Harpalus (Pseudoophonus) suensoni Kataev, 1997

(Figs 6–7, 42–43)

Harpalus suensoni Kataev, 1997: 131 . Type locality: Soochow (31°21'N 120°40'E), Jiangsu, China.

Type material. Holotype: ♂, labeled " China, Jiangsu, Soochow, 31°21'N 120°40'E, 25.IX.1921, coll. E. Suenson" (ZMUC). Paratypes: 13 ♂, 10 ♀ from China (Jiangsu and Zhejiang) (ZMUC); and 1 ♂ from South Korea (ZIN).

Additional material examined. 36 specimens, including the following ones not published before. China. 3 ♂, 1 ♀, " crenulatus Chaudoir [this name has never been published], Chine boreale, S. Stevens" (MNHN). ZHEJIANG: 1 ♀, "Chekiang [= Zhejiang], Hangcheou, A. Pichon 1925" (MNHN). YUNNAN: 1 ♂, Dengchuan, 25.VIII.1937, C.W. Wang leg. (IOZ).

Diagnosis. This species is very similar in external characters, including protibial apical spur dentate at margins (Fig. 6), and male genitalia to H. tridens, but is distinguished from the latter by having elytral striae finely punctate, elytral disc without microsculpture, only two lateral intervals densely punctate apically, intervals 6 and 7 with few punctures before apex, subapical sinuation of elytra markedly deeper (Fig. 7), and internal sac of aedeagus (Figs 42–43) with a large medial spiny patch. Body length 9.7–13.0 mm.

Distribution. China: Shaanxi, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hubei (Kataev et al. 2003; Wrase 2005) and Yunnan. It is the first record from Yunnan.

The species is also known from South Korea (Kataev 1997; Paik & Moon 2005).