SPIXIANA 26 1 57-63 München, Ol. März 2003 ISSN 0341-8391 New taxa and new records of Odacanthinae from Sulawesi (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae) Martin Baehr Baehr, M. (2003): New taxa and new records of Odacanthinae from Sulawesi (hisecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae). -Spixiana 26/1: 57-63 Ophionea nigrofasciata fortestriata, subspec. nov. is described from central Sulawe-si. The species was not yet recorded from this island and apparently, there a distinct subspecies occurs. Some records of additional odacanthine species from Sulawesi are dealt with, including a specimen of Arcliicolliuris bimaculata Redtenbacher hav-ing completely black pronotum, though the Single available specimen from central Sulawesi is not regarded more than a colour variant and thus, it is not given a nomenclatorially valid name. Considerations about the odacanthine fauna of Sulawesi suggest rather an Orien-tal than Australian origin of the fauna. For odacanthines at least, Wallace's line may not have acted as a past or present faunal border. Dr. Martin Baehr, Zoologische Staatssammlung, Münchliausenstr. 21, D-81247 München, Germany, e-mail: martin.baehr@zsm.mwn.de. Introduction Samples of carabid beetles recently received from Sulawesi include a number of odacanthine species some of which are interesting in the light of the very limited Knowledge we still possess about the ground beetle fauna of that island. Especially the odacanth-ine fauna never was systematically sampled and most records are based on rather casual coUections or samples made at light. Hence, neither the classi-cal works on the Oriental fauna, nor even more recent papers about this fasciating group -fascinat-ing in view of both, externa! structure and ecology -contain much Information on the odacanthine fau-na of Sulawesi. Previous authors, e.g. Andrewes (many papers during the 20thies and 3üties of last Century), Lieb-ke (1938), Jedlicka (1963), had little access to materi-al from Sulawesi, and, although since the eighties of 20''' Century Sulawesi is being much better explored, there is still much more Information available con-cerning the faunas of neighbouring areas than Su-lawesi itself: e.g. Andrewes for Buru (1930), Sumat-ra (1933), and Bali (1937); Habu (1962, 1967) for Japan; Darlington (1968) for New Guinea; Stork (1986) for Borneo; and Baehr for New Guinea (1995, 1996b, 1997a, 1998), Australia (1986, 1996c, 1999a, in press), the Philippines (1996d), Java (1997b), and the New Guinean-West Pacific region (1996a, in prep.). Only Baehr (1996a) described a new odacanth-ine species from Sulawesi and gave some addirional records of species occurring on that island. Howev-er, the odacanthine fauna of the Moluccas still is far less well known than the faunas of the surrounding areas. Therefore, this paper, likewise far from being an exhausting treatment, could add to the knowl-edge and also could encourage future collectors and workers to direct their attention to the fauna of this island. Format and style of the description, as well as measurements and ratios follows those used in my revision of the genus Cnbuoidcn (Baehr 1996a). The füll list of synonymies of the described species of Ophionea (=Cnsiioit1cii) may also be taken from this paper. The specimens recorded are stored either in Zoo-logische Staatssammlung, München (ZSM), or in the working collcction of the author at Zoologische 57
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