On species of Anisodactylus of the Russian Far East, with a description of a new species and the first record of A. tricuspidatus for Russia (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalini).

A review of the ground beetle genus Anisodactylus Dejean, 1829 of the Russian Far East is given. The fauna of this region includes four species of two subgenera: A. (Pseudanisodactylus) signatus (Panzer, 1796), A.

A review of Asian species of the genus Platymetopus (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalini).

Based on the examined material and literature data, the Asian fauna of the genus Platymetopus Dejean, 1829 includes four species endemic to the Oriental region and East Asia, and one subspecies of the Afrotropical P. figuratus Boheman, 1848 (P. f.

Three new brachypterous species of the genus Coleolissus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from China and India.

Three new obligatory brachypterous species of the genus Coleolissus Bates, 1892 are described: Coleolissus curtus sp. n. from the southern Gaoligong Mountain Range (Yunnan, China), C.

Notes on carabid beetles of the genera Coleolissus and Siopelus (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalini), with description of four new species with unusual aedeagi from India and China.

New data on the taxonomy, morphology and distribution of several species of the genera Coleolissus Bates, 1892 and Siopelus Murray, 1859 from the southern Palaearctic and Oriental regions are provided, with special attention to the structure of their male genitalia. Coleolissus perlucens (Bates, 1878), originally described as Hypolithus perlucens Bates, 1878, the type species of Coleolissus, and C. iris Andrewes, 1924 are re-described based on the holotypes and the additional material.

New data on carabid beetles of Trichotichnus s. str. (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of Yunnan (China) and adjacent areas, with description of six new species and two new subspecies.

New data on taxonomy and distribution of several species of ground beetles of the nominotypical subgenus of Trichotichnus Morawitz, 1863 occuring in Yunnan (China) and adjacent areas are provided. Fourteen species are currently recorded from Yunnan. The following new taxa are described: T.

On some Afrotropical Harpalus, with description of two new species, and remarks on Hypharpax australis (Coleoptera: Carabidae): misidentification, mislabeling, and introduction to the Australian region.

New data on taxonomy of several Afrotropical species of Harpalus Latreille, 1802 are provided, with special attention to the species recorded outside the African continent. Two new species from East Africa are described: H. pseudoasemus sp.

A remarkable new lebiine genus with two new species from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Lebiini).

The peculiar lebiine genus Disciferella gen. n. is described as a representative of the subtribe Dromiusina Bonelli, 1810.

New data on the irvinei group of Chydaeus of the Himalaya from Nepal and southern Tibet (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Harpalini).

Re-examination of the type series of Chydaeus irvinei (Andrewes, 1930) revealed that this species is based on two different taxa. It is re-described based on the lectotype and two paralectotypes from Gautsa in the Ngamo Chu Valley of southern Tibet between Sikkim and Bhutan. Chydaeus loeffleri (Jedlička, 1966) is treated as distinct species (not a synonym of Ch.

A review of the Afrotropical genus Kenyacus (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalini) from the Rwenzori Mountains, with description of seven new species.

A taxonomic review of the Afrotropical genus Kenyacus Alluaud, 1917 from the Rwenzori Mountains is given. Tropicoritus Alluaud, 1917 is treated as a new synonym of Kenyacus. Seven new species are described from the eastern part of the Rwenzori Mountains National Park (Uganda): K.

Notes on Ditomina, with description of two new genera and a new species (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from the Middle East and India.

Two new monotypical genera of the subtribe Ditomina are described: Parapenthus gen. n. for Ditomus solitarius Peyron, 1858 from the Middle East, which was treated previously either within Penthus Chaudoir, 1843 or within Penthophonus Reitter, 1900, and Indocarterus gen.

On taxonomic status of Bottchrus, with a description of a new brachypterous species of the genus Trichotichnus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from the Philippines.

Originally described as a separate monotypical genus, Bottchrus Jedlička, 1935 is treated as a senior synonym of Bellogenus Clarke, 1971, the subgenus of the genus Trichotichnus Morawitz, 1863. The type species of the subgenus Bottchrus, stat. n.

Taxonomic review of Chinese species of ground beetles of the subgenus Pseudoophonus (genus Harpalus) (Coleoptera: Carabidae).

A taxonomic review of 23 species of the subgenus Pseudoophonus Motschulsky, 1844, the genus Harpalus Latreille, 1802, occurring in China is given, and a key to these species is provided. The species are divided in three species groups and five subgroups, the distinctive characters of which are listed. The following new synonyms are established: Harpalus calceatus Duftschmid, 1812 = Anisodactylus propinquus Ballion, 1870, syn.

New species of the genus Chydaeus from China, Nepal, Myanmar, and Thailand, with remarks on species previously described (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalini).

Ten new species of the genus Chydaeus Chaudoir, 1854 are described: C. dissimilis sp. n.

Contribution to knowledge of the genus Chydaeus in Xizang Autonomous Region [Tibet] and Yunnan Province, China (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Harpalini).

Five new species of the genus Chydaeus Chaudoir, 1854 are described from China: Chydaeus fugongensissp. n. (Shibali, Fugong County, Yunnan Province), Chydaeus gutangensissp.