Flanged Bombardier beetles from Shanghai, China, with description of a new species in the genus Eustra Schmidt-Goebel (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Paussinae)

Abstract

Four paussine species belonging to three different genera are discovered in Shanghai. A new species,EustrashanghaiensisSong,sp. n., is described, illustrated, and distinguished from the treated congeners. New distributional data or biological notes onEustrachinensisBänninger, 1949,ItamuscastaneusSchmidt-Goebel, 1846, andPlatyrhopalusdavidisFairmaire, 1886 are provided.