ARPHA Preprints, doi: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e84116
The genus Pareuryaptus (Carabidae, Pterostichini) from China, with three new country records
expand article infoHaoyuan Li‡, Yihang Li§, Hongliang Shi|, Hongbin Liang
‡ Capital Normal University, Beijing, China§ College of Agriculture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, United States of America| College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China¶ Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Corresponding author: Haoyuan Li ( 15611840696@163.com )

Corresponding author: Hongbin Liang ( lianghb@ioz.ac.cn )

© Haoyuan Li, Yihang Li, Hongliang Shi, Hongbin Liang.
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Citation: Li H, Li Y, Shi H, Liang H (2022) The genus Pareuryaptus (Carabidae, Pterostichini) from China, with three new country records. ARPHA Preprints. https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e84116
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Abstract

Pareuryaptus is a genus of Carabidae containing 18 species and one subspecies distributed mainly in the Oriental Realm. However, only one species and one subspecies were recorded from China before the present study.

Four species and one subspecies of Pareuryaptus are reported from China with three of them newly recorded: Pareuryaptus adoxus (Tschitschérine) from Yunnan; Pareuryaptus exiguus Dubault, Lassalle & Roux from Guangxi; and Pareuryaptus luangphabangensis Kirschenhofer from Yunnan. Moreover, the male of Pareuryaptus exiguus Dubault, Lassalle & Roux is firstly described and a key to all known Chinese species is provided.

Keywords
Trigonotomina, Pareuryaptus, key, new record, China