Agonotrechus sinotroglophilus Deuve, 1999

Tian, Mingyi & He, Li, 2020, A contribution to the knowledge of cavernicolous ground beetles from Sichuan Province, southwestern China (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechini, Platynini), ZooKeys 1008, pp. 61-91 : 61

Agonotrechus sinotroglophilus Deuve, 1999 Figs 2 , 11

Agonotrechus sinotroglophilus Deuve 1999: 152; Deuve and Tian 2016: 352

Material.

1 male, cave Hanwang Dong, Zhongbai, Zengjia, Chaotian, Guangyuan, Sichuan (四川省广元市朝天区曾家镇中柏村汉王洞), 32.577297°N, 106.106979° E, 1210 m, 2018-IV-06, leg. Li He, in SCAU; 1 female, same cave, 2020-VI-06, leg. Li He, Yuan Li & Yimei Wen, in CLH.

Diagnosis.

A troglophilous species though depigmented, macrophthalmic, body stout, with short appendages, developed frontal furrows on head, humeral set of the marginal umbilicate pores aggregated. Habitus as in Fig. 11 .

Remarks.

This species was formerly reported from two limestone caves in Chongqing Municipality ( Deuve 1999; Deuve and Tian 2016). This is the first record in Sichuan Province.

Distribution.

China (Chongqing and Sichuan) (Fig. 2 ).

The exemplars of Agonotrechus sinotroglophilus Deuve, 1999 were collected under stone in the moist area about 100-200 m from the entrance in Hanwang Dong.

Figures

Figure 2. Map of Sichuan Province showing the locations of the related caves.

Figure 11. Habitus of Agonotrechus sinotroglophilus Deuve, 1999, male.