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)
New and little-known species of Car abidaefrom Asia (Coleoptera, Carbidae) 57 Distribution - Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Remarks - The species (Fig. 46) has a more or less round, yellow spot on each elytron. In some specimens the spot is reduced or totally absent. Pheropsophus (Stenaptinus) tamdaoensis sp. n. (Fig. 47) Type material - Holotype (female): "Tarn Dao, Vietnam, 8.5.-22.5.1990, Dudycha Miles" (CDW). Description - Habitus: Fig. 47. Length 12.5 mm, width 5.1 mm. Colour and lustre: anterior part of head (labrum, clypeus and frons between eyes) brownish; remainder of head, pronotum and elytra blackish brown; inner edge ol mandibles brownish; remainder of mandibles, palpi, antennae and legs reddish yellow; head and pronotum with weak lustre, elytra duller; dorsal setation normal; venter with dark brown lustre, with dense yellowish setation, elytral epipleura lighter. Head: with moderately large, weakly protruding eyes; temples long, weakly narrowing to neck; clypeus smooth, convex; labrum roundly produced medially, next to eyes with several very fine longitudinal grooves; frons smooth in middle, next to posterior margin of eyes sparsely punctate; neck smooth. Pronotum: about as long as wide, widest in anterior third; anterior angles not protruding; anterior margin straight, sides roundly narrowing toward anterior angles; base weakly arcuate medially; posterior angles sharp, sides before them widely arched, distinctly protruding outward; pronotum with scattered fine punctures, marginal groove evenly narrow; median line medially distinctly incised, not reaching anterior margin or base. Elytra: moderately wide, widening behind in a rather strong arch, strongly narrowing toward base; humeri weakly indicated; intervals rather flat, densely setose, ridges smooth, weakly convex; epipleura above metepisterna about as wide as outer interval. Distribution - Vietnam. Etymology - It is named after the provenance. Comparisons - The differences from other unicoloured black Pheropsophus (Stenaptinus ) species are listed in the identification key. Pheropsophus (Stenaptinus) akhaensis sp. n. (Fig. 48) Type material - Holotype (male): "Thai, Palong (Akha vill.), 19°55N, 99°06"E, 26.-28./5.1991, Igt. D. Král 750 m" (CDW). Description - Habitus: Fig. 48. Length 12.0 mm, width 5.5 mm. Colour and lustre: head black; labrum paler brownish; genae yellowish; pronotum and elytra black, the latter Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 102, 2010
