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distinguished from those of the latter by the truncate, almost bifurcate, median tooth of the mentum
(simple in E.fortipes members), elytral stria 5 not more deeply impressed basally (distinctly
more deeply impressed in E.fortipes members), recurrent stria longer (shorter in E.fortipes members)
and terminated on interval 7 (terminated on interval 5 in E.fortipes members), and the preapical
seta inserted 1.5 times as far from apical elytral margin as from sutural margin (inserted about
equidistant from apical and sutural margins in E.fortipes members).
HABITAT DISTRIBUTION.— The unique holotype female of this species was found on the
ground under a stone or log in a managed conifer forest along a roadcut at an elevation of 2580 m.
No other trechines were found in this area.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION WITHIN THE GAOLIGONG SHAN.— Fig. 33b. This species is
known only from a single female specimen from the type locality in western Tengchong County in
the southern part of the Gaoligong Shan region. This locality is in Core Area 6.
OVERALL GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.— This species currently is known only from Tengchong
County in the southern part of the Gaoligong Shan region, western Yunnan Province, China.
Genus Trechepaphiama Deuve and Kavanaugh, gen. nov.
TYPE SPECIES.— Trechepaphiama gaoligong sp. nov.
DERIVATION OF GENUS GROUP NAME.— The genus group name (masculine) is a combination
of two other trechine genus group names, Trechus and Epaphiama.
DIAGNOSIS.— Adults of this genus (Fig. 34a) can be recognized by the following combination
of character states: size large (BL = 4.2 mm), apterous; body color reddish brown, dorsum shiny,
slightly iridescent, dorsal surface glabrous except for isolated fixed setae typical for trechines, eyes
also glabrous, small, only slightly convex; tempora glabrous; right mandible (Fig. 16h) with premolar
tooth fused with retinaculum, anterior tip of retinaculum enlarged to form a distinct tooth
and displaced distally, posterior tip of retinaculum reduced, nearly flattened; mentum and submentum
not fused; mentum with median tooth simple with apex rounded; submentum [probably] with
six setae [only five setae visible in unique female holotype of type species]; pronotum slightly convex,
disc glabrous, basal foveae only slightly distinct, median basal area delimited laterally by
oblique furrows, basal margin slightly curved medially, slightly sinuate and oblique laterally; elytra
broadly rounded, more narrowed apically than basally, humeri broad, disc convex with striae
finely impressed, slightly punctate, lateral striae attenuated, recurrent stria deeply impressed, its
anterior end straight, almost continuous anteriorly with the apex of stria 5; no discal setae present,
preapical seta present, inserted next to stria 2.
COMMENTS.— This genus, known from only a single female specimen, belongs to the “Epaphiopsis
Complex” of genera as evidenced by the dentition of the mandibles. Its members can be
distinguished from those of other genera of this lineage by the absence of elytral discal setae, which
is exceptional among trechines, and by their markedly convex, dorsally inflated elytra, imparting
an appearance similar to that of Epaphiama Jeannel (1962) members — short and convex. In contrast,
Trechepaphiopsis members are similar in habitus to small Epaphiopsis members while those
of Epaphiotrechus are more similar in habitus to large Trechus members. A better understanding of
phylogenetic affinities of this new genus must await discovery of a male and study of its genital
structure and/or comparative molecular study.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.— This genus currently is known only from the type species,
which is known only from the southcentral part of the Gaoligong Shan region of western Yunnan
Province, China.