( Omaseus ) similata GAUTIER DES COTTES 1870: 261 similata GAUTIER DES COTTES 1870 similata Gautier des Cottes, 1870 similata Gautier P . fuscicornis P . nigrita P . nigrita P . fuscicornis New and interesting records of Carabid Beetles from South-East Europe, South-West and Central Asia, with taxonomic notes on Pterostichini and Zabrini (Coleoptera, Carabidae) Guéorguiev, B. Linzer biologische Beiträge 2011 2011-07-25 43 1 501 547 4Q4DM (REICHE & SAULCY 1855) REICHE & SAULCY 1855 [178,885,216,238] Insecta Carabidae Pterostichus Animalia Coleoptera 6 507 Arthropoda species fuscicornis Pseudomaseus   Feronia ( Omaseus) fuscicornisREICHE & SAULCY 1855: 620    Feronia  ( Omaseus) similata GAUTIER DES COTTES 1870: 261,  syn. nov.  Feronia  similata GAUTIER DES COTTES 1870   Ty p e m a t e r i a l. Syntype( lectotypeby present designation), well preserved, labelled: "Trebizond-" [handwritten label] / " Feronia( Omaseus) similatus. G. Cottes.n.sp Trebizonde. … 1869" [handwritten yellow label] / "………" [illegible handwritten French text] / "Ex. musaeo Gaut. des Cottes." [typeset label] / " LECTOTYPE Feronia  similata Gautier des Cottes, 1870des. B.Gueorguiev" [typeset red label] ( MNHN, "Collection Chaudoir", box no 205 " Omaseus Lyperus Orites Rhytisterm.");  1 syntype( paralectotypeby present designation), with abdominal part and genitalia destroyed, labelled: "  similataGautierd. C." [handwritten white label] / " Trebizonde Th. Deyr" [handwritten yellow label] ( MNHN, "Collection Chaudoir", box no 205 " Omaseus Lyperus Orites Rhytisterm.").  T y p e l o c a l i t y."HabitatinTrapezoNatoliae.A.D.Th.Dey-rollelecta.". Recently this species was placed among the incertae sedisspecies of  Pterostichusand treated as nomen dubium(CATPAL 1: BOUSQUET 2003d: 516). However, its systematic place was well-defined in the original description. GAUTIER DES COTTES (1870: 261-262)write: "Trés voisine de la Feronia ( omaseus) fuscicornis) (Reiche Nº 60) ou  F. confusa(Chaud. En car. Du Caucase p. 136) - du Jourdan et du Caucase; elle en differe:…". The study of the two syntypesconfirmed that this taxon has pronotum with convex sides backwards and posterior angles with small, protruding denticles. I consider that the differences noted by GAUTIER DES COTTES (1870: 262)do not merit specific rank so that this form is treated as conspecific with  Pterostichus fuscicornis. The female syntypeis selected for lectotypeof  F. similatabecause of the lacking last abdominal sterna and genitalia of the male syntype.    P. fuscicornisis a distinct species with a wider distribution than expected. At present, it is known from Northeast Anatolia, Transcaucasus, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Iran, and from eastern Tian Shan, Northwest China( ANGUS et al. 2009). David Wrase wrote me "I have meanwhile received material also from Turkey( 2 females: Rize, Kackar dagi and Mardin), though only females, they differ from  P. nigritaby not distinctly blackened appendages (dark rufopiceous), a somewhat flatter pronotum with a very fine lateral border/channel. I don't know if both species are exactly sympatric but I have a male of  P. nigritaalso from the Kackar dagi, from a different locality, so at least they can occur both in the same region" (D. Wrase personal communication). For additional notes on the nomenclature of  P. fuscicornissee WRASE (1992)and ANGUS et al. (2009). T, MNHN G. Cottes. & B. Gueorguiev Gaut. des Cottes. 6 507 3 syntype MNHN Trebizonde Th. Deyr 6 507 1 paralectotype