New and little-known species of Carabidae from the Middle East and ...

62 E. Kirschenhofer
8 Vertex, neck and pronotum distinctly but sparsely punctate; elytra
unicoloured black; body length 13–14.5 mm
Pheropsophus (Stenaptinus) beckeri JEDLIÈKA
– Head and pronotum smooth; elytra unicolured black or with a small,
indistinct and undefined reddish area before middle; body length
9.0–12.8 mm sp. n.
9 Body shape more slender, pronotum 1.15 times longer than wide; body
length 13.5 mm sp. n.
– Body shape broader, pronotum about as long as wide 10
10 Odd-numbered elytral ribs much depressed, even-numbered ribs only
weakly convex; body length 12 mm
sp. n.
– All elytral ribs distinct 11
11 Head with vertex and neck almost smooth; labrum arcuately produced
medially; posterolateral pronotal angles distinctly protruding;
labrum and clypeus reddish yellow, head weakly brownish between
anterior margins of eyes; body length 13.5 mm
sp. n.
– Head with vertex and neck distinctly rugulose; anterior margin of
labrum almost straight; posterolateral pronotal angles weakly protruding;
head black; body length 11.8 mm
sp. n.
TAXONOMICAL NOTES
Physodera eschscholtzi sumatrensis (KIRSCHENHOFER, 1996),
Allocota sumatrensis KIRSCHENHOFER, 1996: 761.
Type locality – “Indonesia: West Sumatra, Umgeb. Maninjau”.
Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 102, 2010