Jujiroa deliciola Uéno and Kishimoto, 2001

Tian, Mingyi & He, Li, 2020, New species and new record of cavernicolous ground beetles from Sichuan Province, China (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini and Platynini), Zootaxa 4881 (3), pp. 545-558 : 550-552

Jujiroa deliciola Uéno and Kishimoto, 2001

(Chinese name: ḤĀṚṃm)

Uéno and Kishimoto, 2001: 31

Figs. 4–5

Material. 1 female, cave Niu’ertong Dong, Daxue, Shihai , Xingwen , Yibin , Sichuan (HnjờůḓḿflṘBƂẘ üXāffl+ȗúḆ), 28°12′22.73″N, 105°6′4.06″E, 840 m, IX-18-2019, leg. Hao Jin, in SCAU .

Diagnosis. A medium-sized Jujiroa species, microphthalmic, body depigmented,, slender and elongate, antennae thin and very long, extended to apex of elytra, elytra sharply mucronate at apices ( Fig. 4 ).

Remarks. J. deliciola was described based on a single male collected from the cave Xiaoyanzi Dong in Xingwen County of southern Sichuan ( Uéno and Kishimoto, 2001). During an expedition of the Sichuan Cave Exploration Team in the same county, a female Jujiroa individual was discovered by Mr. Hao Jin in the cave Niu’ertong Dong, which is only 1.0 km from Xiaoyanzi Dong. It must be Uéno and Kishimoto’s species despite minor differences; its pronotum is stouter, with hind angles pointed and only two dorsal setiferous pores present on elytral stria 3 (anterior one missing) instead of three.

Distribution. China (Sichuan). Known only from the caves Xiaoyanzi Dong and Niu’ertong Dong in Xingwen County. Entrances and environs of Niu’ertong Dong are shown in Fig. 5 .

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FIGURE 4. An active individual of Jujiroa deliciola Uéno and Kishimoto, 2001

FIGURE 5. Cave Niu’ertong Dong, a locality of Jujiroa deliciola Uéno and Kishimoto, 2001 A, B, two different entrances; C-F, environs inside cave.