Aristochroa exochopleurae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Adephaga

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Harpalinae
Supertribus: Pterostichitae
Tribus: Pterostichini
Subtribus: Molopina
Genus: Aristochroa
Species: Aristochroa exochopleurae

Name

• Aristochroa exochopleurae Kavanaugh & Liang, 2006: 718, figs 2, 4C, 5C, 6C, 7C, 8C, 10, 12A, D

Holotype: IOZ, CASENT 1017597, ♂.

Type locality: Pianma Road at Fengxue Yakou (pass), 3150 m, Luzhang Township, Lushui County, Yunnan Province, China.

Etymology: This species epithet, a feminine genitive plural noun in appoisition, is a compound word derived from the Greek exochos, an adjective meaning jutting out, projecting, or prominent, and pleura, the Greek word for side, here referring specifically to the prominently projecting apices of the elytral epipleura seen in adult males and, to a slightly lesser extent, females of this species.

References

• David H. Kavanaugh; Hongbin Liang, 2006: Three additional new species of Aristochroa Tschitscherine (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini) from the Gaoligongshan of western Yunnan Province, China. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 57(24): 711–732.