Harpalus (Ophonus) pumilio Dejean, 1829: 212

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 : 492

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scientific name	Harpalus (Ophonus) pumilio Dejean, 1829: 212
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Harpalus (Ophonus) pumilio Dejean, 1829: 212 View in CoL .

The specimen here recognized as holotype is a male bearing the labels: “ pumilio m. in Sicilia ”, “Schüppel.” and “ Holotype of Harpalus (Ophonus) pumilio Dejean, 1829 . J. Serrano vidit.” Dejean (1829) wrote Je ne possède qu’un individu mâle de cette espèce; il m’a été envoyé par M. Schùppel, comme venant de Sicile.

The species is currently known as Ophonus (Hesperophonus) pumilio , as it shows the key characters of subgenus Hesperophonus Antoine, 1959 . It has a small body size and a combination of dorsal colouration and leg characters that make it easily identifiable ( Fuente, 1927; Antoine, 1959; Sciaky, 1987).

This species is distributed in the western Mediterranean (but not in France; 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.

Fuente de la, J. M. (1927) Tablas analiticas para la clasificacion de los coleopteros de la Peninsula Iberica. Adephaga: I Cicindelidae, II Carabidae. J. Bosch, Barcelona, 415 pp.

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.