Perileptus pusilloides, Deuve & Kavanaugh & Liang, 2016

Deuve, Thierry, Kavanaugh, David H. & Liang, Hongbin, 2016, Inventory of the Carabid Beetle Fauna of the Gaoligong Mountains, Western Yunnan Province, China: Species of the Tribe Trechini (Coleoptera: Caraboidea), with Descriptions of Four New Genera, One New Subgenus and 19 New Species., Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 63 (12), pp. 341-455 : 347

Key for Identification of Adults of Perileptus Species of the Gaoligong Shan Region

1. Body size larger (BL = 2.6 to 2.8 mm); body color reddish, apex of the elytra darker; pronotum distinctly convex, with sparse setiferous punctures, basal angles markedly projected laterally; elytra smooth, shiny, microsculture effaced, discal striae coarsely punctuate............................................................. Perileptus imaicus Jeannel Body size smaller (BL = 2.3 mm), body color pale yellowish brown, elytra concolorous; pronotum less convex, with dense setiferous punctures, basal angles less projected laterally; elytra dull, irregular isodiametric microsculpture evident, discal striae distinctly but finely punctuate.......................................... Perileptus pusilloides sp. nov.