Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 102. (Budapest 2010)
Kirschenhofer, E.: New and little-known species of Carabidae from the Middle East and Southeast Asia Coleoptera, Carabidae: Lebiini, Brachinini)
30 E. Kirschenhofer Coptodera cechovskyi sp. n. (Fig. 21) Type material - Holotype (female): "Malaysia-W, Perak, 30 km SE of IPOH, 900 m, Cameron Highland, Ringlet, 26.-31. III. 2000, leg. P. Cechovsky" (CAD). Description - Habitus: Fig. 21. Length 8.3 mm, width 3.9 mm. Colour and lustre: head black; pronotum brownish black, sides broadly lighter brown; elytra black; marginal groove slightly lighter brown; each elytron with two large reddish yellow spots; anterior spot covering intervals 3 to 7 (but short on interval 3) and reaching posteriorly to just anteriorly of middle; the posterior spot covers intervals 2 to 8, short on interval 2, and posteriorly sinuate and anteriorly saw-toothed on interval 4; clypeus, labrum, mandibles, palpi, antennae and legs reddish yellow; dorsum rather matt, with velvety sheen, glabrous. Venter shiny black, glabrous, elytral epipleura lighter brown. Pronotum: 2.04 times as wide as long, weakly convex; sides roundly narrowing anteriorly, widest before middle; posterior angles acute, weakly obtuse, sides weakly angled towards posterior angles; marginal groove broad, distinctly broadening towards base; anterior margin straight; posterior margin medially arcuate, basal impressions with widened pits; median line very finely incised, hardly reaching anterior margin or base. Elytra: broadly oval, feebly convex; basal margin complete, roundly meeting lateral margins; humeri well-developed, not declivous; marginal groove rather wide; outer angles of apical incision shortly rounded; apical end of elytral suture shortly rounded; striae deep, very finely punctate; intervals smooth, convex, third with three pore-punctures of which anterior adjacent to third stria, middle and posterior adjacent to second stria, middle just posterior to middle of elytron. Microsculpture: very fine throughout; roundly reticulate on head; finely transversely grooved on pronotum, densely chagreened between grooves; elytra with narrow transverse reticulation. Distribution - Malaysia: Perak. Etymology - This species is dedicated to the collector of this new species, Petr Cechovsky (Prague). Comparisons - This species is similar to Coptodera farai JEDLICKA, 1963 (type locality: "China, Yunnan, Solingho") in the following features: anterolateral pronotal angles without bristles; elytra each with two large reddish yellow spots; distinct microsculpture dorsally; elytra clearly sinuate anteriorly of apex, with outer angles shortly rounded; apical end of elytral suture shortly rounded, third elytral interval with three pore-punctures, the third one in the middle or just behind; anterior spot more or less rounded. Differences from C. farai: anterior pronotal margin distinctly sinuate in C. farai , straight in C. cechovskyi sp. n.; in C. cechovskyi sp. n. anterior spot larger, not as evenly rounded and the posterior spot larger, expanding more on intervals 7 and 8. Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 102, 2010
