Agonotrechus xiaoheishan, 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 : 353

Key for Identification of Adults of Agonotrechus Species of the Gaoligong Shan Region

1. Eyes less projected, less convex and only about twice as long as the tempora; pronotum only slightly transverse, lateral explanation narrow anteriorly; lateral elytral discal striae deep and markedly punctate, elytral intervals convex.................... A. xiaoheishan sp. nov. Eyes large and projected, more convex and more than twice as long as the tempora...... 2

2. Size smaller, BL less than 5.5 mm. Pronotum smaller, lateral explanation narrow anteriorly; lateral elytral discal striae deep and elytral intervals only slightly convex. A. yunnanus Uéno Size larger, BL = 5.8 to 6.5 mm. Pronotum larger, lateral explanation wider anteriorly; lateral elytral discal striae more faintly impressed and elytral intervals nearly flat.............. 3

3. Elytral silhouette subovoid, rather short; pronotum narrower, with lateral explanation narrow, slightly widened basally; elytral recurrent stria abruptly terminated, not connected to apex of discal stria 5............................................. A. fugongensis sp. nov. Elytral silhouette more subquadrate; pronotum markedly transverse, with lateral explanation wide anteriorly, also widened and slightly explanate basally; elytral recurrent stria continuous anteriorly with discal striae 5................................... A. wuyipeng Deuve