Dima olympica Meschnigg, 1934

Figs 75–76, 147, 169, 202, 234, 244.

Dima olympica Meschnigg, 1934: 67; Chassain 1984: 92; Schimmel 1996: 147; Wurst 1997: 4; Cate 2007: 184; Schimmel & Platia 2008: 583; Platia & Gudenzi 2009: 119; Platia 2011: 49; Platia 2012: 201.

Type depository. Type material and type depository unknown (Schimmel 1996).

Type locality. Greece: Thessaly, Mt. Olympus, 2200 m.

New material. GREECE: Olympos – Litochoro, 26.–28. V.1989, 1 ex., J. Turna leg. (PCGP); Olympus Mts., chata A, cca 2000 m, 9.–10 . VII.1996, 1 ♂, R. Chodura leg. (PCJM); Litochoro – Mt. Olympus, 2000 m, 3 . VI.2008, 1 ♂, R. Reitmaier leg. (PCRU); distr. Pieriá, Olimbos Mts., Spilios Agapitos refuge env., 2000 m (40°4'57.01"N, 22°22'21.24"E), 12 . VI.2015, 21 ♂♂, J. Mertlik leg. (PCJM); dtto, 16 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, B. Zbuzek leg. (PCBZ); dtto, 22 ♂♂, P. Brůha leg. (PCPB); dtto, 2 ♂♂, T. Németh leg. (HNHM); dtto, 8 ♂♂ (PCRK).

Description of female. Like male, but with more robust body, shorter antennae surpassing the hind pronotal angles about one segment (about three segments in males), and slightly wider pronotum (Fig. 76). The sclerotized spines of bursa copulatrix as in Fig. 234.

Diagnosis. Dima olympica is easily recognizable by its small body (body length: 8.0– 10.3 mm), very long, erect pubescence of head and pronotum, and hairs of two types on elytra: long erect ones and short decumbent ones (Figs 75–76, 147, 169). Dima hirtipennis from southern Peloponnese, which has also long erect setae all over its body, is larger and lacks the short decumbent pubescence on elytra (Fig. 167).

Distribution. Greece (Mt. Olympus; Fig. 244).