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Subgenus Tschitscherinea Berg, 1898 Eunema Tschitschérine, 1897: 70 [junior homonym of Eunema Salter, 1859 (Lophospiridae)]. Type species: Feronia filum Tschitschérine, 1897, by monotypy. Tschitscherinea Berg, 1898: 18. Replacement name for Eunema Tschitschérine, 1897. Jedlička, 1962: 228. Sciaky, 1997: 166. Jedlickaia Sciaky, 1997: 162. Type species: Pterostichus sterbai Jedlička, 1934, by original designation. New synonymy. Diagnosis. Species of the subgenus Tschitscherinea can be recognized among Chinese Pterostichus by the following combinations: medium-sized pterostichid beetles; body form relatively slender, more or less parallel-sided; dorsum reddish brown to dark brown; submentum with two setae on each side; elytra interval 3 with one to three setigerous pores; umbilicate pore series on interval 9 discontinuous in middle; metepisternum at most slightly longer than basal width; mesofemora with two setae on posterior-ventral margin; metacoxae with three setae; median lobe of aedeagus relatively small, apical lamella short with rounded apex; right paramere elongated, often curved at anterior third (Figs 15–24). Subgeneric characters. Body form relatively slender, more or less parallel-sided; body length 9.0– 15.5 mm; dorsum reddish-brown to dark brown, elytra without or with very faint metallic luster. Head small to distinctly thickened, always narrower than pronotum; eyes small, two supraorbital setae present; vertex without puncture or wrinkle; frontal grooves shallow, sometimes indistinct, slightly sinuate, reaching mid-point of eyes. Antennae hardly reaching or slightly exceeding elytra base; scape shorter than combined length of following two segments; antennomere 3 with 6–7 primary long setae forming an apical ring, without short accessory seta. Mandibles long, outer margin nearly straight, curved near apical fourth, apex sharply hooked; terminal labial and maxillary palpomere cylindrical, weakly broadened in males; penultimate labial palpomere with two setae along inner margin, without an extra seta ... |