Orthogonius hopei Gray, 1832

Tian, Ming-yi & Deuve, Thierry, 2007, A Taxonomic Treatment Of The Species Of Orthogonius Macleay (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Orthogoniini) Of Singapore, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 55 (2), pp. 261-266 : 264-265

Orthogonius hopei Gray

Orthogonius hopei Gray , in Griffith, 1832: 273; Chaudoir, 1871: 103; Csiki, 1932: 1859.

Specimens examined. – 1 female, “Coll. I. R. Sc. N. B. / Singapore, Nee Soon , Swamp Forest , Mal. trap 1, Station 25028. P. Grootaert coll.” ; 1 male and 1 female, “Coll. I. R. Sc. N. B. / Singapore, Nee Soon , Swamp forest, Mal trap 2, Station 25068. 19 Apr. 2005. P. Grootaert coll.” ; 1 female, “Coll. I. R. Sc. N. B. / Singapore, Nee Soon , Mal. trap 1, Swamp Forest, Station 25046. 5 Apr. 2005. P. Grootaert coll.”, all are deposited in IRSNB except for one female in MNHN . 1 female, “ Hopei Gray, Indes Orient, C. G. Gray ” ( MNHN) ; 1 female, “ Malacca, H. Deyralle” ( MNHN) ; 1 female, “ Malacca ”, “ Coll. E. Steinheil ” ( MNHN) ; 1 female, “ Inde ”, “Ex- Musaeo Mniszech” ( MNHN) ; 1 male, “Malais”, “Ex-Musaeo Mniszech” ( MNHN) ; 1 female, “Ex-Musaeo L. Fairmaire” ( MNHN) ; 1 female, “ Malacca ”, “Collection Cal. Pradier” ( MNHN) ; 1 female, “Ex-Musaeo Mniszech” ( MNHN) ; 1 female, “ Malacca ”, “ Malacca, Oberthur, 1896” ( MNHN) .

Distribution. – This species has so far been cited from India and Malay Peninsula. Here, it is recorded from Singapore for the first time.