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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description 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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spelling pubmed-39504182014-03-12 A remarkably modified species of the tribe Platynini (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from a limestone cave in Jiangxi Province, eastern China Pang, Jianmei Tian, Mingyi Zookeys Article 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. Pensoft Publishers 2014-02-19 /pmc/articles/PMC3950418/ /pubmed/24624016 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.382.6740 Text en Jianmei Pang, Mingyi Tian http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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A remarkably modified species of the tribe Platynini (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from a limestone cave in Jiangxi Province, eastern China
title A remarkably modified species of the tribe Platynini (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from a limestone cave in Jiangxi Province, eastern China
title_full A remarkably modified species of the tribe Platynini (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from a limestone cave in Jiangxi Province, eastern China
title_fullStr A remarkably modified species of the tribe Platynini (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from a limestone cave in Jiangxi Province, eastern China
title_full_unstemmed A remarkably modified species of the tribe Platynini (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from a limestone cave in Jiangxi Province, eastern China
title_short A remarkably modified species of the tribe Platynini (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from a limestone cave in Jiangxi Province, eastern China
title_sort remarkably modified species of the tribe platynini (coleoptera, carabidae) from a limestone cave in jiangxi province, eastern china
topic Article
url 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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