Straneostichus farkaci Sciaky, 1996

Chen, Jia-Heng, Shi, Hong-Liang & Liang, Hong-Bin, 2022, Taxonomic notes on the Chinese endemic genus Straneostichus Sciaky, 1994 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini), with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 5182 (3), pp. 247-264 : 264

Straneostichus farkaci Sciaky, 1996

Chinese vernacular name: 法氏ḃ步ffl

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Sciaky 1996: 85 (type locality: Zhongdian , Yunnan) .

Type material. 1 male paratype ( CRS), “N Yunnan 23.VI.1994, 27.49N 99.34E 4200–4700 m, mts. 15 km W of Zhongdian , lgt. D. Kral & Farkac”/ “ PARATYPUS Straneostichus farkaci n. sp. Det. Sciaky 1995” [red label] .

Non-type material. 2 females ( IZAS), “ Yunnan, Shangri-La County, Shikaxueshan Mt., Rhododendron with coniferous forest, 4079 m, N27.8200, E99.5838; pitfall trap, 2018.VIII.6, Yu SP et al. lgt.” ; 2 males ( CRS), “ Yunnan 1995, 25 km E of Zhongdian , 3300–4000 m, Bolm lgt., 12.–14. Jul.” .

Distribution. Known only from Shangri-La City. Its locality is about 50 km from that of S. rotundatus at a straight-line distance.

Figures

FIGURES 22‒26. Dorsal habitus of Straneostichus species (vignai-group). 22‒23. S. vignai Sciaky, 1994; 24. S. farkaci Sciaky, 1996; 25‒26. S. kirschenhoferi Sciaky, 1994; 22. Jingyuan, Ningxia; 23. Meixian, Shaanxi; 24. Shangri-La, Yunnan; 25. Weixi, Yunnan; 26. Muli, Sichuan. Scale: 5.0 mm.