Amara ovata (Fabricius, 1792)

Hristovski, Slavčo & Guéorguiev, Borislav, 2015, Annotated catalogue of the carabid beetles of the Republic of Macedonia (Coleoptera: Carabidae), Zootaxa 4002 (1), pp. 1-190 : 149-150

Amara ovata (Fabricius, 1792)

References. Amara ovata: Hieke 1981: 85 (Šar Planina, Pelister) ; Drovenik & Peks 1994: 59; Drovenik & Peks 1999: 70; Hristovski et al. 2002: 122 (Šar Planina: Tri Vodi); Hieke 2003: 550; Hristovski et al. 2010: 54 (Jablanica).

Material studied. “Demir Hisar: Dolenci, 10.08.1952, T. Petkovski”, 1 s. ( MMNH); “Galičica, 10.06.1977, B. Mihajlova”, 1 s. ( MMNH); “ Jugoslawien Macedonien leg. F. Hieke” / “Baba planina Pelister 1200 m unt. Lift- Station 25.5.1980 ”, 1 s. ( MNHUB); “Šar Planina: Popova Šapka, 0 1.06.1980, F. Hieke”, 1 s. ( MMNH); “Rep. Macedonia, prov. Prilep, Ligurasa-pass, Belovodica, 7.V.1997. A. Podlussany & I. Rozner”, 2 s. ( HNHM); Kožuf, Ursa, beech forest, 1400m, 13– 21.07 .2004 (traps), 1 s., leg. S. Hristovski (cSH).

Distribution. 0 2, 29, 32, 37, 40, 43, 48.

Amara proxima Putzeys, 1866 [= pindica Apfelbeck, 1901 ; = pindica Apfelbeck, 1904 ]

References. Amara proxima: Hieke 1981: 85 (Pelister, Raduša) ; Hieke & Wrase 1988: 98; Drovenik & Peks 1994: 59; Drovenik & Peks 1999: 70; Hieke 2003: 551. Amara pindica: Drovenik & Peks 1994: 59 ; Drovenik & Peks 1999: 70.

Material studied. “Macedonien Üsküb 3.17 P. Schulze S. G.”, 1 s. ( MNHUB); “Jaratock est de Monastir III– IV- 1918 ” / “1. S. -LT. Dyot Armée d’Orient”, 1 s. ( MNHUB); Struga, II.1927, 1 s., leg. N. Nezlobinsky ( NMNSS); “ Macedonia, Sar Pl. Ljuboten 1935. VII.4–18. leg. Dr. J. Fodor”, 1 s. ( HNHM); “Vodno, 27.03.1936, S. Karaman”, 1 s. ( MMNH); “Skopje: Sopište, 22.03.1953, M. Kuzmanovski”, 1 s. ( MMNH); “Skopje: Matka, 27.04.1955, K. Bogoevski”, 2 s. ( MMNH); “ Yugoslavia, Macedonia Mts. Galičica, 1600–1800 m Oteševo leg. Papp, Horvatovich”, 1 s. ( HNHM); “ Jugoslawien Macedonien leg. F. Hieke” / “Baba planina Hütte Kopanki-Umgb. 1500–1800 m 21.– 24.5.1980 ”, 1 s. ( MNHUB); “Žeden: Raduša, 27.05.1980, F. Hieke”, 2 s. ( MMNH); “ Jugoslawien Macedonien leg. F. Hieke” / “Žeden pl. b. Radusa 27.5.1980 ”, 10 s. ( MNHUB). Distribution. 0 1, 0 2, 12, 16, 17, 34a, 37, 40.

Notes. According to Hieke (1995: 110) it was Apfelbeck (1904: 300) who first introduced the name pindica . In fact, the same author published first a proper description for Amara pindica three years earlier (Apfelbeck, 1901: 430).