Citation: Tian M (2017) A new highly cave-adapted trechine genus and species from northern Guizhou Province, China (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae). ZooKeys 643: 97-108.

Year: 2017

Author(s): Tian,Mingyi

Journal: ZooKeys

Title: A new highly cave-adapted trechine genus and species from northern Guizhou Province, China (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae)

Abstract: A remarkable aphaenopsian beetle, a sympatric species of Qianotrechus tenuicollis Uéno, 2000, was newly discovered in Cave Mahuang Dong of Shuanghe Dong cave system, the longest cave system of China in Suiyang County, northern Guizhou Province. To categorize this striking but still unknown species, a new genus and species are proposed: Shuangheaphaenops elegans gen. n., sp. n. Relationships of Shuangheaphaenops and other highly modified aphaenopsian genera from southern China Karsts are discussed.

Keywords: aphaenopsian, ground beetle, hypogean, southern China Karsts

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.643.11050

Species: Shuangheaphaenops elegans, Qianotrechus tenuicollis

Location: Suiyang County, Guizhou Province, China