Harpalus (Ophonus) incisus Dejean, 1829: 201

Serrano, José, 2022, Designation of types of European Harpalini (Coleoptera: Carabidae) described by Dejean and deposited in the MNHN, Paris, Zootaxa 5141 (5), pp. 484-500 : 493

Harpalus (Ophonus) incisus Dejean, 1829: 201 .

The specimen here designated as lectotype is a male bearing the labels: “ incisus m. in Hispania” and “ Lectotype of Harpalus (Ophonus) incisus Dejean, 1829 desig. by J. Serrano ” .

Based on the original description, I have selected a beetle from Spain as lectotype: Il se trouve en Espagne, en Italie. . This species was treated as a member of the subgenus Incisophonus Sciaky, 1987 characterized by male protarsomeres notably dilated, aedeagus “aberrant” notably curved to right, elytra notably emarginate apically, etc. ( Sciaky, 1987). Additionally, the species is easily identified by a large body size and a cordiform pronotum. Keys to identify it are found in Jeannel (1942), Antoine (1959), Sciaky (1987), etc.

It is distributed in Mediterranean Europe, Turkey and Morocco ( Kataev & Wrase, 2017c).