Trichotichnus (Bottchrus) manasluensis Schmidt 2017, sp. n. ...
Zenodo, 2017
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Trichotichnus (Bottchrus) manasluensis sp. n. (Figs 93, 109–114, 152, 3) Type material. Holotype: ♂, “ NEPAL Manaslu Mts. 1600–1800 m, Bara Pokhari Lekh above Bhachok Gaon vill. 29.4.2005, leg J.Schmidt ca 28°14'28"N, 84°24'32"E ” (cJS). Paratypes: 1 ♂, 2 ♀, same data as holotype (cJS, ZIN). Description. Habitus as in Fig. 93. Body length 5.9–6.3 mm, width 2.5–2.8 mm. Colour: Body piceous, shiny on dorsum, with more or less distinct greenish tinge on pronotum and elytra; labrum, in most specimens also base of mandibles, very narrow lateral margins of pronotum and apical portion of elytral margins paler, reddish brown; palpi, antennae and legs brownish yellow. Head: Comparatively large for subgenus, with wide neck (in males, HWmax/PWmax = 0.66–0.67, HWmin/ PWmax = 0.52–0.54; in females, these indices 0.67–0.68 and 0.55–0.56, respectively). Eyes convex (in males, HWmax/HWmin = 1.24–1.25, and in females, 1.21–1.22), oval in lateral view. Tempora at most third as long as eye, slightly convex, somewhat abrupt to ... : Published as part of Schmidt, Joachim, 2017, Brachypterous ground beetles of the Trichotichnus subgenus Bottchrus Jedlička (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from the Himalaya, with description of fifteen new species, pp. 301-358 in Zootaxa 4323 (3) on pages 337-339, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4323.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/919606 ...