Aristochroa zhongdianensis, Y.u.Liang, 2002

Yu, Hongbin Liang And Peiyu, 2002, Key To The Species Of The Genus Aristochroa Tschitschérine (Coleoptera: Carabidae), With Description Of A New Species, The Coleopterists Bulletin 56 (1), pp. 144-151 : 2-3

Key to the species of the Genus Aristochroa Tschitschérine

1 Lateral margin straight or slightly sinuate near the base, basal angle more or less rectangular (Fig. 5) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 2

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19 Lateral margin markedly sinuate near the base, basal angle acute (Fig. 6); length 12.0–13.0 mm; Yunnan -------------- A. latecostata (Fairmaire)

2(1) Elytral interval 3 without setigerous puncture ---------------------------------------- 3

29 Elytral interval 3 with one or more setigerous punctures ------------------ 4

3(2) Pronotum with one or two marginal setae before the middle; all elytral intervals coppery, only striae and lateral margins greenish; vertex slightly rugose; length 11.5–12.3 mm; Sichuan --------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A. casta Tschitschérine

39 Pronotum with three marginal setae before the middle; elytral intervals 1, 3, 5, 7 and 8 coppery, others greenish; vertex markedly rugose; length 13.2 mm; Tibet --------------------------------------------------------- A. freyi Straneo

4(29) Elytral intervals 1, 3, 5 and 7 flat or slightly convex; microsculpture line almost invisible on these intervals ----------------------------------------------------- 5