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Scientific name Carabus (Damaster) blaptoides hanae Chu, 1967
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Chinese name 台灣食蝸步行蟲
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English name
Hana's Ground Beetle, Formosan Snail-eating Ground Beetle |
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Classification 步行蟲科(Carabidae)
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Diagnosis
Body length about 6.5 cm, spindle-like. Head and prothorax
narrow and black dorsally; elytra oblong, with two sharp
processes on the tip of elytra; the whole elytra having
somewhat metallic sheen. (The illustration given here
is refereed to the individual from Kyushu of Japan, for
more information see Imura & Mizusawa, 1996). |
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Distribution
This subspecies has only been known from a unique male
type specimen collected from Chiapaotai (=Jia-bao-tai)
of Taichung County on July 29th, 1964. |
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Habitat and Ecology
Unknown. |
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Threats and Conservation Status
Since this subspecies has been only known from the type
(deposited in Kyushu University), no comment is available
for its conservation and ecology. |
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Remarks
This species has been well-known as endemic to the mainland
of Japan (from Yakushima to Hokkaido), therefore, some
authors have doubted if the type specimen of hanae was
actually an incidentally invaded individual from Japan.
(Tsurumaki, 2001) For further information see Chu (1967)
and Imura & Mizusawa (1996). In addition, the record
of this subspecies from Taipingshan of I-Lan County by
Yang & Huang (1993-4) may need further examination
of the voucher specimen. |
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