Designation of types of European Harpalini (Coleoptera: Carabidae) described by Dejean and deposited in the MNHN, Paris
Author
Serrano, José
text
Zootaxa
2022
2022-05-30
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.5141.5.4
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Harpalus (Ophonus) incisus
Dejean, 1829: 201
.
The specimen here designated as
lectotype
is a male bearing the labels: “
incisus
m. in Hispania” and “
Lectotype
of
Harpalus (Ophonus) incisus
Dejean, 1829
desig. by
J. Serrano
”
.
Based on the original description, I have selected a beetle from
Spain
as
lectotype
:
Il se trouve en
Espagne
, en
Italie
.
. This species was treated as a member of the subgenus
Incisophonus
Sciaky, 1987
characterized by male protarsomeres notably dilated, aedeagus “aberrant” notably curved to right, elytra notably emarginate apically, etc. (
Sciaky, 1987
). Additionally, the species is easily identified by a large body size and a cordiform pronotum. Keys to identify it are found in
Jeannel (1942)
,
Antoine (1959)
,
Sciaky (1987)
, etc.
It is distributed in Mediterranean Europe,
Turkey
and
Morocco
(
Kataev & Wrase, 2017c
).