Invertebrate Zoology, 2020, 17(3): 267–290 © INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY, 2020 Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of the Russian Far East: Additions and corrections to the Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1 (2017). Contribution 2 Yu.N. Sundukov1, K.V. Makarov2 1 Federal Scientific Center of East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 100-letiya Vladivostoka av. 159, Vladivostok, 690022 Russia. E-mail: yun- [email protected] 2 Zoology and Ecology Department, Moscow Pedagogical State University, Kibalchicha Street 6, Bld. 3, Moscow 129164 Russia. E-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT: 214 comments are proposed for the 2nd edition of the first volume of the Catalog of Palaearctic Coleoptera, of which 189 are related to the systematic part of the catalog and 25 to its list of references. Distribution information is corrected for 10 taxa, three taxa are added, four excluded, and taxonomic information is refined for the remainder. 12 new publications are added, 2 references deleted, and data corrected for further 12 papers. How to cite this article: Sundukov Yu.N., Makarov K.V. 2020. Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of the Russian Far East: Additions and corrections to the Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1 (2017). Contribution 2 // Invert. Zool. Vol.17. No.3. P.267–290. doi: 10.15298/invertzool.17.3.05 KEY WORDS: Taxonomic list; omitted taxa; added taxa; excluded taxa; taxonomic refinements; distribution. Жужелицы (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Дальнего Востока России: Дополнения и исправления к Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1 (2017). Сообщение 2 Ю.Н. Сундуков1, К.В. Макаров2 1 Федеральный научный центр биоразнообразия наземной биоты Восточной Азии Дальневосточного отделения РАН, просп. 100-летия Владивостока, 159, Владивосток, 690022 Россия. E-mail: [email protected] 2 Кафедра зоологии и экологии Института биологии и химии, Московский педагогический государственный университет, ул. Кибальчича 6, стр. 3, Москва 129164 Россия. E-mail: [email protected] РЕЗЮМЕ: Предложено 214 замечаний к 2-му изданию первого тома Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, из которых 189 касается систематической части каталога и 25 — его списка литературы. Для 10 таксонов исправлены сведения о распространении, три таксона добавлено, четыре — исключено, а для остальных уточнена таксономическая информация. Добавлено 12 новых публикаций, удалено 2 публикации, а для 12 публикаций приведены изменения. 268 Yu.N. Sundukov, K.V. Makarov Как цитировать эту статью: Sundukov Yu.N., Makarov K.V. 2020. Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of the Russian Far East: Additions and corrections to the Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1 (2017). Contribution 2 // Invert. Zool. Vol.17. No.3. P.267–290. doi: 10.15298/invertzool.17.3.05 КЛЮЧЕВЫЕ СЛОВА: таксономический список; добавленные таксоны, исключенные таксоны; таксономические уточнения; распространение. Introduction Results When preparing the catalog of ground bee- In total, 214 notes are included in the present tles of the Far East of Russia, many inaccuracies publication, of which 189 relate to the system- were found in the second edition of the first atic part. They contain a total of 10 corrections volume of the Catalog of Palaearctic Coleoptera to the distribution of taxa: 3 taxa are included as (Löbl, Löbl, 2017). Since this publication has new to the fauna of the Russian Far East, 4 are widely been used as a source of reference, also excluded from the list, and data on the distribu- serving as the basis for compiling many regional tion beyond the territory of the Far East are checklists, it seems advisable to pinpoint and corrected for further 3 taxa. Numerous taxonom- publish the errors we have spotted in order to ic refinements and changes are given as well, facilitate the future introduction of corrections. altogether concerning the following categories: This is the second contribution that also sub- – for 11 taxa of the generic rank, the type stantially supplements our first one (Sundukov, species are fixed; Makarov, 2019) which contained 108 distribu- – for 19 taxa of the generic rank, the genus of tion refinements and 70 taxonomic corrections the type species is fixed; for 155 Far Eastern taxa. – for 13 taxa, the name is corrected; – for 2 taxa, the names of the authors of the Methods original descriptions are corrected; – for 65 taxa, the page numbers containing the original descriptions are corrected; In the course of the study, we used only – for 96 taxa, information concerning the published data on the distribution of ground publication in which the original description of beetles in the Far East of Russia, supported by the taxon appeared was corrected. material from the collections of the Federal In the catalog’s list of references, 12 new Scientific Center of East Asia Terrestrial Biodi- publications are added, 2 papers deleted as versity (Vladivostok), the Federal Pedagogical irrelevant, and corrections are made to further University (Moscow), and the Zoological Insti- 12 publications. tute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg). Corrections and addition to the Far East- To verify the taxonomic information, prima- ern taxa of Carabidae ry literature sources containing the descriptions of the relevant ground beetles taxa were con- p. 29. genus Trachypachus Motschulsky, sulted. All taxa included in the present paper are 1844: 86 type species Trachypachus transver- listed with reference to the pages they were salis Motschulsky, 1844; change the name from published on in the catalogue. transversalis to transversicollis (Motschulsky, In order not to increase the list of references, 1844). only sources used by us are included in this work, references to which being given in paren- p. 29: Trachypachus zetterstedti (Gyllenhal, theses, (). 1827), synonym transversalis Motschulsky, Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of the Russian Far East. Contribution 2 269 1844: 86; change the name from transversalis to 539; change the reference to: Motschulsky, transversicollis (Motschulsky, 1844). 1859c: 539 [= Motschulsky, 1859d: 222]. The publication “Motschulsky, 1860e” is not in the p. 33: genus Leistus Frölich, 1799: 9; change references of Catalogue; article with a descrip- page to: 1799: 1. The description of the genus tion of Notiophilus aquaticus var. ?dauricus Leistus begins on page 1 and ends on page 8, was published twice in June 1859 (Motschul- with page 8 the description of L. testaceus sky, 1859c, d). begins (Frölich, 1799). p. 60: Notiophilus biguttatus Fabricius, 1779: p. 36: subgenus Leistus Frölich, 1799: 9 type 222 (Elaphrus); change page to: 1779: 231 species Carabus ferrugineus Linnaeus, 1758; (Fabricius, 1779). change page to: 1799: 1 (see previous post), and correct the type species to: Leistus testaceus p. 63: Pelophila borealis (Paykull, 1790), Frölich, 1799 (= Carabus ferrugineus Linnae- synonym costata Ménétriés, 1851: 49. The com- us, 1758). In the Catalogue, L. testaceus is the bination Pelophila costata Ménétriés, 1851 ap- junior synonym for L. ferrugineus (Farkač, peared for the first time in the catalog by Gem- 2017). minger and Harold (1868: 47) and later it was repeated in several papers (Csiki, 1927; Erwin, p. 38: Leistus (Leistus) niger Gebler, 1847, 2007; Löbl, Löbl, 2017). However, already synonym tibialis Motschulsky, 1860c: 98; Bänniger (1930: 101) doubted the assignment change page to: 1860c: 97 (Motschulsky, 1860c). of costata Ménétriés, 1851 to the genus Pelophi- la, while Kryzhanovskij et al. (1995) and p. 43: Nebria (Boreonebria) gyllenhali gyl- Bousquet (2012) omitted it from the list of lenhali (Schönherr, 1806), synonym schneideri synonyms of Pelophila borealis. We suggest Munster, 1933: 268; change page to: 1933: 267 deleting this taxon for the following reasons: 1) (Munster, 1933). Ménétriés’s work on page 49 describes Lypero- pherus costatus [= Pterostichus costatus p. 44: Nebria (Boreonebria) nivalis nivalis (Ménétriés, 1851)]; 2) of the genus Pelophila, (Paykull, 1790), synonym femoralis Motschul- only “Pelophila borealis Fabr.” is listed in this sky, 1859e: 541 [= Motschulsky, 1859f: 224]; publication (Ménétriés, 1851: 47); 3) in other change the reference to: Motschulsky, 1859c: publications of Ménétriés, this taxon was not 541 [= Motschulsky, 1859d: 224] (Motschul- described. sky, 1859c, d, e). p. 63: subgenus Calosoma Weber, 1801, p. 44: Nebria (Boreonebria) subdilatata synonym Acamegonia Lapouge, 1927: 4 type Motschulsky, 1844, synonym parvicollis Mots- species Calosoma glabratum Dejean, 1831; chulsky, 1859e: 540 [= Motschulsky, 1859f: change the reference, page and type species to: 224]; change the reference to: Motschulsky, 1924: 38 type species Acamegonia peregrina- 1859c: 540 [= Motschulsky, 1859d: 224] (Mo- trix incerta Lapouge, 1924 (= Calosoma sponsa tschulsky, 1859c, d, e). Casey, 1897) (Lapouge, 1924, 1927). p. 51: subgenus Nebria Latreille, 1812, syn- p. 63: subgenus Calosoma Weber, 1810, onym Helobia Stephens, 1828: 16; change the synonym Calipera Bedel, 1881: 15; change the reference and page to: 1827: 45. A description name Calipera and reference to: Callipera Be- of Helobia is given in the key (p. 45) and del, 1879a: 15 (Bedel, 1879, 1881). diagnosis (p. 60–61) (Stephens, 1827). p. 63: subgenus Calosoma Weber, 1810, p. 60: Notiophilus aquaticus (Linnaeus, synonym Calister Reitter, 1896: 41; change the 1758), synonym dauricus Motschulsky, 1860e: reference and page to: 1896b: 15 (Reitter, 1896). 270 Yu.N. Sundukov, K.V. Makarov p. 64: subgenus Calosoma