Libotrechus nishikawai Uéno, 1998

Lin, Wei & Tian, Mingyi, 2014, Supplemental Notes on the GenusLibotrechusUéno (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae), with Description of a New Species from Guangxi, Southern China, The Coleopterists Bulletin 68 (3), pp. 429-433 : 430

Libotrechus nishikawai Uéno, 1998 ( Fig. 1 )

Libotrechus nishikawai Uéno 1998: 48 . Type locality: Lasuo Dong (=cave), Yongkang Xiang, Libo Xian , southern Guizhou.

Additional Material Examined. Two males and one female, collected in a limestone cave near the village of Baidan, Mulun nature reserve , 25°09′04.6″N 107°58′45.7″E, 565 m, 15 August 2011, Youbang Li leg. ; three males and four females, Hong Dong, Mulun nature reserve , 25°08′17.68″N 107°58′27.27″E, 527 m, 26 June 2011, Youbang Li leg. All are deposited in South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou ( SCAU) except for two males and two females in the Muséum National d’ Histoire Naturelle, Paris and one female in Guangxi Normal University , Guilin, respectively .

Distribution. Southernmost Guizhou and northernmost Guangxi, China ( Fig. 1 ). In Guizhou, only the type locality is known ( Uéno 1998). In Guangxi, all records are from several caves in Mulun Karst, northwest Huanjiang Xian ( Tian 2010).

Figures

Fig. 1. Distribution of Libotrechus species. ★ = L. nishikawai, • = L. duanensis; a) Map of China indicating location of enlarged area.