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).