Pterostichus tiankeng

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
Genus: Pterostichus
Subgenus: Pterostichus (Huaius)
Species: Pterostichus tiankeng

Name

Pterostichus tiankeng Tian & Huang in Tian et al., 2019

Type locality: cave Xigou Dong, Qingshiguan Cun (Village), Xiaonanhai Zhen, Nanzheng Qu, Hanzhong Shi, southwestern Shaanxi Province, 32° 49′38.95′′N, 107°01′40.05′′E, 838.8 m.

Holotype: SCAU. male ♂. 06.IX.2017. legit Mingyi Tian, Sunbin Huang, Haomin Yin and Dianmei Wang.

References

Primary references

• Tian, M.Y., Huang, S.B., Chen, M.Z. & Ding, K.J. 2019. Remarkable cave-adapted ground beetles of the tribe Pterostichini from China: a new subgenus and three new species (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) 55(1): 1–16. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2018.1546554. Reference page.