On the distribution of some carabid-beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in the eastern part of Tien Shan
The distribution of 14 carabid-beetle taxa in the eastern part of the Tien Shan mountains and adjacent planes in eastern part of the Tien Shan mountains and adjacent territories is discussed. 6 taxa, Leistus (s. str.) ketmenicus Shilenkov et Kabak, 1994; Carabus (Cechenotribax) petri ssp. alipastroides Kabak, 2010; Pogonus orientalis ssp. virens Ménétriés, 1849; Pogonus transfuga Chaudoir, 1871; Lebia (Lamprias) chlorocephala (Hoffmann, 1803); Microlestes fissuralis Reitter, 1901 are newly recorded from China. Zuphium olens ssp. olens (P. Rossi, 1790) is recorded from the Xinjiang Province for the first time. Additionally, distributional data for Xinjiang are improved for the following 7 taxa: Calosoma (Callisthenes) pseudocarabus Semenov et Redikortzev, 1928; Carabus (Cryptocarabus) sororius A. Morawitz, 1886; Carabus (Cratocarabus) puer ssp. gongliuensis Deuve et Tian, 2008; Amara (Harpalodema) kuenlunensis Bates, 1878; Carabus (Ophiocarabus) variabilis Ballion, 1878; Carabus (Cryptocarabus) munganasti Reitter, 1909; Carabus (Cratocechenus) akinini ssp. yiningensis Obydov, 2009 (for three later taxa distributional data are firstly given).