A New Trechiama (Coleoptera, Trechinae) from the Upper Hypogean Zone of Eastern Shikoku, Southwest Japan

Abstract

A new anophthalmic species of the trechine genus Trechiama is described from the upper hypogean zone of Mt. Kumoso-yama and Mt. Takashiro-yama of the Tsurugi Mountains in eastern Shikoku, Southwest Japan, under the name of T. (s. str.) yoshidai. It is closely related to T. chikaichii S. UENO, but is strikingly different in the shape of male genitalia.