Agabus suoduogangi Stastný& Nilsson

Brancucci, Michel & Hendrich, Lars, 2008, 5100 m above sea level: Agabus joachimschmidti sp. n. and notes on other high altitude diving beetles from Tibet and Bhutan (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae), Zootaxa 1825, pp. 51-58 : 55

Agabus suoduogangi Stastný& Nilsson

Agabus suoduogangi Stastný& Nilsson, 2003 : Stastný& Nilsson (2003).

Type material studied. Paratype No. 8 (male): “ China Yünnan prov.; ca. 4000 m SE ZHONGDIAN; 99°52/ 27°48 flat valley, slowly flowing stream ca. 2m wide; sandy-gravely 11.- 12.10.1999, leg. Stastný” ( CLH). Paratype No. 43 (female): “ China Yünnan prov. 30 km SE ZHONGDIAN 99°52/27°48; ca. 3900 m a.s.l. ground water pools, sandy-gravel 11.- 12.10.1999, leg. Stastný” ( CLH).

Additional material studied. “ China, N-Yunnan, Diqing Tibet Aut. Pref., Deqin Co., Baima Shan, pass 15 km Se Deqin, 4330m, 28°22.68 N 99.00 .57 E, meadows, Azalea Juniperus leaf litter, grass, moss, sifted, 12.VI.2005, M. Schülke [C 2005-10]” (1 male, 2 females, CLH).

Remarks. This is the first record of the species since its description in 2003. It was only known from the type locality around Zhongdian, in the northern part of Yünnan.

Distribution. China, northern part of Yünnan Province. At altitudes around 4000 m above sea level.