Trechus folwarcznyi Deuve, 1997

Schmidt, Joachim, 2009, Taxonomic and biogeographical review of the genus Trechus Clairville, 1806, from the Tibetan Himalaya and the southern central Tibetan Plateau (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechini) 2178, Zootaxa 2178 (1), pp. 1-72 : 49

Trechus folwarcznyi Deuve, 1997

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Catalogue: Trechus folwarcznyi Deuve, 1997: 150 . Locus typicus: South Central Tibet, Yangpachem County, ascent to Sogu La, 5100 m approximately 40 km W of Yangpachem.

Type material: Holotype male, with label data “ HOLOTYPE ”, “ Tibet 31.V.97 Col de Suge La 5100 m A. Wrzecionko ”, “ Trechus folwarcznyi n. sp. Holotype Th. Deuve det. 1997” ( MNHN).

Additional material: CHINA: South Central Tibet : 38 males, 13 females, NE of Shogu La pass, 5000–5350 m, 29°54’48– 29°57’20N 90°08’28– 90°07’49E, 3–4.VII.07 ( CSCHM) ; 5 males, S Namtso, Langma Valley , 5100–5150 m, 30°37’39,1N 90°51’56.5E, 13.VII.07 ( CSCHM) ; 8 males, 3 females, above Shogu La Pass , 5450 m, 29°53’55N 90°07’57, 5.VII.07 ( CSCHM) .

Identification: See key above.

Relationships: See chapter Relationships of T. tsampa sp. n., below.

Distribution: Fig. 100 . Currently only known from the mountain slopes around Shogu La pass of western Nyainqentanglha Shan Massif, east of Jomo Gangtse Peak.

Habitat: An e daphic species of the higher alpine zone. The vertical distribution extends up to 5450 m. The specimens were found under stones on humid, gently inclined slopes as well on the top of an older moraine. In the lower parts of its vertical distribution (5100–5300 m) this species lives sympatrically with T. yak shogulaensis ssp. n.

Figures

FIGURE 100. Map of Southern Central Tibet showing distribution of species of the Trechus antonini group (white circles). 1, T. antonini Deuve, 1997. 2, T. religiosus sp. n. 3, T. astrophilus sp. n. 4, T. budhaensis sp. n. 5, T. rarus sp. n. 6, T. yeti sp. n. 7, T. folwarcznyi Deuve, 1997. 8, T. yak yak ssp. n. 9, T. yak shogulaensis ssp. n. 10, T. tseringi sp. n. 11, T. singularis sp. n. 12, T. tsampa sp. n. 13, T. lama sp. n.

FIGURES 65–80. Aedeagal median lobe with sclerotized portions of internal sac in lateral view (Figs. 65–71, 77–80; Figs. 65, 68–71, 79, 80 in addition with parameres) and in dorsal view (Figs. 72–76). Figs. 65, 74, Trechus astrophilus sp. n., paratype. Fig. 66, T. lama sp. n., paratype. Fig. 67, T. singularis sp. n., holotype. Fig. 68, T. tsampa sp. n., paratype. Figs. 69, 76, T. yak yak ssp. n., paratype. Figs. 70, 73, T. religiosus sp. n., paratype. Figs. 71, 72, T. chaklaensis sp. n., paratype. Fig. 75, T. yak shogulaensis ssp. n., paratype. Fig. 77, T. antonini sp. n., non-type specimen from Lhachen La (= locus typicus). Fig. 78, T. folwarcznyi Deuve, 1997, non-type specimen from Shogu La (= locus typicus). Fig. 79, T. rarus sp. n., holotype. Fig. 80, T. tseringi sp. n., paratype.