, Hongliang
Sang, Weiguo
Axmacher, Jan Christoph

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

799

Pages

95-114

Subjects

China , Feroperis , Ground beetles , Morphology , taxonomy , temperate forest

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.799.28834

 

Abstract

Two newPterostichusspecies (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in the subgenus Feroperis Lafer, 1979 are described from Zhangguangcai Mountain, northeastern China: Pterostichus (Feroperis) silvestris Sun & Shi,sp. n.and Pterostichus (Feroperis) maryseae Sun & Shi,sp. n.Detailed descriptions and illustrations of the male endophallus and female reproductive tracts for these new species are provided, along with a key to the five known species of the subgenus in China.