Two new genera and three new species of cavernicolous trechines from the western Wuling Mountains, China (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae).

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Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, 483 Wushan Road, Guangzhou, 510642, China South China Agricultural University Guangzhou China.

Published: September 2021

Two new genera and three new species of cave-adapted ground beetles belonging to the tribe Trechini are established and described: and from limestone cave Qiankou Dong (Chongqing: Wulong), from cave Shigao Dong (Chongqing: Nanchuan), and and from cave Qianlong Dong (Guizhou: Songtao). is a small aphaenopsian beetle with a thin and elongated body, while is a semi-aphaenopsian with a stout body. Both new genera are not closely related to any genus of Trechini occurring in the South China Karst, and so their systematic positions remain unclear.

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