Queinnectrechus griswoldi, Deuve & Kavanaugh & Liang, 2016

Deuve, Thierry, Kavanaugh, David H. & Liang, Hongbin, 2016, Inventory of the Carabid Beetle Fauna of the Gaoligong Mountains, Western Yunnan Province, China: Species of the Tribe Trechini (Coleoptera: Caraboidea), with Descriptions of Four New Genera, One New Subgenus and 19 New Species., Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 63 (12), pp. 341-455 : 366

Key for Identification of Adults of Subgenus Queinnectrechus species of the Gaoligong Shan Region

1. Size larger (BL = 4.3 to 4.8 mm), elytra ( Fig. 12a ) more elongate; median lobe of male aedeagus broadest at mid-shaft, with apex long and recurved............. Q. griswoldi sp. nov. Size smaller (BL = 3.5 to 3.8 mm), elytra ( Fig. 13a ) shorter, ovoid; median lobe of male aedeagus slender, with apex short and not at all curved.............. Q. gongshanicus sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURE 12. Queinnectrechus (s. str.) griswoldi sp. nov.; a. Dorsal habitus (CASENT1026334). b. Median lobe of aedeagus of male (CASENT1026334), left lateral aspect. c. Map of locality records (red circles) for Q. griswoldi in the Gaoligong Shan region. Scale lines a, b = 0.5 mm, c = 100 km.

FIGURE 13. Queinnectrechus (s. str.) gongshanicus sp. nov.; a. Dorsal habitus (CASENT1024868). b. Median lobe of aedeagus of male (CASENT1024868), left lateral aspect. c. Map of locality records (red circles) for Q. gongshanicus in the Gaoligong Shan region. Scale lines a, b = 0.5 mm, c = 100 km.