Contribution to knowledge of the genus Chydaeus in Xizang Autonomous Region [Tibet] and Yunnan Province, China (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Harpalini)

Abstract

Five new species of the genus Chydaeus Chaudoir, 1854 are described from China: C. fugongensis sp. n. (Shibali, Fugong County, Yunnan Province), C. gutangensis sp. n. (Gutang, Medog County, Xizang Autonomous Region [Tibet]), C. hanmiensis sp. n. (Hanmi, Medog County, Xizang Autonomous Region [Tibet]), C. asetosus sp. n. (NE of Fugong, Yunnan Province), and C. baoshanensis sp. n. (N of Baoshan, Yunnan Province). Taxonomic and faunistic notes on eleven other species occurring in Xizang and Yunnan are also provided. Chydaeus shunichii Ito, 2006 is re-described, based on specimens from Lushui County, Yunnan. Chydaeus kumei Ito, 1992 is treated as a subspecies of C. andrewesi Schauberger, 1932 [NEW STATUS]. The taxonomic status of C. guangxiensis Ito, 2006 is discussed. The following taxa are recorded from China for the first time: C. obtusicollis Schauberger, 1932 (Xizang and Yunnan), C. malaisei Kataev & Schmidt, 2006 (Yunnan), C. semenowi (Tschitschérine, 1899) (Xizang and Yunnan), C. andrewesi andrewesi Schauberger, 1932 (Xizang and Yunnan), C. andrewesi kumei Ito (Yunnan), C. bedeli interjectus Kataev & Schmidt, 2002 (Xizang), and C. bedeli vietnamensis Kataev & Schmidt, 2002 (Yunnan). Copyright Boris M. Kataev et al.