Macrocheilus gigas Zhao & Tian, 2010

Zhao, Danyang & Tian, Mingyi, 2012, Taxonomic notes on the Macrocheilus Hope (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Helluonini) from Oriental Region, with description of one new species from the Philippines, ZooKeys 228, pp. 77-100 : 86

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.228.3401

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scientific name

Macrocheilus gigas Zhao & Tian, 2010
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Macrocheilus gigas Zhao & Tian, 2010 Fig. 50

Macrocheilus gigas Zhao and Tian 2010: 8. Type Locality: China (Guangdong), deposited in SCAU.

Remarks.

Macrocheilus gigas is similar to Macrocheilus parvimaculatus and Macrocheilus tripustulatus in having anterior seta of the labrum on the apical margin and the ligula thickened at apex which distinguishes these three species from other species with two spots on each elytron. But Macrocheilus gigas differs from the other two species by wide apex of labrum and having median tooth of mentum sinuate near apex on lateral margin.

Materials examined.

1 male, the holotype, Guangdong: Zhanjiang, Jun.1983, deposited in SCAU; 1 male, Guangdong: Zhanjiang, Oct.1982, Zhichang Tan leg., deposited in SCAU; 2 males, Guangdong: Zhanjiang, July 1982, deposited in SCAU and MNHN.

Distribution.

China (Guangdong: Zhanjiang).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Macrocheilus