A new genus and a new subgenus of cavernicolous beetles from Furong Jiang valley, southwestern China (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae). Issue 4 (4th July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Huang, Sunbin; Cen, Yijing; Tian, Mingyi
• Is Part Of: Annales de la Société entomologique de France. Volume 53:Issue 4(2017)
• Page Start: 286
• Page End: 295
• Publication Date: 2017-07-04
• Subjects: subterranean -- eyeless -- taxonomy -- new genera -- new species -- Chongqing -- Guizhou; Insects -- Periodicals; Entomology -- Periodicals; 595.705
• DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2017.1344566
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0037-9271

Abstract

Summary: A new genus and a new subgenus of semi-aphaenopsian trechine beetles are described from Furong Jiang valley in the bordering areas of Chongqing Shi (Municipality) and Guizhou Province, southwestern China: Deuveaphaenops Tian & Huang, n. gen . (type species: Deuveaphaenops qimenxicus Tian & Huang, n. sp . from Qimenxia Cave II, Wulong Xian, Chongqing) and Furongius Tian & Huang, n. subgen . (type species: Deuveaphaenops ( Furongius ) gelaophilus Tian & Huang, n. sp . from cave Xianmi Dong, Daozhen Xian, Guizhou). Deuveaphaenops probably belongs to the complex of Cathaiaphaenops, Qianotrechus, Guizhaphaenops and Sinotroglodytes .