A remarkably modified species of the tribe Platynini (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from a limestone cave in Jiangxi Province, eastern China

Abstract. Morimotoidius zhushandong sp. n. is described and illustrated from a limestone cave called Zhushan Dong II in Wanzhai Xian (=County) of western Jiangxi Province, eastern China. This species is the most modified species within the tribe Platynini in China by having very slender body and app...

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Autores principales: Pang, Jianmei, Tian, Mingyi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3950418/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24624016
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.382.6740
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Sumario:Abstract. Morimotoidius zhushandong sp. n. is described and illustrated from a limestone cave called Zhushan Dong II in Wanzhai Xian (=County) of western Jiangxi Province, eastern China. This species is the most modified species within the tribe Platynini in China by having very slender body and appendages, extremely elongated head, and especially, narrowed and barrel-liked pronotum which is as wide as head. However, the above derived characters are autapomorphies to adapt the subterranean environment. M. zhushandong sp. n. must be a troglobite though it has well pigmented body and flat eyes.

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