Stenolophus elegans Dejean, 1829: 412

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 : 494

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.5.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7D94D05B-59A5-4ECE-BFA1-FADA5C8CC41E
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6598956
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DB87B3-9353-8E0E-F2AA-FB51FD5FFA35
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scientific name	Stenolophus elegans Dejean, 1829: 412
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Stenolophus elegans Dejean, 1829: 412 View in CoL .

The specimen here designated as lectotype is a male bearing a white label “ elegans View in CoL m. in Dalmatia” and a red label “ Lectotype of Stenolophus elegans Dejean, 1829 View in CoL desig. by J. Serrano ” .

Dejean (1829) could examine a number of beetles to describe the species. I have selected a male from Dalmatia that is well conserved and clearly shows the characters of main taxonomic interest: large body size, male protarsomeres notably dilated, antennomeres 1-2 pale, etc. ( Jeannel, 1942; Wrase, 2004, 2011).

The species has a large distribution area from Central Asia and West Siberia to almost all Europe, North Africa and Canary Islands ( Jaeger & Kataev, 2017) .