Platyderus (Eremoderus) sp.

Fig. 2A

Material examined.

Turkey: 1♀, ' Col. Karabet 3000m / TR. Van / 18 VII 84 Machard / Collection Machard’ (cMAC) .

TME: 1 specimen. TGE: 0.

Diagnostic features.

It is distinct from individuals of P. vanensis sp. nov. by flatter elytral intervals and less coarsely punctate elytral striae. Measurements and ratios shown on Table 1.

Habitat and bionomic notes.

The specimen was collected by PM just before the pass Karabet Pass (eastern slope), on the road coming from Yukari-Narlica köyü village towards the pass. There is a large cirque on the left with many snowfields and streams descending from them; it was found in gravel between the rivulets, at an altitude of about 2800 m.

Distribution.

Karabet Pass [= Karabet Geçidi] (Turkey, Eastern Anatolia Region, Van Province).

Notes.

The single female remains unidentified due to the lack of a male specimen. In addition, the characters of the elytral intervals and striae are not sufficiently diagnostic to propose a new name for this form.