Nebria (Patrobonebria), BaNNINGER, 1923

Huber, Charles, Schmidt, Joachim & Baur, Hannes, 2013, Nebria (Patrobonebria) paropamisos, a new species from the Hindu Kush (Coleoptera, Carabidae), Contributions to Natural History 22, pp. 1-14 : 10-11

Key

Step 4 of the determination key in Huber & Geiser (2012) of the Patrobonebria species, which have the legs and the appendices of the head brown to black, has to be modified as follows:

4 Anterior angles of the pronotum rounded, faintly protruding. .................. 4a

– Anterior angles of the pronotum triangular, distinctly protruding. ........... 4b

4a Outline slender, elytra ovoid, shoulder obliterate. Lateral groove of the pronotum narrow. 1 st antennomere elongate, ratio 1 st antennomere: length of the eye>1.10. Scutellar setae generally absent. Kashmir to Kumaon Himalaya. ................................................................. N. elegans ANDREWES, 1925

– Outline robust, elytra parallel, shoulder distinctly produced. Lateral groove of the pronotum large. 1 st antennomere stocky, ratio 1 st antennomere: length of the eye generally <1.0. Scutellar setae generally present. Afghanistan to Nepal.. ................................................................ N. himalayica BATES, 1889

4b Elytra elongate-ovoid. Lateral groove of the pronotum large, apically upturned, lateral outline of the pronotum not disturbed near the insertion site of the midlateral seta. Basal incision of the pronotum just before the posterior angles smoothly rounded; posterior angles of the pronotum short, not parallel. Hindu Kush ( Afghanistan, Pakistan). ......................... N. paropamisos sp. nov.

– Elytra elongate-parallel. Lateral groove of the pronotum narrow, lateral margin with a distinct concave impression at the insertion site of the midlateral seta. Basal incision of the pronotum sharp, distinctly before the posterior angles; posterior angles of the pronotum long. Cang Shan / Yunnan. ..................................................... N. megalops HUBER & GEISER, 2012