Amara (Leiocnemis) ochracea (CAUTIER DES COTTES 1868) Guéorguiev, 2011

Guéorguiev, B., 2011, New and interesting records of Carabid Beetles from South-East Europe, South-West and Central Asia, with taxonomic notes on Pterostichini and Zabrini (Coleoptera, Carabidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 43 (1), pp. 501-547 : 507-508

Amara (Leiocnemis) ochracea (CAUTIER DES COTTES 1868) , comb. nov.

Feronia (Steropus) ochracea GAUTIER DES COTTES 1868: 324

Amara (Leiocnemis) abnormis TSCHITSCHERINE 1894: 393 , syn. nov.

Amara (Cyclothorax) harpaloides FLEISCHER 1897: 72

Amara (Euderocycla) fleischeri TSCHITSCHÉRINE 1897: 30

Feronia ochracea GAUTIER DES COTTES 1868

T y p e m a t e r i a l holotype, labelled: " ochracea St. D. Jn. V. 74.21….." (dorsal part) " ochraceus Taurus niiger" (ventral side) [handwritten yellow label] / " Feronia (Steropus) no. sp. ochraceus G. des Cottes Taurus (niiger) Lederer…" [handwritten yellow label] / "Ex. musaeo Gaut. des Cottes." [typeset] (MNHN, "Collection Chaudoir", box no 216 " Argutor ").

T y p e l o c a l i t y." Turkey,TaurusMountains".

O t h e r m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d 2 of Amara (Leiocnemis) abnormis TSCHITSCHERINE 1894 , labelled: " Asia minor Biledjik v. Bodemeyer" / " Amara (Liocn.) abnormis Tsch. det. F. Hieke 1975" (MNHN, collection generale, genus Amara , box no 36).

Recently, this taxon was placed among the incertae sedis species of Pterostichus and treated as nomen dubium (CATPAL 1: BOUSQUET 2003d: 515). Study of the holotype revealed that it belongs to genus Amara and is conspecific with Amara (Leiocnemis) abnormis TSCHITSCHERINE 1894 . The description of Gautier des Cottes was printed in Mitteilungen der Schweizer. Entomologischen Gesellschaft, Band 2, nr. 8 in February of 1868. Therefore, his taxon has priority over the taxon described by TSCHITSCHERINE (1894). For additional notes on the nomenclature of Amara abnormis see HIEKE (2009).