New data on distribution of carabid-beetles of the subgenus Cryobius Chaudoir, 1838, the genus Pterostichus Bonelli, 1810 (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from the southern part of the Altai

Abstract

A little-known species, Pterostichus (Cryobius) kuraicus Shilenkov, 2000, is redescribed on the material collected in south-western slopes of the Mongolian Altai range, Xinjiang-Uygur autonomous region of China (first record for China). External characters and structures of male genitalia, including that of the aedeagus and the endophallus, as well as the apical gonocoxites are figured for the first time. Geographic variation and bionomics in the southern part of the specific area are discussed. Additionally, the corrected data on the distribution and type specimens are provided for P. (Cryobius) shilenkovi Erjiomin et Kabak, 1991 from the Southern Altai mountains (Eastern Kazakhstan), the photos of external and genital characters of paratypes are given.

Keywords

• coleoptera
• carabidae
• pterostichus
• altai
• russia
• kazakhstan
• xinjiang-uygur autonomous region
• china