New and little known species of the subgenus Haplomaseus (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichus) from Turkey

Abstract: The Turkish species of the subgenus Haplomaseus Reitter, 1896 (genus Pterostichus Bonelli, 1810) are reviewed and a key to the identification of known species of the subgenus Haplomaseus is given except Pterostichus (Haplomaseus) jugicola (Lutshnik, 1933). The following six new species are described and illustrated: Pterostichus (Haplomaseus) ikizderensis sp. n., P. (H.) balikliensis sp. n., P. (H.) pseudoastutus sp. n., P. (H.) skoupyi sp. n., P. (H.) staveni sp. n. and P. (H.) tanjae sp. n. Seven species are redescribed: P. (H.) arator (Faldermann, 1836), P. (H.) armenus (Faldermann, 1836), P. (H.) astutus (Tschitschérine, 1903), P. (H.) consanguineus (Chaudoir, 1878), P. (H.) giresuni Jedlička, 1965, P. (H.) heinzi Jedlička, 1965 and P. (H.) woronowi (Lutshnik, 1916). The lectotype of Pterostichus (Haplomaseus) arator (Faldermann, 1836) is designated. The diagnosis of the subgenus Haplomaseus, created by previous authors on the basis of the study of Caucasian members of the subgenus, is confirmed as generally valid.

Key words: Carabidae, Pterostichini, Pterostichus, Haplomaseus, Turkey, taxonomy, new species, key, lectotype designation