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)
44 E. Kirschenhofer third stria, eighth interval not widened preapically. Microsculpture: head indistinctly roundly reticulate; pronotum with very fine transversely lineolate reticulation; elytra weakly transversely reticulate. Distribution - Malaysia: Perak. Etymology - It is named after the provenance. Comparisons - The species resembles Sofota chujoi JEDLICKA, 1951 (type locality: "Taiwan") in size and appearance but its head and basal elytral spot are black while S. chujoi is unicoloured. A further species from China, S. nigrum TlAN et CHEN, 2000 (type locality 7: "Cebaling, Natural Reserve, Guangdong Province, China"), was described from a female. The latter specimen has a shiny black dorsum. The genus Taridius CHAUDOIR, 1875 This genus was established for Taridius opaculus CHAUDOIR, 1875. An identification key was published by ANDREWES (1935), adding four species, T. birmanicus BATES, 1892, T. stevensi ANDREWES, 1923, T. niger ANDREWES, 1935 and T. nilgiricus ANDREWES, 1935 to the type species. Finally KIRSCHENHOFER (1996) described Cymindis vietnamensis which is here transferred to Taridius. Perseus KIRSCHENHOFER (2003) was established for Perseuspahangensis KIRSCHENHOFER, 2003 (type species) and P. sabahensis KIRSCHENHOFER, 2003. Perseus is herewith relegated to subgeneric rank in the genus Taridius. The subgenus Perseus differs from Taridius s. str. as follows: last maxillary palpomere narrow, spindle-shaped, pointed apically (cylindrical, blunt and obliquely truncate in Taridius s. str.); marginal groove of pronotum with one lateral setigerous puncture and one in posterior angle (with three setigerous punctures in anterior half and an additional one in posterior angle in Taridius s. str.). The elytra of the species of Perseus are yellowish with brownish or blackish spots and bands, while unicoloured blackish brown, lateral margins of pronotum and elytra lighter, reddish yellow in Taridius s. str. The only exception is Taridius (Perseus ) niger ANDREWES, 1935, because its elytra are unicoloured blackish brown, but based on its spindleshaped last maxillary palpomere, it is assigned to the subgenus Perseus (see detailed description in ANDREWES 1935: 205). Literature: ANDREWES (1923,1935), CHAUDOIR (1875), E MDEN (1937), KIRSCHENHOFER (2003). Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 102, 2010
