Pterostichus (Oreophilus) flavofemoratus pinguis (Dejean, 1828)

Gueorguiev, Borislav V., 2013, On five species of the tribes Abacetini and Pterostichini (Coleoptera, Carabidae), ZooKeys 352, pp. 35-50 : 45

Pterostichus (Oreophilus) flavofemoratus pinguis (Dejean, 1828)

Pterostichus (Oreophilus) podgoricensis B. Guéorguiev, 2013: 59 (type locality: "Titograd Yugoslavia"), syn. n.

Type material.

Holotype ♂, "NHRS-JLKB 000020046" [typeset], "Titograd Yugoslavia" [handwritten], "coll. J. Ferrer" [handwritten], "HOLOTYPE Pterostichus podgoricensis sp. n. Guéorguiev des. 2012" [typeset red label] (NHRS). Paratype ♀, "Teneriffa Coll. O. Thieme" [typeset], "PARATYPE Pterostichus podgoricensis sp. n. Guéorguiev des. 2012" [typeset red label] (MNHUB). For additional data about these specimens see also Guéorguiev (2013: 59).

Other examined material.

Pterostichus flavofemoratus pinguis , 4♂♂, 5♀♀, Italy, valley de Gressoney (AO), Fontainemore, 1500 m, forest, 10.VIII.2004, leg. & det. G. Allegro (NMNHS).

Remarks.

Pterostichus podgoricensis has been described by the author after two specimens ( Guéorguiev 2013). Then I regarded this taxon as most allied to Pterostichus flavofemoratus (Dejean, 1828) and Pterostichus spinolae (Dejean, 1828). Following the publication, two colleagues (see Acknowledgements) informed me that my species may be conspecific with Pterostichus flavofemoratus pinguis , a form that I uncritically considered synonymous with Pterostichus flavofemoratus . The study of material of Pterostichus flavofemoratus pinguis from the Pennine Alps sent me by Gianni Allegro and its comparison with Pterostichus podgoricensis showed that the two taxa are identical.