Macrocheilus solidipalpis Zhao & Tian, 2010

Zhao, Danyang & Tian, Mingyi, 2012, Taxonomic notes on the Macrocheilus Hope (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Helluonini) from Oriental Region, with description of one new species from the Philippines, ZooKeys 228, pp. 77-100 : 89-90

Macrocheilus solidipalpis Zhao & Tian, 2010 Fig. 58

Macrocheilus solidipalpis Zhao and Tian 2010: 13. Type locality: China (Guangxi), deposited in SCAU.

Remarks.

This species is similar to Macrocheilus cheni but easily distinguishable from the latter by the presence of additional setae between the anterior and anterior setae, the median tooth of the mentum with sinuate lateral margins in middle (sinuate on api cal one-third in Macrocheilus cheni ), the median lobe larger, and the apical lamella long and narrowed towards apex.

Materials examined.

1 male, the holotype, "Guangxi: Dibei, Oct.1980, Xiuzhen Mao leg., by light trap".

Distribution.

China (Guangxi: Dibei).