Platymetopus rugosus obscurofemoratus, Kataev, 2023

Kataev, Boris M., 2023, A review of Asian species of the genus Platymetopus (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalini), Zootaxa 5306 (5), pp. 501-536 : 527

Platymetopus rugosus obscurofemoratus subsp. n.

( Figs. 44, 45 , 50, 51 , 66 )

Type material. Holotype: male, Vietnam, Ba Ria-Vung Tau Prov., Binh Chau-Phuoe, Buu Nat. Res., ca 50 m, 10°32′N 107°29′E, VI.2007, A.V. Abramov leg. ( Exp. of Russia-Vietnam Tropical Centre ) ( ZIN).

Paratypes. Vietnam. Ba Ria-Vung Tau: 1 female, same data as holotype ( ZIN) . Binh Thuan: 2 males, Dunes of Mui Ne , 10°55′N 108°10′E, 22 km NE of Phan Thiet, 25.III.–2.IV.2005, A. Pütz leg. (cWR) . Thailand. Loei: 1 female, Phu Ruea , 735 m, 17°27′10.2″N 101°29′25.7″E, 26–28.V.2010, A.V. Korshunov leg. ( ISEN) . Cambodia. 1 male, 1 female, Kampong Chhnang Prov, Rolea B’ier District , Toekchen Village , at light, 18.V.2019, W. Rossi leg. (cALL) .

Description. Femora more or less infuscate, darker than tibiae. Pronotum relatively wider (PWmax/PL 1.65– 1.67). Habitus as in fig. 45.

Etymology. The subspecific name is a Latin compound adjective, referring to the dark femora of this taxon.

Distribution ( Fig. 66 ). This subspecies occurs in the eastern part of the species range: Vietnam, Thailand, and Cambodia.

Figures

FIGURE 66. Platymetopus rugosus (Nietner, 1857), distribution: P. r. rugosus (Nietner, 1857) (black circles, based on examined material; white circles, based on literature data); P. r. obscurofemoratus subsp. n. (stars).

FIGURES 42–45. Platymetopus spp., habitus (42, 43, 45) and humerus (44). 42, P. tritus Bates, 1889 (Vietnam); 43, P. rugosus rugosus (Nietner, 1857) (India); 44, 45, P. r. obscurofemoratus subsp. n. (Vietnam, holotype). Scale bars = 1.0 mm (A: 44, B: 42, 43, 45).

FIGURES 46–56. Platymetopus spp., median lobe of aedeagus. 46, 47, P. tritus Bates, 1889 (Vietnam); 48, 49, P. rugosus rugosus (Nietner, 1857) (India); 50, 51, P. r. obscurofemoratus subsp. n. (Vietnam, holotype); 52, 53, P. quadrimaculatus Dejean, 1829 (Vietnam); 54–56, P. figuratus pictus Andrewes, 1923 (India, Rajasthan). Dorsal (46, 48, 50, 52, 54) and lateral (47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 56) views. Scale bars = 1.0 mm (A: 46–53, B: 54–56).