Agabus tibetanus Zaitzev

Brancucci, Michel & Hendrich, Lars, 2008, 5100 m above sea level: Agabus joachimschmidti sp. n. and notes on other high altitude diving beetles from Tibet and Bhutan (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae), Zootaxa 1825, pp. 51-58 : 55

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.183097
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6235833
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scientific name	Agabus tibetanus Zaitzev
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Agabus tibetanus Zaitzev View in CoL

Agabus tibetanus Zaitzev, 1908 View in CoL : Zaitzev (1908); Nilsson (1990, 1995).

Material studied. “V. tja. Toso-nora 13.300' II.95 Rob. I Kozl, Paralectotype, Agabus tibetanus Zaitzev, 1908 , des. A. Nilsson 1988” (1 male, ZISP); “ China, Qinghai prov., Qingshuihe, 1.- 5.7.1992, 4200m ”, “ Agabus tibetanus Zaitz. Det. Anders Nilsson 93” (1 male, CLH).

Remarks. A very rare species, known only from a very few specimens apart from the type series. The type locality is Toso-noor (Toson-Hu) in the Province Tsinghai (Qinghai) of China, at an elevation of about 4000 m.

We were able to study one paralectotype from ZISP. Contrary to the redescription by Nilsson (1990), the male protarsal claw is definitely not longer than protarsomere 5.

Distribution. China (Tibet) at an elevation of around 4000 m.