Coptoderina Jeannel

Hunting, Wesley & Yang, Man-Miao, 2019, A taxonomic review of the pericaline ground-beetles in Taiwan, with descriptions of new species (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini), ZooKeys 816, pp. 1-164 : 52

Subgenus Coptoderina Jeannel

Coptoderina Jeannel, 1949: 1924; Nakane and Ohkura 1956: 45; Habu 1957: 114; Shibata 1964: 40; Ball 1975: 177; Lorenz 2005: 457; Baehr 2005: 33; 2007: 175; 2014: 249; Park et al. 2011: 103; Gamboa and Ortuno 2015: 593.

Type species.

Catascopus equestris Boheman, 1848.

Type locality.

South Africa.

Recognition of Taiwanese species of Coptoderina

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Color. Various.

Fixed setae. Two pairs of supraorbital setae; clypeus with two lateral setae; labrum with six setae along apical margin; one pair of suborbital setae; pronotum with two pairs of setae set in raised punctures, one at base of lateral margin and one on lateral margin at pronotum max width; 17 lateral (umbilical) setae in interval 9; ventrally, two setae on each of abdominal sterna III to VI, four setae along apical margin of sternum VII.

Head. Mentum with no tooth; eyes large, convex; palpi cylindrical, elongate, and setose.

Elytra. Humeri broadly rounded; lateral margin explanate, slightly more so in basal 1/3.

Hind wings. Macropterous.

Legs. Tarsal claws denticulate, three to four denticles per claw, males with adhesive vestiture ventrally, two rows of squamo-setae on tarsomeres 1-3 of fore-leg.

Female genitalia. Gonocoxite 2 (gc2) long, narrow, slightly curved; three lateral ensiform setae (les) and one dorsal ensiform seta (des) present. Sensory furrow, furrow pegs and associated nematiform setae not observed.

Taxonomic notes.

All species from the Oriental Region belong to the subgenus Coptoderina Jeannel, 1949. They are distinguished by the median lobe of males with ostium catopic.