Harpalus (Ophonus) meridionalis Dejean, 1829: 210

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) meridionalis Dejean, 1829: 210
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The specimen here designated as lectotype is a male bearing the labels: “male symbol”, “ meridionalis m. in Galia merid.” and “ Lectotype of Harpalus (Ophonus) meridionalis Dejean, 1829 desig. by J. Serrano ” .

According to Dejean, O. meridionalis and O. subquadratus were collected in the same area. The former was synonymized by Jeannel (1942: 644), a criterion followed by other entomologists ( Sciaky,1987: 62; Kataev & Wrase, 2017c). Keys to determine the species are found in Jeannel (1942), Sciaky (1987) and Wrase (2011).

The species is distributed in Central Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and from Anatolia to Turkmenistan ( Kataev & Wrase, 2017c).

References

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.

Wrase, D. W. (2011) Genus Tschitscherinellus. Arndt, E., Schnitter, P., Sfenthourakis, S. & Wrase, D. W. (Eds.), Ground beetles (Carabidae) of Greece. Pensoft, Sofia, pp. 163.