Stomis, Clairville, 1806

Sciaky, Riccardo, 2024, Review of the Chinese Stomis, with description of nine new taxa and a new key (Carabidae: Pterostichini), Zootaxa 5523 (1), pp. 1-34 : 11

Stomis chinensis —group

This group is characterized by the combination of: very variable length (7.2–13.8 mm), moderately to rather depressed body, small head with small and flat eyes, medium to extremely long mandibles, of which the right one is evidently notched at middle, rather flat pronotum, with single anterolateral seta, elongate elytra, with small humeral tooth, aedeagus large and thin, with apical lamella long and slender, color dark brown or blackish with greenish or blueish metallic hue.

Distribution. Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan.