Ophonus azureus (Fabricius, 1775)

Hristovski, Slavčo & Guéorguiev, Borislav, 2015, Annotated catalogue of the carabid beetles of the Republic of Macedonia (Coleoptera: Carabidae), Zootaxa 4002 (1), pp. 1-190 : 94-95

Ophonus azureus (Fabricius, 1775)

References. Ophonus azureus: Divac 1907: 8 (Tetovo) ; Hieke 1981: 85 (Rašče, Kitka, Šar Planina, Raduša, Belčišta, Gevgelija, Peštani, Galičica); Hieke & Wrase 1988: 125; Guéorguiev 1998: 46 (Galičica, Ќafasan); Hristovski et al. 2003: 56 (Bistra); Kataev et al. 2003: 388; Georgievska et al. 2009: 41 (Skopje); Hristovski et al. 2010: 57 (Jablanica); Cvetkovska Gjorgievska et al. 2011: 11 (Skopje). Harpalus azureus: Drovenik & Peks 1994: 88 ; Drovenik & Peks 1999: 102. Harpalus azurescens: Lazarevska & Mitkova 2000: 109 (Skopje: Mrševci). Material studied. “ Mazedonien Üsküb 16.5. 17 P. Schulze S. G.”, 1 s. (MNHUB); “ Mazedonien Stip 10.VIII. 17 P. Schulze S. G.”, 1 s. (MNHUB); “Quelle bei Sveti Naum am Ochridsee 2.IX. 34 P. Schulze S. G.”, 1 s. (MNHUB); “ Mazedonien Ochrid 1000 m 13.9.1934 Zwick S.”, 1 s. (MNHUB); “ Makedonia, Ohrid Asandžuro 1936 VII.8–11. Leg. Dr. J. Fodor”, 1 s. (HNHM); “Vodno, 12.06.1938, Z. Karaman”, 1 s. (MMNH); “Ohrid: s. Peštani, 0 5.06.1980, F. Hieke”, 2 s. (MMNH); more than 60 s. cited by Hieke 1981 (MNHUB).

Distribution. 0 1, 0 2, 0 6, 0 9, 12, 17, 19b, 32, 35, 37, 53b, 70, 76.

Notes. Lazarevska & Mitkova (2000) noted Harpalus (Metophonus) azurescens , probably referring to Ophonus azureus . Otherwise, Harpalus azurescens is a synonym of H. rubripes .