On the subgenus Pseudoleirides (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Amara) from Iran, with descriptions of two new species
Dva nové druhy podrodu Pseudoleirides (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Amara) z Íránu
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Klapalekiana 57(1–2): 103-114, 2021
Jiří Hejkal
Published in print: 28th May 2021
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Abstract: Two new Amara Bonelli, 1810 of the subgenus Pseudoleirides Kryzhanovskij,
1968 are described and compared with closely related species: Amara (P.)
muilwijki sp. nov. and A. (P.) oshtoranensis sp. nov. Amara (P.) oshtoranensis
sp. nov. is the first Pseudoleirides species with three pairs of lateral setae
on the pronotum. The new species occur at high altitude (ca. 3000–3600 m
a.s.l.) in the Zagros Mountains (Iran). Amara (P.) shirazica Hejkal, 2008 is
redescribed, based on the first known male specimen.
Key words: Taxonomy, Zabrini, Palaearctic region, Zagros Mountains