taxonID	type	description	language	source
BBE478042F23567196C8BC6D11FFE30A.taxon	description	Figs 2 A, 3, 5, 6 A, 7 Chinese vernacular name: 茂洲巨逮步甲	en	Chen, Jia-Heng, Shi, Hong-Liang, Liang, Hong-Bin (2025): Revision of the Chinese endemic genus Megadrypta Sciaky & Anichtchenko, 2020 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Dryptini), with description of a new species. ZooKeys 1226: 183-193, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1226.142678
BBE478042F23567196C8BC6D11FFE30A.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Dorsal surface dark with distinct bluish metallic luster, mouth parts, antennae and all parts of legs reddish brown. Mentum with anterior margin concave and shallowly emarginate at middle. Pronotum with lateral margins gradually sinuate twice, behind anterior angles and before posterior angles. Elytra with 7 – 8 parascutellar pores, significantly narrowed base and discontinuous striae, interrupted by coarse foveae (of similar size as interval width) (Fig. 3 C). Apical lamella of median lobe of aedeagus short (ALL / ALW 0.55 – 0.61), obtuse and rounded (Fig. 5 B, C); median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view stout, gradually attenuate to apex, ventral margin very faintly curved before apical lamella (Fig. 5 A, D); endophallus with a distinct central sclerite (Fig. 5 C, D).	en	Chen, Jia-Heng, Shi, Hong-Liang, Liang, Hong-Bin (2025): Revision of the Chinese endemic genus Megadrypta Sciaky & Anichtchenko, 2020 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Dryptini), with description of a new species. ZooKeys 1226: 183-193, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1226.142678
BBE478042F23567196C8BC6D11FFE30A.taxon	description	Description. BL 13.6 – 15.5 mm (13.8 mm in holotype); dorsal and ventral surface with distinct bluish metallic luster; palpi, antennae and all parts of legs reddish brown, mandibles dark brown. Head (Fig. 3 A): mandibles long, about five times as long as labrum, hooked at apex; labrum trilobate, medial lobe slightly extended anteriorly, anterolateral angles rounded-obtuse, sparsely pubescent near anterior margin; clypeus impunctate and pubescent; vertex densely and coarsely punctate; temporae slightly shorter than eyes, well tumid behind eyes, superficially pubescent and punctate; antennae long, a little exceeding midpoint of elytra. Pronotum (Fig. 3 B) cylindrical (PL / PW 1.76 – 1.88), disc pubescent and coarsely punctate; anterior angles obtuse; lateral margins distinctly doubly sinuate behind anterior angles and before posterior angles; lateral margins entirely beaded; posterior angles nearly rectangular, apex rounded; median line shallow but distinct; sides of pronotum flattened from above and a little laterally extended near middle, median region elevated. Elytra (Fig. 3 C) wide (EL / EW 1.56 – 1.68), widest on apical third; with 7 – 8 parascutellar pores; base strongly narrowed; intervals slightly convex and evenly pubescent; striae discontinuous, interrupted by coarse foveae, the foveae much wider than parascutellar pores, in similar size of interval width; posterior margins truncated, slightly sinuate near outer-apical angles; outer-apical angles obtuse, sutural angles acute angled. Male genitalia (Fig. 5): median lobe of aedeagus relatively stout, gradually attenuate to apex; in lateral view, median lobe widest near base, ventral margin very weakly curved before apical lamella (Fig. 5 A – D), apical lamella slightly thickened apically; median lobe in dorsal view (Fig. 4 B, C), with short (ALL / ALW 0.55 – 0.61), obtuse and rounded apical lamella; endophallus with a distinct central sclerite, the central sclerite axe-shaped, with well-defined border in ventral view.	en	Chen, Jia-Heng, Shi, Hong-Liang, Liang, Hong-Bin (2025): Revision of the Chinese endemic genus Megadrypta Sciaky & Anichtchenko, 2020 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Dryptini), with description of a new species. ZooKeys 1226: 183-193, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1226.142678
BBE478042F23567196C8BC6D11FFE30A.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This species is named after Mr Mao-Zhou Xu, who collected and donated most of the type specimens.	en	Chen, Jia-Heng, Shi, Hong-Liang, Liang, Hong-Bin (2025): Revision of the Chinese endemic genus Megadrypta Sciaky & Anichtchenko, 2020 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Dryptini), with description of a new species. ZooKeys 1226: 183-193, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1226.142678
BBE478042F23567196C8BC6D11FFE30A.taxon	distribution	Distribution. This species is known from three localities in two provinces of southwestern China: Mount Tiantaishan and Mount Zhougongshan of central Sichuan, and Luowang Township of northeastern Yunnan.	en	Chen, Jia-Heng, Shi, Hong-Liang, Liang, Hong-Bin (2025): Revision of the Chinese endemic genus Megadrypta Sciaky & Anichtchenko, 2020 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Dryptini), with description of a new species. ZooKeys 1226: 183-193, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1226.142678
06017AE76FCB5E6A856EC278A60E4487.taxon	description	Figs 2 B, 4, 6 B Chinese vernacular name: 巨逮步甲	en	Chen, Jia-Heng, Shi, Hong-Liang, Liang, Hong-Bin (2025): Revision of the Chinese endemic genus Megadrypta Sciaky & Anichtchenko, 2020 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Dryptini), with description of a new species. ZooKeys 1226: 183-193, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1226.142678
06017AE76FCB5E6A856EC278A60E4487.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Dorsal surface nearly black, with very weak bluish luster; femora dark brown to piceous; mouth parts, tibiae, and tarsi sometimes lighter. Mentum with anterior margin straight at middle. Elytra narrowed toward shoulders; elytral striae incised with large punctures (much smaller than interval width). Median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view equally broadened before apical third and then abruptly narrowed; ventral margin strongly curved before apex.	en	Chen, Jia-Heng, Shi, Hong-Liang, Liang, Hong-Bin (2025): Revision of the Chinese endemic genus Megadrypta Sciaky & Anichtchenko, 2020 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Dryptini), with description of a new species. ZooKeys 1226: 183-193, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1226.142678
06017AE76FCB5E6A856EC278A60E4487.taxon	description	Supplementary description. BL 13.9 – 16.1 mm (15.0 mm in the holotype); dorsal and ventral surface nearly black, with very weak bluish luster; mouth parts brown; femora dark brown to piceous; tibiae and tarsi sometimes lighter (Fig. 2 B). Head: labrum trilobate; medial lobe slightly extended anteriorly; anterolateral angles rounded-obtuse, sparsely pubescent near anterior margin; clypeus impunctate and pubescent; vertex densely and coarsely punctate; temporae slightly shorter than eyes, well tumid behind eyes, sparsely and finely pubescent and punctate. Pronotum: PL / PW 1.62 – 1.68; lateral margins gradually sinuate twice, behind anterior angles and before posterior angles; sides flattened from above and a little extended laterally near middle, median region elevated. Elytra: EL / EW 1.44 – 1.50; base with 7 – 8 parascutellar pores, strongly narrowed at shoulders; elytral striae incised with large punctures (much smaller than interval width). Male genitalia: median lobe of aedeagus relatively stout (Fig. 4), equally thickened before apical third and then abruptly narrowed in lateral view, with ventral margin strongly curved before apical lamella (Fig. 4 A, D); same in dorsal view, with apical lamella short (ALL / ALW 0.46 – 0.51), obtuse and rounded; endophallus with a central sclerite, hook-shaped in right lateral view (Fig. 4 A), with blurred border in ventral view (Fig. 4 B).	en	Chen, Jia-Heng, Shi, Hong-Liang, Liang, Hong-Bin (2025): Revision of the Chinese endemic genus Megadrypta Sciaky & Anichtchenko, 2020 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Dryptini), with description of a new species. ZooKeys 1226: 183-193, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1226.142678
06017AE76FCB5E6A856EC278A60E4487.taxon	distribution	Distribution. This species is widely distributed in the Nanling Area of southern China (Fig. 1), where it is currently recorded from four provinces: in southern Guizhou from Mount Leigongshan (new provincial record); in southern Hunan from Mount Mangshan (new provincial record); in north Guangxi from Mounts Maoershan, Dayaoshan, and Cenwanglaoshan; and in northern Guangdong from the Nanling Natural Reserve.	en	Chen, Jia-Heng, Shi, Hong-Liang, Liang, Hong-Bin (2025): Revision of the Chinese endemic genus Megadrypta Sciaky & Anichtchenko, 2020 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Dryptini), with description of a new species. ZooKeys 1226: 183-193, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1226.142678
44ABD71D63915D5DAE7E651BF4454556.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Megadrypta mirabilis Sciaky & Anichtchenko, 2020, by original designation.	en	Chen, Jia-Heng, Shi, Hong-Liang, Liang, Hong-Bin (2025): Revision of the Chinese endemic genus Megadrypta Sciaky & Anichtchenko, 2020 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Dryptini), with description of a new species. ZooKeys 1226: 183-193, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1226.142678
44ABD71D63915D5DAE7E651BF4454556.taxon	description	Diagnostic characters. Large dryptine ground beetles with BL 13.0 – 17.0 mm. Dorsal surface dark with more or less bluish metallic luster; mouth parts, antennae, and legs reddish or dark brown. All terminal palpomeres securiform in males, slenderer and weakly expanded at apex in females; labrum trilobate, with medial lobe forwardly projecting; antennae long, aligned backward reaching middle of elytra; antennomere 1 nearly as long as sum of antennomeres 2 – 7 combined; temporae well developed. Pronotum cylindrical; anterior angles obtuse; lateral margins of pronotum distinctly doubly concave, before middle and after middle; lateral margins of pronotum completely beaded; posterior angles nearly rectangular, apex rounded. Elytra wide; shoulders extremely narrow; with 6 – 8 parascutellar pores; striae deeply punctate; intervals slightly convex and pubescent; posterior margins of elytra truncated, slightly sinuate near outer-apical angles. Hind wings reduced. Legs slender, tarsal claws toothless. Male genitalia stout; apical lamella short and wide, apex rounded and thickened; endophallus with more or less distinct central sclerite. Gonocoxite 2 of ovipositor falciform and smooth, without ensiform setae.	en	Chen, Jia-Heng, Shi, Hong-Liang, Liang, Hong-Bin (2025): Revision of the Chinese endemic genus Megadrypta Sciaky & Anichtchenko, 2020 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Dryptini), with description of a new species. ZooKeys 1226: 183-193, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1226.142678
