Three new species of the subterranean genus Guiodytes from Guangxi, China (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Clivinini)

Sunbin Huang; Jiajun Zhou; Mingyi Tian; Arnaud Faille

doi:10.5852/ejt.2021.774.1537

Three new species of the subterranean genus Guiodytes from Guangxi, China (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Clivinini)

Sunbin Huang Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, 483 Wushan Road, 510642 Guangzhou, China https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8357-6651
Jiajun Zhou Zhejiang Forest Survey, Planning and Design Company, 310020 Hangzhou, China https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1038-1540
Mingyi Tian Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, 483 Wushan Road, 510642 Guangzhou, China https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2823-7619
Arnaud Faille Department of Entomology, Stuttgart State Museum of Natural History, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3274-5915

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.774.1537

Keywords: cavernicolous, eyeless, ground beetle, karst, China

Abstract

Three new species of the genus Guiodytes Tian, 2013 are described from the limestone caves of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, southern China: Guiodytes weii Huang & Faille sp. nov. and Guiodytes yueliangensis Huang & Tian sp. nov. from Dapo Dong and Huang Dong caves, respectively, in Huanjiang County, northernmost Guangxi; Guiodytes inexpectatus Tian & Zhou sp. nov. from the Zhuzhu Dong cave in Longzhou County, southwestern Guangxi. All of the six known species of Guiodytes are endemic to Guangxi, ranging from the southwest to the northernmost. A modified key to species and a distribution map for Guiodytes are provided.

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2021-10-11

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Huang, S., Zhou, J., Tian, M., & Faille, A. (2021). Three new species of the subterranean genus Guiodytes from Guangxi, China (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Clivinini). European Journal of Taxonomy, 774(1), 135-154. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.774.1537

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