Styphlomerus Chaudoir, 1875

Aston, Paul, 2016, 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, Zootaxa 4121 (3), pp. 201-257 : 207

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4121.3.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6077151
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scientific name	Styphlomerus Chaudoir, 1875
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Subgenus Styphlomerus Chaudoir, 1875 View in CoL

Styphlomerus (Styphlomerus) fusciceps Schmidt-Göbel, 1846 View in CoL

Bates (1892), Kirschenhofer (1996), Hua (2002) and Hrdlièka (2003) list this species as occurring in Hong Kong. Andrewes and Scott (1924) listed a junior synonym S. bicolor ( Boheman, 1858) View in CoL as occurring in Macao, though Boheman never recorded it from Hong Kong. Chaudoir (1876a) listed S. dichrous ( Gemminger & Harold 1868) View in CoL another junior synonym of this species for Hong Kong.

Styphlomerus (Styphlomerus) korgei ( Jedlièka, 1964) View in CoL

Dmitry Fedorenko commented (pers. comm. 2014) "According to the original description, this species seems to be a Brachinus View in CoL , not Styphlomerus View in CoL ". Listed as an endemic Hong Kong species by Kirschenhofer (1996), Hua (2002) and Hrdlièka (2003).