Harpalus cupreu s Dejean, 1829: 281

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 : 488

Harpalus cupreu s Dejean, 1829: 281 .

The specimen here designated as lectotype is a male bearing the labels: “ cupreus m. in Dalmatia.” and “ Lectotype of Harpalus cupreus Dejean, 1829 desig. by J. Serrano ” .

At present there are five subspecies within H. cupreus ( Wrase, 2011) . This lectotype likely corresponds to the subspecies Harpalus cupreus fastuosus Faldermann, 1836 , distributed in Central and Eastern Europe, Anatolia and the Levant ( Kataev & Wrase, 2017c). A probable relict population exists in Middle Atlas ( H. cupreus asaphus Antoine, 1941 ). This European Mediterranean species may be distinguished from the related Harpalus reitteri Wrase et Kataev, 2011 , distributed in the Balkans, following Wrase (2011).