One New Species of the Genus Craspedophorus Hope, 1838 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Panagaeini) from Jianfengling Nature Reserve of Hainan Province
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Abstract
A new species of the tribe Panagaeini (Coleoptera:Carabiae) Craspedophorus qiongensis sp. nov. was described and illustrated from Jianfengling Nature Reserve, Hainan Province. The unique female type specimen was deposited in the insect collection of South China Agricultural University. Length: 13.5 mm, width: 5.0 mm.This new species is similar to C. obscurus Xie et Yu, 1992 of Fujian Province, but it can be easily distinguished from the latter by the following character states: 1) its pronotum clypeat, wider and broader at apical half, side margins not produced in middle as in C. obscurus; 2) the hind angle of pronotum is broader and more obtuse than that of C. obscurus; 3) antennomere 1 is subequal to antennomere 3 (but antennomere 1 shorter in C. obscurus); 4) labrum and mandibles yellowish (black in C. obscurus); and 5) the fore elytral spot occupies intervals 6-10 rather than 6-9 in C. obscurus.Compared with C. philippinus Jedli?ka, 1939, which was also recorded in Hainan Province, C. qiongensis sp. nov. is larger in sized (12.0-12.5 mm in C. philippinus), only antennomeres 1-3 dark brown (all antennae dark brown in C. philippinus), mouthparts and palps yellow (but dark brown in C. philippinus), and the fore elytral spot occupies intervals of 6-10 (but 5-10 in C. philippinus).Etymology: “Qiong” is the abbreviation for Hainan Province. The new species is named after its locality.
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