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Dicaelindus W.S. MacLeay 1825

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Genus Dicaelindus W.S. MacLeay, 1825

Dicaelindus laevis Straneo, 1992

New record for Hong Kong and China. It was originally described from Northern Vietnam (Chapa, Tonkin) and until now was known only from the holotype, a female. Species determined by Borislav Guéorguiev from specimens. Material: Ƌ W.T.L., 17.iii.15; Ƌ + 1 ex. W.T.L., 28.iii.14; 1 ex. W.T.L., 13.iv.14; Ƌ W.T.L., 25.iv.14; ♀ W.T.L., 12.v.14; Ƌ W.T.L., 22.v.14; sight record W.T.L., 2.vi.15; Ƌ W.T.L., 15.vi.10; 1 ex. W.T.L., 26.ix.14; Ƌ W.T.L., 30.ix.14. Biology: Imago found March to September. Can be attracted to light and is capable of flight.

Notes

Published as part of Aston, Paul, 2016, Catalogue and Bibliography of the Hong Kong Carabidae Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Adephaga), with notes on the historic boundaries of Hong Kong as related to zoological collections, pp. 201-257 in Zootaxa 4121 (3) on page 227, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4121.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/265007

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Biodiversity

Family
Carabidae
Genus
Dicaelindus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
W.S. MacLeay
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Dicaelindus MacLeay, 1825 sec. Aston, 2016

References

  • MacLeay, W. S. (1825) Annulosa Javanica, or, An attempt to Illustrate the natural affinities and analogies of the insects collected in Java by Thomas Horsfield, M. D. F. L. & G. S. and deposited by him in the museum of the honourable East - india Company. Number 1. Parbury and Allen, Kingsbury, London, 150 pp.
  • Straneo, S. L. (1992) Note su alcuni Pterostichini d'Asia, II (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia, 6, 179 - 185.