Pentagonica Schmidt-Gobel 1846
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Genus Pentagonica Schmidt-Gobel, 1846
Pentagonica erichsoni Schmidt-Gbel, 1846 Pentagonica nitidicollis Baehr, 2011
New record for Hong Kong. This newly described species has a large distribution, though this is the first record for south eastern China and Hong Kong. Determined from specimen by Martin Baehr. Material: 1 ex. Hong Kong, Ng Tung Chai 27.iii.08 (Leg. Yiu Vor). Biology: Imago found March.
Pentagonica pallipes (Nietner, 1856)
New record for Hong Kong. Material: 1 ex. W.T.L., 18.iii.15; 1 ex. W.T.L., 8.vii.08; 1 ex. W.T.L., July 2011; 1 ex. W.T.L., 14.xi.11. Biology: Imago found March, July and November. Can be attracted to light, it is fully winged and capable of flight.
Pentagonica ruficollis Schmidt-Gbel, 1846
New record for Hong Kong. The species was previously recorded in Guangdong province (Baehr 2011). Determined from specimen by Martin Baehr. Material: 2 exx. Hong Kong, Ng Tung Chai 11.vi.10, netted from tree. Biology: Imago found June. Arboreal, both specimens netted from trees.
Pentagonica suturalis Schaum, 1863
Schaum described this species from Hong Kong. Also listed as occurring in Hong Kong by Gemminger & Harold (1868), Dupuis (1912 & 1913), Jedlièka (1963), Hua (2002), Bousquet (2003h) and Baehr (2011). Material: 1 ex. W.T.L., 23.ii.10; Sight record W.T.L., 12.iii.14; 1 ex. W.T.L., 20.iii.13; 1 ex. W.T.L., 27.iii.09; 1 ex. W.T.L., 23.v.09; 1 ex. W.T.L., 30.v.08; 1 ex. W.T.L., 6.viii.09. Biology: Imago found February to July. Can be attracted to light, it is fully winged and capable of flight.
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Biodiversity
- Family
- Carabidae
- Genus
- Pentagonica
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Schmidt-Gobel
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Pentagonica Schmidt-Gobel, 1846 sec. Aston, 2016
References
- Schmidt-Goebel, H. M. (1846) Faunula coleopterum Birmaniae, adjectus nonnulus Bengaliae indigenis. Med Dr. Johann Wilhelm Helfer's hinterlassene Sammlungen aus Vorder - und Hinder - indien. Nach seinem Tode im Aftrage des bohn. National Museums unter Mitwirkung Mehrerer bearbeitet und herausgegeben. 1. Lfg. G Haase Sohn, Prag, 94 pp. *
- Nietner, J. (1856) Entomological papers, being chiefly descriptions of new Ceylon Coleoptera with such observations on their habits etc., as appear in any way interesting. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 25, 381 - 394, 523 - 554.
- Schaum, H. R. (1863) Beitrage zur Kenntniss einiger Carabicinen - Gattungen. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 7, 67 - 92. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnd. 18630070107
- Gemminger, M. & Harold, E. von (1868) Catalogus Coleopterorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus. Tom 1. Cicindelidae - Carabidae. E. H. Gummi, Monachii, 424 pp. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 9089
- Dupuis, P. (1912) H. Sauter's Formosa - Ausbeute Carabidae (2 me contribution) Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, 56, 308.
- Dupuis, P. (1913) Coleoptera. Adephaga. Fam. Carabidae, subfam. Pentagonicinae Genera insectorum. 145. V. Verteneuil, et L. Desmet, Bruxelles, 4 pp.
- Jedlieka, A. (1963) Monographie des Truncatipennen aus Ostasien. Lebiinae - Odacanthinae - Brachyninae (Coleoptera, Carabidae) Entomologische Abhandlungen und bericht aus dem Staatlichen Museum fur Tierkunde in Dresden, 28 [1962 - 1964], 269 - 579.
- Hua, L. Z. (2002) List of Chinese Insects. 2. Zhongshan (Sun Yat-Sen) University Press, Guangzhou, 612 pp.
- Bousquet, Y. (2003 h) Pentagonicini Bates 1873 (Subfamily Harpalinae). In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 1. Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 448.