Oxylobus porcatus minor TSCHITSCHERIN, 1894

Balkenohl, Michael, 2021, On the subfamily Scaritinae BONELLI, 1810 from Sri Lanka, with the description of a new species (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Scaritinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 53 (1), pp. 33-43 : 38

Oxylobus porcatus minor TSCHITSCHERIN, 1894

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: One spec., Ceylon Umg. Anuradhapura G. Frey III. 53 / Oxylobus porcatus F. v. minor Tsch. Bänninger det. 1955 ( NHMB-Frey).

The record confirms previous data.

ANDREWES (1928, 1929, 1930) treats this form as variation, and LORENZ (2005, 2019) as synonym to procatus (FABRICIUS, 1798). However, the differences between the nominate subspecies and the subspecies minor TSCHITSCHERIN are eye catching and conspicuously distinct. This is especially true for the punctuation on the venter. Therefore, I state this form as valid subspecies.