Three new species of the subgenus Pseudoleirides (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Amara) from the Zagros Mountains (Iran)
Tři nové druhy podrodu Pseudoleirides (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Amara) z pohoří Zagros (Írán)
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Klapalekiana 55(1–2): 23-35, 2019
Jiří Hejkal & Jan Muilwijk
Published in print: 26th August 2019
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Abstract: Three new Amara Bonelli, 1810 of the subgenus Pseudoleirides Kryzhanovskij,
1968 are described and compared with closely related species: A. (P.)
fuscolucida Hejkal et Muilwijk sp. nov., A. (P.) murastyii Hejkal et Muilwijk
sp. nov., and A. (P.) rutjani Muilwijk et Hejkal sp. nov. Amara (P.) rutjani
Muilwijk et Hejkal sp. nov. is the first Pseudoleirides species with setose
elytra. All new species live at high altitude (ca. 2550–3700 m a.s.l.) in the
Zagros Mountains (Iran).
Key words: Taxonomy, new species, Coleoptera, Carabidae, Zabrini, Amara, Palaearctic region, Iran