Straneostichus kirschenhoferi Sciaky, 1994

Chen, Jia-Heng, Shi, Hong-Liang & Liang, Hong-Bin, 2022, Taxonomic notes on the Chinese endemic genus Straneostichus Sciaky, 1994 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini), with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 5182 (3), pp. 247-264 : 261-263

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5182.3.3

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scientific name

Straneostichus kirschenhoferi Sciaky, 1994
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Straneostichus kirschenhoferi Sciaky, 1994 View in CoL

Chinese vernacular name: AE氏ḃ步ffl

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Sciaky 1994: 194 (type locality: Lijiang , Yunnan) .

Type material. 11 male and 3 female paratypes ( CRS), “ China, Yunnan prov., 18.6.– 4.7.1993, Heishui- 35km N Lijiang , 27.13N; 100.19E, lgt. S. Becvar ” / “ PARATYPUS Straneostichus n.g. kirschenhoferi n. sp., Det. R. Sciaky 1993” [red label] / “ex coll., R. Sciaky, 2011” GoogleMaps ; 5 male and 2 female paratypes ( CRS), “ China, Yunnan, Heishui , 35 km N Lijiang, 27°13'N 100°19'E, 1–19.VII.1992, lgt. S. Becvar ” / “ PARATYPUS Straneostichus n.g. kirschenhoferi n. sp., Det. R. Sciaky 1993” [red label] GoogleMaps .

Non-type material. 2 males and 1 female ( CLHY), “ Yunnan, Weixi, Ahualuohe , 2000–2600 m, 2021.4–6, Li Baijun lgt.” ; 1 male and 2 females ( IZAS), “ Yunnan, Ninglang, Luguhu, Gouzuandong , 3367 m, 2012. VI.04, Shi Hongliang lgt. ” ; 1 female ( IZAS), “ Yunnan, Deqin, Baimaxueshan pass, 2000.VII.28–29, Yu Xiaodong lgt. ” ; 8 males and 2 females ( IZAS), “ Sichuan, Muli, Kangwu pass, 3758 m, N28.1271, E101.1592, 2018.VII.24–25, Shi HL. et al. lgt. ” GoogleMaps .

Remarks. The specimens from Yunnan are usually bright metallic blue or green, occasionally coppery. Whereas, those from Sichuan (Muli) are quite different from the typical specimens for their dark blue coloration, but very similar in the male genitalia.

Distribution. Northwestern Yunnan (Lijiang, Weixi, Ninglang and Deqin) and southwestern Sichuan (Muli).

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Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

IZAS

Institut Zoologii Akademii Nauk Ukraini - Institute of Zoology of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

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Mykotektet, National Veterinary Institute

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Straneostichus

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