Deltomerus sterbai ( Rambousek, 1909 )

Hristovski, Slavčo & Guéorguiev, Borislav, 2015, Annotated catalogue of the carabid beetles of the Republic of Macedonia (Coleoptera: Carabidae), Zootaxa 4002 (1), pp. 1-190 : 66

Deltomerus sterbai ( Rambousek, 1909)

References. Penetretus Štěrbai Rambousek 1909: 114 –116 (Pelister loc. typ.). Penetretus sterbai: Bureš 1932: 25 ; Trautner & Geigenmüller, 1987: 225. Deltomerus sterbai: Drovenik & Peks 1994: 57 (Pelister) ; Drovenik & Peks 1999: 68; Zamotailov 2003: 283; Guéorguiev 2007a: 308 (west Macedonia); Arndt et al. 2011: 37. Deltomerus sterbae (sic!): Guéorguiev & Guéorguiev 1995: 118; Guéorguiev et al. 1997: 15.

Material studied. “Monastir Alpin peristeri Werner”, 3 f. ( HNHM, MNHUB, NMW); “Maced. Pelister alpin. VII.-14 Dr. Rambousek”, 25 s., some of them incorrectly designated as paratypes or syntypes ( DEI, HNHM, MNHUB, NMW); “Serb. Perister-Geb. 1000–2300 m VII.1914 J. Matcha”, 4 s. ( HNHM; MNHUB); “Pelister, 0 5.06.1990, V. Krpač”, 2 s. ( MMNH).

Distribution. 40.

Notes. Deltomerus sterbai is a local endemic species confined only to the Pelister Mt. The data for its presence in Bulgaria ( Guéorguiev & Guéorguiev 1995: 118; Guéorguiev et al. 1997: 15; Zamotailov 2003: 283) refer to Patrobus atrorufus ( Guéorguiev & Muilwijk 2001) .

It seems that some specimens of this species have incorrectly been designated as syntypes or paratypes in DEI, HNHM, and MNHUB. But, they do not come from the type series since D. sterbai was described after two males only. Recently, Viñolas & Masó (2014: 50) indicated that the holotype is kept in DEI, and the paratype is preserved in the Natural History Museum of Barcelona. However, one of us (BG) has visited DEI and found eight specimens of D. sterbai there, three of them designated as syntypes (see also Döbler, 1975: 142). Therefore, the exact place of preservation of the type material of D. sterbai remains an open question.