Ophonus (Hesperophonus) similis (DEJEAN 1829)

Wrase, DW, 2009, New or interesting records of Carabid beetles from Europe, Madeira, northern Africa, Turkey, from the Near East, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, and Pakistan, with nomenclatorial and taxonomic notes (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Bembidiini, Brachinini, Cyclosomini, Elaphrini, Harpalini, Lebiini, Nebriini, Platynini,, Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (1), pp. 901-935 : 918

Ophonus (Hesperophonus) similis (DEJEAN 1829)

R o m a n i a: Constanţa: Efory Sud ("Carmen Sylva", 1♀, cWR).

Distributed from the European Mediterranean area and Balkan Peninsula to Asia Minor and Iran but hitherto not encountered in Romania (CATPAL 1: WRASE 2003: 389). Carmen Sylva was the name of the city Eforie Sud in the Dobrudza on the Black Sea coast between World Wars I and II (after the pseudonym of the Romanian Queen, Elisabeth, Pricess of Wied). First record for Romania.