Reicheiodes (Reichonippodes) taiwanensis, Bulirsch, 2018

Bulirsch, Petr, Magrini, Paolo, Ho, Bin-Hong & Fikáček, Martin, 2025, Species of the genus Reicheiodes from Taiwan (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Scaritinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 65 (1), pp. 61-70 : 66

Reicheiodes (Reichonippodes) taiwanensis

Bulirsch, 2018

( Figs 1F–J )

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: ♀ (NMPC): ʻTaiwan, Taichung / Dasyueshan forest / 24.2334[°N] 120.9664 [°E] / 2140 m; 10.viii.2013, sift. / TW01, V. Grebennikovʼ.

Additional material examined. TAIWAN: TAICHUNG: 4 JJ 6 ♀♀ (ADWA, PBPC): ʻTaiwan, Taichung; 178 / Xueshan rd. (to Daxueshan / Nat. Forest Recr.Area) / Prim. Forest, 24°13’36.4”N / 120°58’34.7”E, 1700 m [sic!, the altitude at the GPS position given is 1990 m!], 30.v.2019 / leg. Berger-Dostalʼ; 2 JJ (NMNS, NMPC): Taiwan, Taichung / Daxueshan Nat. Forest Area / at Rd. 1 S of Shaolaishan Mt. / 24.22601[°N] 120.975772[°E] / 28.vi.2023 / Fikáček, Růžička, Ho, Hu, Král [leg.] / TW2023-031 // sifting of small accumulations / of leaf litter in a montane forest / with huge trees.

Supplementary description. Male as in Fig. 1F . Measurements (n = 13, including holotype). Body length 2.60–2.95 mm (mean 2.75 mm, HT 2.75 mm); pronotum 1.10–1.18 (mean 1.13, HT 1.18) times as wide as long, 1.50–1.59 (mean 1.55, HT 1.59) times as wide as head; Elytra 1.40–1.48 (mean 1.45, HT 1.40) times as long as wide, 1.21–1.28 (mean 1.24, HT 1.22) times as wide as pronotum.

Male genitalia. Aedeagus as in Figs 1G, H, J ; median lobe in lateral view moderately long, moderately broad at mid-lenght, apex short, very broadly rounded, barely bent ventrad. Parameres as in Fig. 1I , unisetose.

Collection circumstances. All specimens were collected by sifting leaf litter in a primary montane forest.

Distribution. Endemic to Taiwan. The species is only known from the Daxueshan area in the central mountain range, from two close localities along the Daxueshan Rd. at altitudes 1990–2140 m a.s.l.

Figures

Fig. 1. Habitus and male genitalia of Taiwanese Reicheiodes Ganglbauer, 1891. A–E – R. kuankong sp. nov., holotype. F–J – R. taiwanensis Bulirsch, 2018, non-type. K–O – R. ursinus sp. nov., holotype.A, F, K – dorsal habitus; B, G, L – aedeagus in left lateral view; C, H, M – aedeagus in ventral view; D, I, N – parameres; E, J, O – detail of apex of the aedeagus in left lateral view. All figures (except E, J, O) to scale. Abbreviations: dt – distal tooth of protibia; pt – proximal tooth of protibia; spi – apical spine of protibia; spu – apical movable spur of protibia.