Dyschiriodes (Eudyschirius) disjunctus ( Andrewes, 1929 )

Bulirsch, Petr, 2009, Contribution to the Asian and Afrotropical species of the genus Dyschiriodes (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Scaritinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (suppl.) 49 (2), pp. 559-576 : 571

Dyschiriodes (Eudyschirius) disjunctus ( Andrewes, 1929)

Dyschirius disjunctus Andrewes, 1929: 411

Dyschiroides (Eudyschirius) disjunctus: FEDORENKO (1996) : revised generic placement

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: ♁, ‘TYPE (red circle) // W.Almora, / Kumaon,/ INDIA H.G.C.// B.M. 1927–92 / G.C.Champion // Dyschirius / disjunctus / Type Andr. / H.E.Andrewes // Syntype (blue circle)’ ( BMNH).

Additional material examined. INDIA: UTTARAKHAND: 2 ♀♀, ‘N-INDIA UTTARANCHAL state, / ca 13 km NW of Nainital / Khairna Bridge, at light / near river, 900m, 13.–17.vii.2003 / Z. Kejval & M. Trýzna lgt.’ NEPAL: 1 ♀, ‘C-NEPAL, 21–27.vii.2000 / Chitwan (Roy. Nat. Park) / Sauraha vill. 166 m / 7.35 N 84.30 E ( GPS) env. / Jan Schneider lgt. // Nepal Expedition / Jan Farkač, David Král / & Jan Schneider // Dyschiriodes / disjunctus (Andr.) / det. D. Fedorenko 2001 ’. CHINA: YUNNAN: 1 ♁, ‘CHINA YUNNAN, 6–10.vii.1992 / Ninlang env. / 27.19 N 100.55 E / lgt. S. Bečvář’ (all PBPC).

Distribution. Northern India, southern Nepal, China (Yunnan). New species for China.

Comment. This species was described in detail by ANDREWES (1929). All above-cited specimens correspond with the holotype and the original description; only the single male from Yunnan has slightly finer elytral striae, whereas the striae are slightly deeper in the female from Chitwan than in the holotype. The shape of the median lobe of the aedeagus of the male from Yunnan perfectly agrees with that of the holotype (apex trefoil-like in ventral view). Three specimens from Thailand, formerly identified as aberrant specimens of D. disjunctus , are described above as D. facchinii sp. nov.