Stomis farkaci Sciaky, 1998

Sciaky, Riccardo, 2024, Review of the Chinese Stomis, with description of nine new taxa and a new key (Carabidae: Pterostichini), Zootaxa 5523 (1), pp. 1-34 : 12

Stomis farkaci Sciaky, 1998

Loc. typ.: China, Yunnan, Hengduan mts., part Baima.

Described upon two male specimens. As far as I know it has never been collected again.

Description. Habitus as in Fig. 14 . The combination of characters allowing to distinguish this species are: length 10.1–10.4 mm; integuments bronze with violet hue, rather dull; body rather convex; femora and tibiae dark brown, tarsi and antennae reddish-brown, rather long and slender; head narrow, with mandibles distinctly longer than the rest of the head; pronotum anteriorly broad, with lateral margins slightly constricted and sinuate towards the base; elytra rather narrow, oval, with striae very shallow, almost disappearing towards the sides; shoulders angulose and with a small but evident tooth. Median lobe of aedeagus with apical portion almost as long as basal portion; in lateral view subsinuate before apex, in dorsal view constricted and short, and with a very small tooth on the left side ( Fig. 40 ). Ratios: El/Pl = 2.91; Ew/Pw = 1.46; El/Ew = 1.54.

Distribution. Yunnan, Hengduan mountains.

Material examined: Yunnan, Hengduan mts., part Baima : 1 Paratype ♂ ( CS) .

Figures

FIGURES 13–16. Habitus of: (13) S. facchinii HT (7.9 mm); (14) S. farkaci PT from Yunnan, Hengduan mts., part Baima (9.1 mm); (15) S. gigas PT from Yunnan, Habashan (12.3 mm); (16) S. wrasei HT (12.1 mm).

FIGURES 39–42. Aedeagus in lateral and dorsal view of: (39) S. facchinii HT; (40) S. farkaci PT; (41) S. gigas PT from Yunnan, Zhongdian; (42) S. titanus HT.