Animal Biodiversity and Conservation (Jun 2006)
Two new species of Typhlocharis Dieck, 1869 of the silvanoides group from Portugal (Coleoptera, Carabidae)
Abstract
Two endogean carabid species of Typhlocharis Dieck, 1869 in the T. silvanoides species group are described, T. carinata n. sp. and T. paulinoi n. sp. T. carinata is characterized by the elytron with four discal setae and one subapical seta, the abdominal sternum II with a median carina, more developed near the posterior margin, stronger in male than in female, the median lobe of aedeagus strongly sickle-shaped and the parameres bisetulose, each with a large apical seta and a short sub-apical seta. T. paulinoi is characterized by the elytron with three discal setae and one subapical seta, the abdominal female sterna II and III without any fovea, the internal sac of median lobe in central area very difuse with one lateral sclerite and the right paramere bisetulose, with a large apical seta and a short sub-apical seta. Affinities to putative relatives and a key for the identification of the seven known species belonging to the silvanoides group are also given.
