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Dolichoctis Schmidt-Gobel 1846

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Genus Dolichoctis Schmidt-Gobel, 1846

Dolichoctis expansicollis Bates, 1892

New record for Hong Kong and probably for China. This distinctive species was described from Myanmar. It was determined by Dr. Martin Baehr from specimen. Material: Sight record 3 exx. W.T.L., 11.iv.14; Sight record 2 exx. W.T.L., 12.iv.14; Sight record 1 ex. W.T.L., 13.iv.14; Sight record 1 ex W.T.L., 16.iv.14; 1 ex. W.T.L., 20.iv.13; 1 ex. W.T.L., 1.v.11; 1 ex. W.T.L., 4.v.13; 1 ex. W.T.L 24.v.15; 1 ex. W.T.L., 24.vi.10; 1 ex. W.T.L., 24.vi.15; Sight record 2 exx. W.T.L., 27.vi.14; 1 ex. W.T.L., June 2011; ♀ W.T.L., 17.vii.13. Biology: Imago found April to July. Can be attracted to light, it is fully winged and capable of flight.

Dolichoctis rotundata (Schmidt-Göbel, 1846)

This species has historically been treated as a junior synonym of Dolichoctis striata Schmidt-Göbel, 1846, though its specific status has been reinstated (Martin Baehr pers. comm.). Identification was determined by Dr. Martin Baehr from specimens. Material: 1 ex. W.T., 11.iii.09 on tree; 1 ex. Hong kong, Mui Wo, Wo Tin, 15.iii.08, many under bark of Lychee tree; 1 ex. W.T., 14.vi.08 on railings; 1 ex. Hong Kong, Ng Tung Chai, 18.vi.11; 1 ex. Hong Kong, Tai Po Kau, 29.vi. 10 in tree; 1 ex. Hong Kong, Mui Wo, 23.xi.10; 1 ex. Hong kong, Mui Wo, Silvermine waterfall, 14.xii.08; 1 ex. Hong kong, Mui Wo, Silvermine waterfall, 18.xii.08. Biology: Nocturnal and arboreal on the trunks of trees and similar structures. Does not seem to come readily to light as they seem to ignore light sources even when quite close.

Notes

Published as part of Aston, Paul, 2016, Catalogue and Bibliography of the Hong Kong Carabidae Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Adephaga), with notes on the historic boundaries of Hong Kong as related to zoological collections, pp. 201-257 in Zootaxa 4121 (3) on pages 238-239, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4121.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/265007

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Schmidt-Gobel
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Dolichoctis
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Dolichoctis Schmidt-Gobel, 1846 sec. Aston, 2016

References

  • Schmidt-Goebel, H. M. (1846) Faunula coleopterum Birmaniae, adjectus nonnulus Bengaliae indigenis. Med Dr. Johann Wilhelm Helfer's hinterlassene Sammlungen aus Vorder - und Hinder - indien. Nach seinem Tode im Aftrage des bohn. National Museums unter Mitwirkung Mehrerer bearbeitet und herausgegeben. 1. Lfg. G Haase Sohn, Prag, 94 pp. *
  • Bates, H. W. (1892) Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. XLIV. List of Carabidae. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Natural di Genova, 32, 267 - 428.