Harpalus (Ophonus) incisus Dejean, 1829: 201

Serrano, José, 2022, Designation of types of European Harpalini (Coleoptera: Carabidae) described by Dejean and deposited in the MNHN, Paris, Zootaxa 5141 (5), pp. 484-500 : 493

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scientific name	Harpalus (Ophonus) incisus Dejean, 1829: 201
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The specimen here designated as lectotype is a male bearing the labels: “ incisus m. in Hispania” and “ Lectotype of Harpalus (Ophonus) incisus Dejean, 1829 desig. by J. Serrano ” .

Based on the original description, I have selected a beetle from Spain as lectotype: Il se trouve en Espagne, en Italie. . This species was treated as a member of the subgenus Incisophonus Sciaky, 1987 characterized by male protarsomeres notably dilated, aedeagus “aberrant” notably curved to right, elytra notably emarginate apically, etc. ( Sciaky, 1987). Additionally, the species is easily identified by a large body size and a cordiform pronotum. Keys to identify it are found in Jeannel (1942), Antoine (1959), Sciaky (1987), etc.

It is distributed in Mediterranean Europe, Turkey and Morocco ( Kataev & Wrase, 2017c).

References

Antoine, M. (1959) Coleopteres Carabiques du Maroc. Troisieme partie. Memoires de la Societe des Sciences Naturelles et Physiques du Maroc, Nouvelle Serie, Zoologie, 6, 315 - 465.

Dejean, P. F. M. A. (1829) Species general des coleopteres de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Tome quatrieme. Mequignon- Marvis, Paris, vii + 520 pp.

Jeannel, R. (1942) Coleopteres carabiques. Deuxieme partie. Faune de France 40. Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences, Paris, pp. 572 - 1173.

Kataev, B. M. & Wrase, D. W. (2017 c) Subtribe Harpalina Bonelli, 1810. In: Lobl, I. & Lobl, D. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 1. Revised and Updated Edition. Brill, Leiden, pp. 515 - 562.

Sciaky, R. (1987) Revisione delle specie paleartiche occidentali del genere Ophonus Dejean, 1821. Memoria della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 65, 29 - 120.