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Kirschenhofer, E.: New and little-known species of Carabidae from the Middle East and Southeast Asia Coleoptera, Carabidae: Lebiini, Brachinini)

New and little-known species of Car abidaefrom Asia (Coleoptera, Carbidae) 63 Remarks - Physodera eschscholtzi PARRY, 1849 (type locality: "Ceylon") is widely distributed with many well-distinguishable local populations, some sufficiently distinct to justify subspecific status. For example Allocota sumatrensis KIRSCHENHOFER, described from West Sumatra, turns out to be such a subspecies. This subspecies differs from the nominal form by a wider pronotum, less incised marginal groove, pronotal sides more narrowing anteriorly, elytra more convex, striae with very fine rows of punctures. Full distribution of Physodera eschscholtzi is Philippines, China, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia (Borneo, Java, Sumatra), India and Sri Lanka. The subspecies Ph. eschscholtzi sumatrensis is at present only known from its type locality (Indonesia: Sumatra). Orthogonius crassicrus CHAUDOIR, 1871 = Actenoncuspunctatus TIAN et DEUVE, 2006, syn. n. Remarks - When TLAN & DEUVE (2006: 152) described punctatus from unicoloured shiny females (type locality: "Borneo Occ. Pontainak") they were obviously unaware of O. crassicrus CHAUDOIR, described from "Java". The author compared two specimens identified as A. punctatus by TLAN in SMNS originating from "Borneo: Sabah" with the holotype of O. crassicus (MHNP), and could find no differences. Actenoncus punctatus is therefore a junior synonym of O. crassicrus (CHAUDOIR, 1871). * Acknowledgements - I wish to thank the persons and institutions listed in the Material for the loan of types and other specimens. My gratitude is also extended to T. DEUVE and Mrs A. TAGHAVIAN (MHNP), C. GILLETT (NHML) as well as J. HÁJEK (NMPC) for their hospitality and help during my visits to their museums. The illustration of Afrotarus golanensis was done by W. ZELENKA (Vienna). I am very grateful to him. REFERENCES ANDREWES, H. E. 1923: Papers on Oriental Carabidae. XII. - The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) 12: 679-690. ANDREWES, H. E. 1935: Keys to some Indian genera of Carabidae (Col.) V. The genera Cymindoidea, Platytarus and Taridius. - Stylops 4: 201-205. BASILEWSKY

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