Guiodytes cavicola Tian, 2013 : 116

Tian, Mingyi, 2014, New records and a new species of the cavernicolous genus Guiodytes Tian, 2013 from Guangxi, China (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Scaritinae), Zootaxa 3861 (4), pp. 355-362 : 357

Guiodytes cavicola Tian, 2013: 116

Type locality: Nongshui Cave, in Shangjia, Disu, Du’an County of northern Guangxi.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 2–3 ): Median lobe of aedeagus comparatively more elongate, moderately arcuate, ventral margin bisinuate, gradually contracted towards apex which is very narrow; basal orifice large; inner sac armed with a very long longitudinal copulatory piece; right paramere well developed, especially on base, left one narrower, shorter and very thin, each bearing 3–4 long setae apically.

Additional material examined: 2 males and 1 female, Guangxi: Du’an County: Chengjiang: Ganwan: Nongzhong Cave I, 23° 56.644 N, 108° 10.072 E, 469 m, 2013VI-27, leg. Mingyi Tian, Wei Lin, Weixin Liu, Haomin Yin & Sunbin Huang; 1 male and 2 females, Guangxi: Du’an County: Longwan: Nongqu Cave I, 23° 56.021 N, 108° 10.962 E, 459 m, 2013-VI-27, leg. Mingyi Tian, Wei Lin, Weixin Liu, Haomin Yin & Sunbin Huang. All specimens are deposited in the insect collections of South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China ( SCAU), except one male in Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France ( MNHN).

Distribution: Du’an County, northern Guangxi. Known from three limestone caves in Disu, Chengjiang and Longwan, respectively ( Fig. 1 ).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Distributional map of the genus Guiodytes Tian, 2013 (a. showing the location of Guangxi within China; square: G. b e d o s a e Tian; star: G. cavicola Tian; round: G. deharvengi n. sp.)

FIGURES 2 – 3. Male genitalia of G. cavicola Tian (2. median lobe, lateral view; 3. right and left parameres, lateral view. Scale bar: 0.5 mm).