Deltomerus sterbai ( Rambousek, 1909 )

Hristovski, Slavčo & Guéorguiev, Borislav, 2015, Annotated catalogue of the carabid beetles of the Republic of Macedonia (Coleoptera: Carabidae), Zootaxa 4002 (1), pp. 1-190 : 66

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scientific name	Deltomerus sterbai ( Rambousek, 1909 )
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Deltomerus sterbai ( Rambousek, 1909) View in CoL

References. Penetretus Štěrbai Rambousek 1909: 114 View in CoL –116 (Pelister loc. typ.). Penetretus sterbai: Bureš 1932: 25 View in CoL ; Trautner & Geigenmüller, 1987: 225. Deltomerus sterbai: Drovenik & Peks 1994: 57 (Pelister) View in CoL ; Drovenik & Peks 1999: 68; Zamotailov 2003: 283; Guéorguiev 2007a: 308 (west Macedonia); Arndt et al. 2011: 37. Deltomerus sterbae (sic!): Guéorguiev & Guéorguiev 1995: 118; Guéorguiev et al. 1997: 15.

Material studied. “Monastir Alpin peristeri Werner”, 3 f. ( HNHM, MNHUB, NMW); “Maced. Pelister alpin. VII.-14 Dr. Rambousek”, 25 s., some of them incorrectly designated as paratypes or syntypes ( DEI, HNHM, MNHUB, NMW); “Serb. Perister-Geb. 1000–2300 m VII.1914 J. Matcha”, 4 s. ( HNHM; MNHUB); “Pelister, 0 5.06.1990, V. Krpač”, 2 s. ( MMNH).

Distribution. 40.

Notes. Deltomerus sterbai is a local endemic species confined only to the Pelister Mt. The data for its presence in Bulgaria ( Guéorguiev & Guéorguiev 1995: 118; Guéorguiev et al. 1997: 15; Zamotailov 2003: 283) refer to Patrobus atrorufus ( Guéorguiev & Muilwijk 2001) .

It seems that some specimens of this species have incorrectly been designated as syntypes or paratypes in DEI, HNHM, and MNHUB. But, they do not come from the type series since D. sterbai was described after two males only. Recently, Viñolas & Masó (2014: 50) indicated that the holotype is kept in DEI, and the paratype is preserved in the Natural History Museum of Barcelona. However, one of us (BG) has visited DEI and found eight specimens of D. sterbai there, three of them designated as syntypes (see also Döbler, 1975: 142). Therefore, the exact place of preservation of the type material of D. sterbai remains an open question.

References

Bures, J. (1932) Entomologicka cinnost D-ra Frantiska G. Rambouska v Bulharsku a v Macedonii. Sbornik entomologickeho oddeleni Narodniho musea v Praze, 10 (74), 21 - 27.

Dobler, H. (1975) Katalog der in den Sammlungen des ehemaligen Deutschen Entomologischen Institutes aufbewahrten Typen - XII (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Beitrage zur Entomologie, 25 (1), 99 - 150.

Drovenik, B. & Peks, H. (1994) Catalogus faunae Carabiden der Balkanlander. Schwanfelder Coleopterologische Mitteilungen, Sonderheft I, 1 - 103. [Schwanfeld, Germany]

Drovenik, B. & Peks, H. (1999) Catalogus faunae Carabiden der Balkanlander (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Schwanfelder Coleopterologische Mitteilungen, Sonderheft I (Schwanfeld), 2 Auflage, 1 - 123. [Schwanfeld, Germany]

Gueorguiev, V. B. & Gueorguiev, B. V. (1995) Catalogue of the ground beetles of Bulgaria. Pensoft publishers, Sofia-Moscow, 279 pp.

Gueorguiev, B. & Muilwijk, J. (2001) Contribution to the Bulgarian ground-beetles fauna (Coleoptera: Carabidae). II. Historia Naturalis Bulgarica, 13, 111 - 122.

Gueorguiev, B. (2007 a) Biogeography of the endemic Carabidae (Coleoptera) in the Central and Eastern Balkan Peninsula. In: Fet, V. & Popov, A. (Eds.), Biogeography and ecology of Bulgaria. Springer, Berlin, pp. 297 - 356.

Rambousek, F. G. (1909) Sur un Carabide nouveau de Macedoine centrale. Casopis Ceskoslovenske spolecnosti entomologicke, 6, 114 - 116.

Trautner, J. & Geigenmuller, K. (1987) Illustrated key to the Cicindelidae and Carabidae of Europe. Josef Margraf Publisher, Gaimersheim, 487 pp.

Vinolas, A. & Мaso, G. (2014) The collection of type specimens of the family Carabidae (Coleoptera) deposited in the Natural History Museum of Barcelona, Spain. Arxius de Miscellania Zooloogica, 12, 13 - 83.

Zamotailov, A. (2003) Tribe Patrobini Chaudoir, 1871. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 1. Archostemata-Myxophaga-Adephaga. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 280 - 286.

Abbreviations

HNHM	Hungarian Natural History Museum (Termeszettudomanyi Muzeum)
NMW	Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien
DEI	Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut
MMNH	Bell Museum of Natural History