This cave opens at the bottom of a hill near a country road in the village of Jiale. The entrance is narrow, but accessible . It is about 90 m long with a short and narrow side passage inside. A large part of the passage is dry, but there are some moist places. The single blind beetle specimen was discovered on the moist wall about 30 m from the entrance at the left side of the main passage. Other syntopic cave animals were
observed during the investigation in the cave, for instance, a flatworm and a bat.
Huang S. et al., 2021, Three new species of the subterranean genus Guiodytes from Guangxi, China (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Clivinini)
European Journal of Taxonomy 774: 135–154 (2021) - ISSN 2118-9773
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Three new species of the genus Guiodytes Tian, 2013 are described from the limestone caves of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, southern China: Guiodytes weiiHuang & Faillesp. nov. and Guiodytes yueliangensis Huang & Tian sp. nov. from Dapo Dong and Huang Dong caves, respectively, in Huanjiang County, northernmost Guangxi; Guiodytes inexpectatus Tian & Zhou sp. nov. from the Zhuzhu Dong cave in Longzhou County, southwestern Guangxi. All of the six known species of Guiodytes are endemic to Guangxi, ranging from the southwest to the northernmost. A modified key to species and a distribution map for Guiodytes are provided.
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Huang S. et al., 2021, Three new species of the subterranean genus Guiodytes from Guangxi, China (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Clivinini)
European Journal of Taxonomy 774: 135–154 (2021) - ISSN 2118-9773
Three new species of the genus Guiodytes Tian, 2013 are described from the limestone caves of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, southern China: Guiodytes weiiHuang & Faillesp. nov. and Guiodytes yueliangensis Huang & Tian sp. nov. from Dapo Dong and Huang Dong caves, respectively, in Huanjiang County, northernmost Guangxi; Guiodytes inexpectatus Tian & Zhou sp. nov. from the Zhuzhu Dong cave in Longzhou County, southwestern Guangxi. All of the six known species of Guiodytes are endemic to Guangxi, ranging from the southwest to the northernmost. A modified key to species and a distribution map for Guiodytes are provided.
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