Hikosanoagonum Habu, 1954

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 : 233-234

Genus Hikosanoagonum Habu, 1954

There possibly are two species of this genus inhabiting Hong Kong which differ in size, coloration and other characters. These records represent the first citation of the genus for Hong Kong.

Hikosanoagonum sp. 1

Body size 9 mm long. Material: 1 ex. Hong Kong, Lantau, Tung Chung valley, 15.iv.14 circa 300 m altitude; ♀ Hong Kong, Lantau, Tung Chung valley, 25.v.14; 1 ex. Hong Kong, Lantau, Sunset Peak 6.vi.10, circa 500 m altitude. Biology: Imago found April to June. Maybe confined to Lantau Island.

Hikosanoagonum sp. 2

This species is 10.5 mm long, with the green laterally on the elytra, the disk yellow brown. Material: 1 ex. Hong Kong, Tai Mo Shan, 29.vii.12, circa 800 m altitude, netted. Biology: Imago found July. Maybe a mountain species.