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Shilenkov, V. G.: Some notes on South Siberian Trechini (Coleoptera, Carabidae) with descriptions of three new species
Ecology. This species prefers marshes with Sphagnum and lowland forests with soft soil rich in organic matters (LINDROTH, 1945, PAWLOWSKI, 1975). Immature beetles 16. VI. (Iljinka). Material. Novosibirsk distr. : environs ot Barabinsk, village Karachi, 1-13. VIII. 1973, leg. V. G. MORDKOVITSCH, 7 ex (MN, ISU). Irkutsk distr. : Bolshaja Murozhnaja river, tributary of Angara river, birch forest, 23-26. VII. 1978, leg. V. K. DMITRIJENKO, 2 ex. (ISU); the same locality, birch and silver fir forest, 18. VIII. 1978, leg. V. K. DMITRIJENKO, 1 ex. (ISU), Burjatskaja ASSR: Iljinka settlement, 16. VI-28. VII. 1975, leg. V. G. SHILENKOV and A. VOINKOV, 3 ex. (ISU). Taxonomical remarks. Lectotype, Ç of Trechus nigricornis MÖTSCH. (ZMM), designated here, bears two labels: "Kiachta" and "Trechus nigricornis mihi, 10 v. v. Kiach.". Length 3.5 mm. This is an immature specimen of Epaphius rivularis (GYLL.). JEANNEL (1928: 792) presumed, that T. nigricornis MÖTSCH, is related to or synonymous with T. montanus MÖTSCH., but short description by MOTSCHULSKY was not sufficient for exact conclusion. Trechus (Trechus) rubens (FABRICIUS, 1792) Carabus rubens FABRICIUS, 1792, Entomol. syst, emend, et aucta, I, 1 (type locality: Germany: Kiel). For synonymy, distribution and ecology, see JEANNEL, 1927: 180, 1941: 319; CSIKI, 1928: 247; LINDROTH, 1945: 664, 1961: 194; PAWLOWSKI, 1975: 50; SHILENKOV, 1979: 41. Distribution. Borei-montaneous in Europe, in Siberia to the East as far as Lena river and Baikal. Introduced in Canada. Material. Irkutsk distr. : "Irkutsk province", 31. V. 1907, leg. DR. SMIRNOV, 2 ex. (ZIL); Baikalsk, in open forest under stones near small stream, 16. VII. 1980, leg. A. D. SHILENKOVA, 2 ex. <1SU). Figs 1-3. Pronotum. 1 : Epaphius secalis (PAYK.) ; 2 : Epaphius rivularis (GYLL.) ; 3 : Trechus rubens (F.). — Figs 4-7. Habitus 4: Trechus hangaicus sp. n.; 5: Trechus montanus MÖTSCH.; 6: Trechus korotyaevisp. n. ; 7: Trechus mordkovitschisp. n.
