New or poorly known Platynini from SW China (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
O.L. Kryzhanovskij
Abstract. Three supraspecific taxa of the tribe Platynini from SW China and adjacent areas are considered. The validity of the genus Andrewesius Jedlička, 1932, is confirmed, its specific composition determined and two new species described: A. fedorovi sp. n. from Yunnan and A. omeishanicus sp. n. from Sichuan. Polychaetagonum gen. n., type species P. plurisetosum sp. n., and two other new species belonging to the genus, P. chensicieni sp. n. and P. inexspectatus sp. n., all the three from the upper belt of Omeishan Mt. (Sichuan) are described; a key to the three species of the genus is provided. The genus Klapperichella Jedlička, 1955 is examined and K. melanoxantha sp. n. is described from Yunnan; it has a stricing dimorphism in coloration. Platynus setiporus Reitter, 1893, from “Buchara” is redescribed; the author believes it to belong to the E Asiatic genus Colpoides Jedlička, 1931, and its actual provenance to be from China.
Zoosystematica Rossica, 1993, 2(2): 297–305 ▪ Published in print 31 December 1993
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