Abstract
A new genus and three new species of cave-adapted ground beetles are reported from the limestone cave Shenxian Dong in Huangshan Shi, southeastern Anhui Province, China. Shenoblemusgen. nov. is proposed to place the anophthalmic trechine species S. minusculussp. nov. This genus is characterized by the tiny but stout body, sub-moniliform antennae, serrated elytral margins near the base, and a wide distance between the fifth and sixth pores of the marginal umbilicate series on the elytra. In addition, two new species, Wanoblemus huangshanicussp. nov. (an anophthalmic trechine) and Jujiroa inexpectatasp. nov. (a microphthalmic platynine), are also described and illustrated from the same cave.
Highlights
The first report of the subterranean ground beetles from Anhui Province, eastern China, was published a few years ago (Fang et al 2016)
In April 2016, one of us (LWB) conducted cave biodiversity investigations in Tongling, Chizhou, Xuancheng, and Huangshan prefectures of Anhui. His efforts were in vain in four of the five explored caves except Shenxian Dong in Huangshan Shi where he achieved success in collecting seven cave-adapted trechine beetles
Further studies in the laboratory confirmed that six of these beetles belonged to a new species of the genus Wanoblemus Tian & Fang, 2016
Summary
The first report of the subterranean ground beetles from Anhui Province, eastern China, was published a few years ago (Fang et al 2016).
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