Shuangheaphaenops elegans Tian, 2017

 

Distribution:
Known only from the type-locality, Cave Mahuang Dong of Shuanghe Dong cave system, the longest cave system of China in Suiyang County, northern Guizhou Province, China.

Holotype:
Male, Cave Mahuang Dong, Shuanghe Dong cave system, Wenquan Zhen, Suiyang County, 720 m, X-18-2016, leg. Wenbo Li, deposited in the insect collection of South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China (SCAU); additional material: an elytral debris, same cave and collecting date as above, leg. Mingruo Tang, in SCAU.

References:

Tian M (2017) A new highly cave-adapted trechine genus and species from northern Guizhou Province, China (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae). ZooKeys 643: 97. DOI:https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.643.11050