Fang Jie, Li Wenbo, Wang Xinhui, Tian Mingyi
School of Life Science, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China Anhui University Hefei China.
Wuhua Branch, Guangdong Tobacco, Shuizhai, 514400, Guangdong, China Unaffiliated Shuizhai China.
Zookeys. 2020 Apr 1;923:33-50. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.923.47322. eCollection 2020.
A new genus and three new species of cave-adapted ground beetles are reported from the limestone cave Shenxian Dong in Huangshan Shi, southeastern Anhui Province, China. is proposed to place the anophthalmic trechine species . This genus is characterized by the tiny but stout body, sub-moniliform antennae, serrated elytral margins near the base, and a wide distance between the fifth and sixth pores of the marginal umbilicate series on the elytra. In addition, two new species, . (an anophthalmic trechine) and . (a microphthalmic platynine), are also described and illustrated from the same cave.
在中国安徽省东南部黄山市的神仙洞石灰岩洞穴中,报道了一个新属和三种适应洞穴生活的步甲科昆虫。提出建立一个新属来放置无眼的Trechine族物种。该属的特征是身体微小但粗壮,触角呈亚念珠状,鞘翅基部边缘有锯齿,鞘翅边缘脐状系列的第五和第六个小孔之间距离较宽。此外,还从同一洞穴中描述并图示了另外两个新物种,即一种无眼的Trechine族物种和一种小眼的Platynine族物种。