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Date

July 12, 2016 01:10 AM HKT

Description

About 30mm in length.

Chlaenius (Haplochlaenius) costiger as suggested by borisb :

Trig. lew. is similar in ribbed elytra and coulors, but markedly different in:

  • wide head;
  • legs stouter and black;
  • elytra without fine hairs.
    and belongs into another subgroup of Ground beetles than Chlaenius.
    I assume, your beetle is C. (Haplochlaenius) costiger Chaudoir, 1856.
    It is not C.(H.) flavofemoratus, recorded for Hongkong on reference site:
    http://carabidae.org/taxa/haplochlaenius-lutshnik-1933

http://hkwildlife.net/Forum/viewthread.php?tid=11465

instead of
銅胸短角步甲 (Trigonotoma lewisii)

Reference :
A Photographic Guide to Hong Kong Insects 香港昆蟲圖典 1st Edition 2014 P.230 - Hong Kong Entomological Society
http://www.gzkc.org/guizhoushenghaizhukunchongshujuku/2012/0301/406.html
http://www.geocities.jp/moth_20052006/g-470.html

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