Junnanotrechus exophtalmus Deuve, 1998

Belousov, Igor A. & Kabak, Ilya I., 2014, A taxonomic review of the genus Junnanotrechus Uéno & Yin, 1993 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae), with description of six new species, Zootaxa 3811 (4), pp. 401-437 : 411

Junnanotrechus exophtalmus Deuve, 1998 .

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Junnanotrechus microps exophtalmus Deuve, 1998: 139 , fig. 1 (type locality: “ Chine, Yunnan, Jizu Shan”). Junnanotrechus exophtalmus Deuve, 2011: 70 , fig. 7 (“ Chine, Yunnan, Jizu Shan, 2622 mètres, 25°59´17´´ N – 100°20´17´´ E, V. Grebennikov leg.”).

The species was originally described by Th. Deuve (1998) as a subspecies of J. microps based on the only female specimen. However, the additional material with male specimens allowed this author to raise the taxonomic status of this taxon to the specific level.

We have no specimens of this taxon but, accordiung to the descriptions made by Th. Deuve, this species is easily distinguished from allied species by its more gracile habitus, smaller size, more pedunculate eyes and slender median lobe of the aedeagus ( Fig. 42 ).

Distribution. The species is known only from the type locality situated in the Jizu Shan Mountain Range NE of the Erhai Lake.

Figures

FIGURE 42. Male genitalia of Junnanotrechus exophtalmus Deuve, lateral view (from Deuve, 2011).