Platyderus (Eremoderus) sp.

Gueorguiev, Borislav, Wrase, David W., Assmann, Thorsten, Muilwijk, Jan & Machard, Patrice, 2022, Taxonomic revision of the African and Southwest Asian species of Platyderus Stephens, subg. Eremoderus Jeanne (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Sphodrini), Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 69 (1), pp. 71-122 : 71

Platyderus (Eremoderus) sp.

Fig. 2A

Material examined.

Turkey: 1♀, ' Col. Karabet 3000m / TR. Van / 18 VII 84 Machard / Collection Machard’ (cMAC) .

TME: 1 specimen. TGE: 0.

Diagnostic features.

It is distinct from individuals of P. vanensis sp. nov. by flatter elytral intervals and less coarsely punctate elytral striae. Measurements and ratios shown on Table 1 .

Habitat and bionomic notes.

The specimen was collected by PM just before the pass Karabet Pass (eastern slope), on the road coming from Yukari-Narlica köyü village towards the pass. There is a large cirque on the left with many snowfields and streams descending from them; it was found in gravel between the rivulets, at an altitude of about 2800 m.

Distribution.

Karabet Pass [= Karabet Geçidi] (Turkey, Eastern Anatolia Region, Van Province).

Notes.

The single female remains unidentified due to the lack of a male specimen. In addition, the characters of the elytral intervals and striae are not sufficiently diagnostic to propose a new name for this form.

Figures

Figure 2. Dorsal habitus. A. Platyderus (Eremoderus) sp., female specimen, Karabet Pass, Turkey; B. P. (E.) lassallei, sp. nov., female paratype, E Qolqol, Mazandaran Province, Iran; C. P. (E.) klapperichi, sp. nov., holotype; D. P. (E.) ledouxi Morvan, 1974, male specimen, 10 km S Hasan Keif, Mazandaran Province, Iran; E. P. (E.) taghizadehi Morvan, 1974, male specimen, Tochal, Tehran Province, Iran. Scale bars: 1 mm.