Lesticus auricollis Tschitschérine, 1900

Fedorenko, D. N., 2022, New or little-known Lesticus Dejean, 1828 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini) from Vietnam, Russian Entomological Journal 31 (3), pp. 260-275 : 268

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https://doi.org/ 10.15298/rusentj.31.3.06

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Felipe

scientific name

Lesticus auricollis Tschitschérine, 1900
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3. Lesticus auricollis Tschitschérine, 1900 View in CoL

Figs 6 View Figs 1–12 , 18 View Figs 13–24 , 31–32, 35 View Figs 25–39 , 49–50.

Tschitschérine, 1900: 174 (Bangkok); Kuntzen, 1911: 165; Csiki, 1929: 519; Roux et al., 2016: 311, 332; Zhu et al., 2018: 157.

MATERIAL. ♀ ( ZIN), Vietnam, Lao Cai Province, Sa Pa Distr., Phan Xi Pang Mt. , 22°20´58´´N 103°46´15´´E, 1900–2500 m, 20.IV– 9.V.1999 (N.L. Orlov) GoogleMaps ; ♀ ( MPSU), Sa Pa , 1500 m, VII.2001 (coll. Huet) ; ♂ ( SIEE), Bac Giang Province, 5 km S of Thanh Son, Tay Yen Tu Nat. Res. , 21°10´17´´N 106°46´10´´E, h= 250 m, 23– 30.V.2019 (A. Abramov) GoogleMaps ; ♂ ( ZIN), mountains near Tam Dao , 900 m, 8.VI.1963 (O.N. Kabakov) ; ♀ ( MPSU), Tam Dao , h~ 900 m, 12.VII.1990 (unknown collector) ; ♀ ( ZIN), mountains W of Ha Tinh, Kim Kuong , 30.III.1963 (O.N. Kabakov). — Internal sac of aedeagus examined in two males.

DIAGNOSIS. Body large, forebody bright metallic, golden green or cupreous green, sharply contrasting with black or indistinctly violaceous elytra. Pronotal foveae wide, flat at bottom and smooth. Protarsomere 1 without ventral pad in female. Internal sac of aedeagus ( Figs 31–32 View Figs 25–39 ) with bulb a distinct; c and small d widely separated; c large, divided into two because of its very large and short dorsal process cd; b simple tubiform, curved slightly to the left, with an additional bulb f at its base; e large and bifid, with dorsal branch (ed) set perpendicular to aedeagus and ventral branch (ev) oblique.

REDESCRIPTION. BL 25.3–31.2 mm. Mesofemur with 3–4, sometimes up to seven, anteroventral setae.

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION. Northern Indochina ( Thailand to Vietnam) and southern China.

HABITATS AND HABITS. No exact data, except for a picture of forest habitat [ Roux et al., 2016].

ZIN

Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute, Zoological Museum

MPSU

Department of Microbiology, Songkla University

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Lesticus

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