Abroscelis anchoralis anchoralis ( Chevrolat, 1845 )
Abroscelis psammodroma psammodroma ( Chevrolat, 1845 )
Catalogue and Bibliography of the Hong Kong Carabidae Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Adephaga), with notes on the historic boundaries of Hong Kong as related to zoological collections
Aston, Paul
Zootaxa
2016
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3
201
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8KTVB
Hope, 1838
Hope
1838
[230,478,1725,1748]
Insecta
Carabidae
Abroscelis
Animalia
Coleoptera
6
207
Arthropoda
genus
Abroscelis anchoralis anchoralis( Chevrolat, 1845) Chevrolat described this species from the environs of Macao. Chaudoir (1865), Redtenbacher (1867), Schilder (1911), Horn (1930), Cheng and Hill (1980), Lee & Winney (1981), Hill, Hore & Thornton (1982), Wiesner (1992), Chen et al.2002, Hua (2002), Puchkov & Matalin (2003)and Shook & Wiesner (2006)list this species as occurring in Hong Kong. Material: 2 exx. Hong Kong, Dong Ping Chau, 9.vi.08(1 ex. JWPC); Sight record, Hong Kong, Lantau, Tai Long Wan, 30.vii.98. Biology: Imago found June to July. It can still be locally common on pristine beaches in the summer months. Amazingly it can be seen at midday, with cloudless skies, running on the extremely hot sand. Fully winged and readily flies, sometimes to a distance of over 10 metres to escape danger. Abroscelis psammodroma psammodroma( Chevrolat, 1845) Another species Chevrolat described from the environs of Macao. Listed as occurring in Hong Kongby Chaudoir (1865), Schilder (1911), Horn (1930), Wiesner (1992), Hua (2002), Puchkov & Matalin (2003)and Shook & Wiesner (2006).