New records and revised distribution of tiger beetles in China (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae)

By

Wang, Ke-Yi
Boetzl, Fabian A.
Wiesner, Jürgen
Li, Cheng-De 1963-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1210

Pages

29--59

Subjects

China , Distribution , new records , taxonomy , Tiger beetles

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1210.127753

 

Abstract

Based on the examination of specimens housed in several scientific collections, we expand the known tiger beetle fauna of China, and eight species are recorded from China for the first time. The occurrence of Cicindela (Cicindela) sachalinensis raddei Morawitz, 1863 in Shanxi Province, and Neocollyris (Neocollyris) saphyrina (Chaudoir, 1850) in China are re-established. We provide distribution maps and habitus photographs of examined specimens for the newly recorded and revised species. We also discuss potential research hotspots for future taxonomic studies of tiger beetles in China.