Revision of the flightless click-beetle genus Dima Charpentier, 1825 (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Dimini) in the Balkan Peninsula Author Mertlik, Josef Pohřebačka 34, CZ- 53345 Opatovice nad Labem, Czech Republic mertlik@elateridae.com Author Németh, Tamás Hungarian Natural History Museum, Department of Zoology, Baross u. 13, H- 1088 Budapest, Hungary haesito@gmail.com Author Kundrata, Robin Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, 17. listopadu 50, CZ- 77146 Olomouc, Czech Republic robin.kundrata@upol.cz text Zootaxa 2017 2017-01-13 4220 1 1 63 journal article 7453 10.11646/zootaxa.4220.1.1 eb597d59-1f6e-412d-a99a-de1a67e7cc94 1175-5326 4670787 D74BC90C-84CC-4788-9048-54F5C8521B32 Dima schnitteri Platia, 2013 Figs 105–108 , 157 , 216 , 240 , 246 . Dima schnitteri Platia, 2013 : 97 . Type depositories. Holotype, ♂ (NME), 11 paratypes, 5 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀ (NME, PCGP). Type locality. Greece : Peloponnese , Erimanthos Mts. , Panapoulos [Panap]. New material. GREECE : Peloponnese , distr. Illía , Panopoulos env., Kapeli forest , 530 m ( 37°49'49.91"E , 21°39'26.02"N ), 11.VI.2015 , 1 ♀ , J. Mertlik leg. ( PCJM ) ; dtto, 1 ♀, P. Brůha leg. (PCPB); dtto, 1 ♀, T. Németh leg. (HNHM); dtto, 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀ (PCRK); Morea , Cumani , Brenske , Coll. Reitter, 1 ♀ ( HNHM ) . Diagnosis. Dima schnitteri is a large species (body length: 13.7–17.0 mm) with a moderately convex body, coarse pronotal punctation, long straight erect setae on the pronotal lateral margin, and long straight semi-erect to erect pubescence on elytra ( Figs 105–108 , 157 ). Male genitalia is as in Fig. 216 ; the sclerotized spines of bursa copulatrix is as in Fig. 240 . Dima schnitteri is morphologically very like D. neumanni ( Figs 67–74 ). Most specimens of D. schnitteri are larger and paler than typical D. neumanni , however considering geography and the morphological variability in Dima specimens from the northern Peloponnese , we cannot exclude the possibility that the above mentioned species are conspecific. Similar species, D. assingi , differs from D. schnitteri in the more elongate pronotum, semi-erect (not erect) setae in the first half of the pronotal lateral margin, and elytra with shorter decumbent to semi-erect pubescence in basal third or half ( Figs 6–9 , 120 ). We refrain from making any taxonomic statements until more material from the northern Peloponnese is available for study. Intraspecific variability. Specimens from the type series are light brown ( Figs 105–106 ), but the freshly collected specimens (2015; Figs 107–108 ) are dark brown. The light coloration of the type specimens might have been caused by the liquid in the pitfall traps. Distribution. Greece (Erimanthos Mts.; Fig. 246 ).