Two new species of the genus Pseudotaphoxenus (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Sphodrini) from Xinjiang, China
Two new species of the genus Pseudotaphoxenus Schaufuss, 1865 are described from the basin of upper Ili, Xinjiang, China: P. achillei sp. nov. (type locality: the right bank of the Tekes River, south of Karatogai Vill.), and P. tarantsha sp. nov. (type locality: southern foothills of Boro-Horo Range, left bank of Piliktshi [Pilikchi] River, east of Karagatsh [Karagach] Vill.).