New or interesting records of Carabid beetles from Europe, Madeira, northern Africa, Turkey, from the Near East, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, and Pakistan, with nomenclatorial and taxonomic notes (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Bembidiini, Brachinini, Cyclosomini, Elaphrini, Harpalini, Lebiini, Nebriini, Platynini, Wrase, DW Linzer biologische Beiträge 2009 2009-08-30 41 1 901 935 3JTVC JAKOBSON 1907 JAKOBSON 1907 [177,903,1219,1241] Insecta Carabidae Harpalus Animalia Coleoptera 15 916 Arthropoda subSpecies melancholicus Cryptophonus reichei  The latter taxon is characterized by a strong prosternal process, directed posteriorly. It is recorded from Spain, Corsicaand Italy(mainland, Sardinia, Sicily) (CATPAL 1: KATAEV & WRASE 2003: 370; VIGNA TAGLIANTI 2005: 218). While ssp. melancholicusDEJ.is distributed in the more northern ( Macedonía) and southeastern (Rodós) part of Greece,  H. m.ssp. reicheiJAK.occurs in the western (Ionian Isles, western part of Greek mainland) and southwestern (northern and southern Peloponnessos) regions. More mate- rial is needed to establish the exact distribution of both subspecies of  H. melancholicusDEJ.in Greece. First record of  Harpalus( Cryptophonus) melancholicusssp. reicheiJAK.for Greece.