Revision of the subgenus Morphohaptoderus Tschitschérine, 1898, in Hubei, China, with descriptions of ten new species (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Pterostichus)

By

Wu, Zou-Yan
Chen, Jia-Heng
Shi, Hongliang

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-12-3

Original Publication

Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift

Volume

72

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

465--504

Subjects

China , Ground beetles , Pterostichini , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Berlin Nicolai'sche Verlags-Buchandlung 1881-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/dez.72.159716

 

Abstract

<br> The subgenus Morphohaptoderus Tschitschérine, 1898, of the genus<br> Pterostichus<br> in Hubei is reviewed, with 14 species recognized. Among them, eleven species are distributed in Shennongjia, and the remaining three species are from Wufeng County. Ten new species are described: Pterostichus (Morphohaptoderus) quyuani<br> sp. nov.<br> (type locality: Shennongjia, alt. 1700 m), P. (M.) lisao<br> sp. nov.<br> (type locality: Shennongjia, alt. 1884 m), P. (M.) lingjun<br> sp. nov.<br> (type locality: Shennongjia, alt. 1361 m), P. (M.) wangshu<br> sp. nov.<br> (type locality: Wufeng, alt. 900–1000 m), P. (M.) yaotiao<br> sp. nov.<br> (type locality: Shennongjia, alt. 1700 m), P. (M.) lianquan<br> sp. nov.<br> (type locality: Wufeng, alt. 900–1000 m), P. (M.) zhizheng<br> sp. nov.<br> (type locality: Wufeng, alt. 900–1000 m), P. (M.) xuanzhang<br> sp. nov.<br> (type locality: Shennongjia, alt. 2700 m), P. (M.) rongyu<br> sp. nov.<br> (type locality: Shennongjia, alt. 1361 m), and P. (M.) chachi<br> sp. nov.<br> (type locality: Shennongjia, alt. 2500 m). The scientific names of all these new species are derived from Qu Yuan and his poems. All 14 species of the subgenus in Hubei Province are keyed, described, and illustrated. Additional comments on the subgenus Morphohaptoderus are also provided, primarily focusing on morphology and species relationships.<br>