中国洞穴步甲研究三十年概述

Overview of cave-dwelling ground beetles in the past three decades in China

中国洞穴步甲分类研究起步较晚,最早记录的洞穴步甲是于1991年发现并被描述的奇华盲步甲(Sinaphaenops mirabilissimus Uéno&Wang,1991)。经过国内外步甲分类学者三十年的不断努力,已记录中国洞穴步甲8族71属202种,其中以行步甲族最为丰富,共61属172种。目前,在属级水平上,中国已成为世界上洞穴步甲物种多样性最为丰富的国家。

The first record of cave Carabidae in China is Sinaphaenops mirabilissimus,reported by Dr.ShunIchi Uéno,a Japanese cave biologist,and Professor Fuxing Wang of Institute of Karst Geology,Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences in 1991.After three decades of continuous efforts by domestic and foreign entomologists,202 species of the cave ground beetles belonging to 71 genera in eight tribes have been recorded from China,of which the most diverse group is the tribe Trechini,with 172 species and 61 genera.These promising research results have made China the richest diversity of cave ground beetles in the world.