Aristochroa yuae

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 yuae

Name

• Aristochroa yuae Kavanaugh & Liang, 2006: 713, figs 1, 4B, 5B, 6B, 7B, 8B, 9, 12A, C

Holotype: IOZ, CASENT 1017110, ♂.

Type locality: 10 to 11.5 km west of Shibali, 3225–3290 m, Lishadi Township, Fugong County, Yunnan Province, China.

Etymology: This species epithet, a feminine genitive singular noun in apposition, is the Latinized surname of Professor Peiyu Yu of the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, selected in recognition of her extensive experience with the genus Aristochroa.

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.