Queinnectrechus Deuve, 1992

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

Subgenus Queinnectrechus Deuve, 1992

Queinnectrechus Deuve, 1992a:354 .

DIAGNOSIS.— Adults of this subgenus ( Figs. 12a , 13a ) can be recognized by the following combination of character states: size moderate (BL = 3.5 to 4.8 mm), apterous, body dark, reddish brown to piceous, surface micaceous; pronotum with basal angles prolonged posteriorly as slender digitiform processes, with two setae (midlateral and basolateral) present on each side; elytra markedly convex, inflated, slightly tear-shaped, humeri effaced, elytral discal striae effaced, with two (in most members) or three (in a few members) discal setae present, aligned on interval 3 near stria 3, preapical seta absent from most members.

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.— Same as for genus (see above).

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.