Description of two new species of Carabus Linnaeus, 1758 (subgenus Apotomopterus Hope, 1838) from Yunnan Province, Southwestern China (Coleoptera Carabidae)

In this paper two new species of Carabus Linnaeus, 1758 of subgenus Apotomopterus Hope, 1938 (Coleoptera Carabidae) from Yunnan Province (Southwestern China) are described and figured: C. (A.) walterlucianae n. sp. and C. (A.) xima n. sp. Comparative notes on the mor phological and taxonomic affinities of these species with the most closely related taxa are also provided.