Broscosoma ribbei rougeriei Deuve & Tian, 2002

Jiang, Ri-Xin, Liu, Xiao-Fan & Wang, Shuo, 2021, New species and new distributional record of the genus Broscosoma Rosenhauer 1846 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Broscinae) from China, Zootaxa 4951 (1), pp. 137-146 : 143-144

Broscosoma ribbei rougeriei Deuve & Tian, 2002 ḦĶừ步m云南亚ȅ

Figs. 5–6

Material examined (4 spec., 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀). Labeled: ‘ China, Yunnan Province (云南省), Derung-Nu Autono-

mous County Gongshan (Ḣ山DAEK怒KŊ治县), near Gong-Du Tunnel (ḢDLJDzNJữ), elevation 3500 m, 2017.07.28, Chen Chao-Ming leg.’ ( LPYC).

Distribution. Yunnan, China.

Comments. Broscosoma ribbei rougeriei was originally described from Jinping County, Yunnan Province (Ailao Mountain) and was recorded from Dali City, Yunnan Province by Sciaky & Facchini (2005), and is herein newly recorded from Derung-Nu Autonomous County, Gongshan, Yunnan Province. The nominotypical form, B. ribbei ribbei Putzeys, 1877 is distributed in Nepal and Sikkim. It can be distinguished from B. ribbei rougeriei by the dark green color instead of bright green with golden on the elytra, eyes slightly smaller and more convex and a slender pronotum.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Dorsal habitus of Broscosoma ribbei rougeriei. A. male; B. Female.

FIGURE 6. Diagnostic features of Broscosoma ribbei rougeriei. A. Head and pronotum, dorsal view; B. Elytra; C. Aedeagus, lateral view; D. Left paramere; E. Right paramere; F. Right ovipositor. Features in red: sut, elytral suture; s1‒s8, elytral striae; red dots: setigerous punctures.