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PROCEEDINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES<br />
Series 4, Volume 63, No. 12, pp. 341–455, 48 figs. October 14, 2016<br />
Inventory of the Carabid Beetle Fauna of the Gaoligong<br />
Mountains, Western Yunnan Province, China: Species of the<br />
Tribe Trechini (Coleoptera: Caraboidea), with Descriptions of<br />
Four New Genera, One New Subgenus and 19 New Species.<br />
Thierry Deuve 1 , David H. Kavanaugh 2,* , and Hongbin Liang 3<br />
1 InstitutdeSystématique,Evolution,Biodiversité,ISYEB–UMR7205–MNHN,CNRS,UPMC,EPHE,<br />
MuséumNationald’HistoireNaturelle,Sorbonne-Universités,57rueCuvier,CP50,F-75231Pariscedex<br />
05,France. 2 DepartmentofEntomology,CaliforniaAcademyofSciences,55MusicConcourseDrive,<br />
GoldenGatePark,SanFrancisco,CA94118,U.S.A. 3 KeyLaboratoryofZoologicalSystematics,<br />
InstituteofZoology,ChineseAcademyofSciences,Beijing100101,China<br />
* Correspondingauthor: David H. Kavanaugh (dkavanaugh@calacademy.org)<br />
Our study of 525 specimens of trechine carabids collected during a ten-year biodiversity<br />
inventory project in the Gaoligong Shan region of western Yunnan Province,<br />
China, recognized a total of 29 different species representing nine different genera.<br />
Four of these genera are described as new: Minutotrechus Deuve & Kavanaugh<br />
(Type species: Stevensius minutus Uéno), Trechepaphiopsis Deuve & Kavanaugh<br />
(Type species: T. uniporosa sp. nov.), Epaphiotrechus Deuve & Kavanaugh (Type<br />
species E. fortipesoides sp. nov.), and Trechepaphiama Deuve & Kavanaugh (Type<br />
species T. gaoligong sp. nov.). Gaoligongtrechus Deuve & Kavanaugh is described as<br />
a new subgenus of Queinnectrechus Deuve (Type species: Q. (G.) balli sp. nov.). In<br />
addition, 19 of the 29 species are described as new: Perileptus pusilloides Deuve &<br />
Liang (type locality: China, Yunnan, Tengchong County, Hehua Township, 5.4 km S<br />
of Hehua at Dengman village along Daying Jiang, N24.92346°/E98.38612°, 1105 m),<br />
Agonotrechus fugongensis Deuve and Liang (type locality: China, Yunnan, Fugong<br />
County, Shiyueliang Township, 0 to 2 km W of Shibali on Shibali Road, 2300-2530<br />
m), A. xiaoheishan Deuve and Kavanaugh (type locality: China, Yunnan, Longling<br />
County, Longjiang Township, Xiaoheishan Forest Reserve, 2067 m), Queinnectrechus<br />
(s. str.) griswoldi Deuve & Kavanaugh (type locality: China, Yunnan, Gongshan<br />
County, Cikai Township, 0.1 km SE of Heipu Yakou, in valley below tunnel,<br />
N27.77437°/E098.44793°, 3270 m), Q. (s. str.) gongshanicus Deuve and Liang (type<br />
locality: China, Yunnan, Gongshan County, Bingzhongluo Township, SW slope of<br />
Kawakarpu Shan, on slope NE of Chukuai Lake, N27.98206°/E98.48027°, 3950 m),<br />
Q. (Gaoligongtrechus) balli Deuve and Kavanaugh (type locality: China, Yunnan,<br />
Gongshan County, Qiqi/Dulong divide area, N27.69655°/E98.45389°, 3300-3680 m),<br />
Trechus shiyueliang Deuve & Kavanaugh (type locality: China, Yunnan, Fugong<br />
County, Shiyueliang Townhip, 10-11 km W of Shibali on Shibali Road, 3200-3280 m),<br />
T. mingguangensis Deuve and Liang (type locality: China, Yunnan, Tengchong County,<br />
Mingguang Township, Eighth Boundary Post Pass, N25.80984°/E98.62084°, 2287<br />
m), T. qiqiensis Deuve & Kavanaugh (type locality: China, Yunnan, Gongshan County,<br />
Qiqi Trail at No. 12 Camp, N27.71503°/E98.50244°, 2775 m), T. pseudoqiqiensis<br />
Deuve and Liang (type locality: China, Yunnan, Fugong County, Shiyueliang Township,<br />
11.5 km above Shibali on Yaping Road, N27.20676°/E98.71763°, 3290 m), T.<br />
luzhangensis Deuve & Liang (type locality: China, Yunnan, Lushui County, Luzhang<br />
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