Chlaenius (Epomis) circumscriptus (Duftschmid, 1812)

Kabak, I. I. & Liang, H. - B., 2021, An annotated list of the genus Chlaenius Bonelli, 1810 (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China, Far Eastern Entomologist 429, pp. 12-28 : 24

Chlaenius (Epomis) circumscriptus (Duftschmid, 1812)

MATERIAL EXAMINED. China: Xinjiang, Gongliu County, 26. VII 1992, 1 ♂, leg .

Chunmei Huang ( IOZ).

DISTRIBUTION. This Mediterranean species is recorded from Southern Europe to the

Caspian Region, Northern Africa, Middle East, Transcaucasia, Anatolia, Iran, Kazakhstan and Middle Asia (Kirschenhofer, 2017). In Kazakhstan, it is known from the Gurjev Area,

Syr-Darya valley (Tiuratam), Karatau Mt. Range (Berkara), Ili valley (Bakanas, Karagatsh,

Borokhudzir). This species is recorded from China for the first time.

HABITAT. Chlaenius circumscriptus inhabits banks of the rivers on plains at elevation

400–800 m.

Species erroneously recorded from Xinjiang

NOTE. Two taxa were incorrectly recorded from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of

China.