Harpalus (Pseudoophonus) hauserianus Schauberger, 1929

Kataev, Boris M. & Liang, Hongbin, 2015, Taxonomic review of Chinese species of ground beetles of the subgenus Pseudoophonus (genus Harpalus) (Coleoptera: Carabidae), Zootaxa 3920 (1), pp. 1-39 : 29-32

Harpalus (Pseudoophonus) hauserianus Schauberger, 1929

(Figs 1, 72–81)

Harpalus (Pardileus) hauserianus Schauberger, 1929: 191 . Type locality: "Yun-nan-sen" (=Kunming), Yunnan, China. Harpalus (Pseudoophonus) disaogashimensis Huang in Huang & Zhang, 1995: 113, 116, syn. n. Type locality: Kunming, 1990 m, Yunnan, China.

Type material. Lectotype [mentioned as " holotype " by Gusenleitner (1990: 759): see Kataev (2001: 401) and remarks below] of H. hauserianus : ♂, labeled "Yun-nan-sen", " Type ", " Harp. (Pard.) hauserianus Sch. , loc. class.", " Hauserianus Schaub., det. Dr. E. Schaub", " Harpalus Pardileus indicus Bates s. Hauserianus Schaub." and " Type " ( OÖLL); and three paralectotypes (all in OÖLL): 1 ♂ and 1 ♀, same data, but labeled as cotypes, and 1 ♂, labeled " China, Pr. Honan, Kihung-Shan", "Cotype", " Hauserianus Schaub., det. Dr. E. Schaub.", "Coll. Dr. Schaubg.", and "Cotype".

Holotype of H. disaogashimensis : ♂, "Yunnan (Kunming), 1990 m, 18.IX.1958 " [in Chinese ], " Harpalus disaogashimensis sp. n. H.T.L." ( IOZ). ALT: f ( IOZ). Paratypes: 21 specimens (♂ and ♀) from Kunming ( IOZ).

Additional material examined [in addition to the specimens listed by Kataev (2001)]. China. GUIZHOU: 2 ♂, 2 ♀, "Kouy-Tcheou [= Guizhou], Reg. de Pin-Fa, Pere Cavalerie, 1908" ( MNHN). SICHUAN: 1 ♂, S Sichuan, Xichang—S env., cultural steppe, 26.VII.1997, J. Turna leg. (cSCI); 6 ♂, SW Sichuan, 80 km NE Yanyuan, 2500 m, near Pingchuan, 25–27.VI.1998 (cITO); 10 ♂, 3 ♀, S Sichuan, road Xichang—Yanyuan, pass 15 km SW Pingchuan, 27°33'N 101°49'E, ca 3200 m, 26–27.VI.1998, J. Turna leg. (cITO); 1 ♀, Tatsienlu, 9200 m, 14.VIII.1929, Field Museum Kelley—Roosevelt Asiatic Exped. 1929, H. Stevens leg. ( FMNH); 1 ♂, Batang, 3470 m, 16.VIII.1982, Wang Shuyong leg. ( IOZ); 1 ♂, Xiangcheng Co., 2900 m, 18.VI.1982, Wang Shuyong leg. ( IOZ); 3 ♀, Huili Co., 2100 m, 21.VII.1974 ( IOZ); 2 ♂, 4 ♀, Luding, Lengqi Town, Road S211 at Km 292, 29.82303°E 102.22245°E, 1610 m, 11.IX.2007, day, D. Kavanaugh leg. ( IOZ). YUNNAN: 1 ♂, "Yunnan, David" ( MNHN); 1 ♂, "Yun-nan: Tsekou et Se-Tchouen, Principante de Batang: Yargong, J.A. Soulie, 1907" ( MNHN); 1 ♀, Kunming, Xishan, 17.VII.1982, Song Shimei leg. ( IOZ); 1 ♂, 2 ♀, garden in Kunming, Institute of Botany, 1950 m, 27.VI.2000, Sino-American Exp. ( IOZ); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Deqen, 2700 m, 6.IX.1981, Liao Subai leg. ( IOZ); 3 ♀, ca 170 km NE Lijiang. env. Shudu Lake, 2700 m, 4. IV.2003, T. Vereschagina & S. Sergievskij leg. ( ZIN); 1 ♀, 5 km NE of Xiaguan, Erhai Lake, 2261 m, 20.V.2002, M, Volkovits leg. ( ZIN); 1 ♂, Chuxiong Co., 2400 m, 8.V.1982, Yu Peiyu leg. ( IOZ); 1 ♂, Shangrila, Xiaozhongdian, Tianbaoshan, 27.58517°N 99.87586°E, 3530 m, 18.IX.2007, day, H.B.

Liang leg. ( IOZ); 5 ♂, 7 ♀, Tonghai, Yangguang, Shuijieshan, ground, 24.15233N 102.83973E, 2120 m, 15.X.2007, day, D. Kavanaugh & H.B. Liang leg. ( IOZ); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Gongshan, Cikai Town, Pulahe, river & road sides, 27°44'55"N 98°40' 01"E, 1445 m, 8.X.2002, D. Kavanaugh & H.B. Liang leg. ( IOZ); 1 ♂, Gongshan, Cikai Town, Pulahe, joint with Nujiang, 27.74843°N 98.66498°E, 1530 m, 11.XI.2004, D. Kavanaugh & D.Z. Dong leg. ( IOZ); 7 ♂, 2 ♀, same data as preceding, but 23.X.2004, D. Kavanaugh & D.Z. Dong leg. ( IOZ); 2 ♂, Lushui Co., Liuku Town, Laowo He, riverside, 25.88207°N 98.99156°E, 1280 m, 18.XI.2004, H.B. Liang leg. ( IOZ); 1 ♀, Lushui Co., Liuku, Laimao village, around the corn field 25.82744°N 98.85177°E, 854 m, 20.X.2004, D. Kavanaugh leg. ( IOZ); 1 ♂, Fugong, Lumadeng, Yaping, Yamuhe, 27.13561°N 98.84166°E, 1612 m, 7.X.2007, day, H.L. Shi & H.B. Liang leg. ( IOZ); 2 ♀, Yongping Co., highway pass Yongping—Huanglian, 2370 m, 25.49303°N 99.63825°E, 23.VIII.2007, B. Kataev & H.-B. Liang leg. ( ZIN); 9 ♂, 7 ♀, Jianchuan Co., Yuhua reservoir, 26.42694°N 99.96504°E, 2437 m, 18.VIII.2007, B. Kataev & H.-B. Liang leg. ( ZIN); 9 ♂, 7 ♀, same data as preceding, but H.B. Liang leg. ( IOZ); 1 m, 2 f, Chuxiong Co., Zixishan, lake side, 2390 m, 25.00435°N 101.41094°E, 24.VIII.2007, B. Kataev & H.-B. Liang leg. ( ZIN); 2 ♀, Chuxiong Co., Zixishan forest station, 2330 m, 25.03484°N 101.39908°E, 24.VIII.2007, H.B. Liang leg. ( IOZ); 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Dali Bai Aut. Pref., 36 km N Dali, 2158 m, 26°01'20"N 100°08'14"E, ruderal pasture with pines, shrubs, small brooks, and stones/ litter shifted, 24.VIII.2009, D.W. Wrase leg. (cWR, ZIN). XIZANG: 1 ♀, Qamdo, 20.V.1976, Han Yinheng leg. ( IOZ).

Diagnosis. This species is extremely similar in external characters including apical spur of protibia not dentate at margins (Fig. 1) to H. indicus , but differs from it in greater number (four, more rarely three or five) of setigerous pores along posterior margin of metafemur and in structure of median lobe of aedeagus with a much shorter basal field “ a ” and with a peculiar medial folded formation “ c ” in the internal sac ( Figs 72–77, 80–81 ); some specimens have a medial spiny patch in the internal sac ( Figs 78–79 ). In addition, mesotarsomere 1 of male of H. hauserianus lacks adhesive vestiture underneath in contrast to that of H. indicus orientalis , which has such vestiture apically. Body length 9.2–12.9 mm.

Distribution. Known only from China: mainly the south-western part (Xizang, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Henan). The species is recorded here from Xizang and Guizhou for the first time.

Remarks. In the original description of H. hauserianus, Schauberger (1929) did not mention any specimen of the type series as a type. Thence, based on the article 74.5 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature ( ICZN 1999), the subsequent erroneous treatment of the male from "Yun-nan-sen" as a holotype by Gusenleitner (1990) should be considered as a valid lectotype designation ( Kataev 2001), because this specimen was selected from the type series and all other specimens of this series were mentioned by him as paratypes.

The status and distinctive characters of H. hauserianus were discussed by Kataev (2001). Based on the original description of H. disaogashimensis , he also proposed that this taxon seems to be conspecific with H. hauserianus . A more recent examination of the type series of H. disaogashimensis confirmed this proposition. Thus we treat the latter taxon as a junior synonym of H. hauserianus .

Figures

FIGURES 72 – 81. Harpalus hauserianus, median lobe of aedeagus (72 – 74, Kunming, lectotype; 75, Nepal; 76 – 77, Yunnan; 78 – 81, Sichuan). 72, view from the left side; 73, 77, 79, 81, dorsal view; 74 – 76, 78, 80, view from the right side). a, c, folded formations of internal sac. Scale = 1.0 mm.