Poecilus (Ancholeus) campania (Andrewes, 1937) Andrewes, 1937

Gueorguiev, Borislav V., 2013, On five species of the tribes Abacetini and Pterostichini (Coleoptera, Carabidae), ZooKeys 352, pp. 35-50 : 40

Poecilus (Ancholeus) campania (Andrewes, 1937) comb. n.

Feronia campania Andrewes, 1937: 3 (type locality: "Punjab: Lyallpur …; Lahore, Shahdara …. India")

Type material.

Holotype ♀, “Type” [typeset, round white label with red margin], "Light Collection Lyallpur. 3.IX.29" [typeset], " Feronia campania Andr. Type H. E. Andrewes det." [handwritten & typeset] (BMNH, box No 706). Paratype ♀, “India” [typeset], “1765” [typeset], "Bowring. 63. 47*" [typeset], "Ex. coll. Brit. Mus." [typeset], “Co-type” [typeset, round white label with green margin], " Feronia campania Andr. cotype H. E. Andrewes det." [handwritten & typeset], "H. E. Andrewes Coll. B.M.1945-97." [typeset] (BMNH, box No 706).

Other material.

1♀, "Punjab Lyallpur 30.VI.1929 Govt. Entom. Light collection", " Feronia campania Andr. H. E. Andrewes det." (BMNH, box No 706).

Remarks.

The study of the three females showed that they are conspecific and belong to the genus Poecilus Bonelli, 1810. According to several character states: 1/ antennal segment 3 compressed and carinate on internal margin; 2/ onychium without ventral setae; 3/ abdominal sternites 4-6 without distinct transverse furrows along base; 4/ pronotum with two basal impressions at each side, the taxon is best placed in the subgenus Ancholeus Dejean, 1828. By the structure of the body, color, and corporal dimensions, Poecilus campania seems rather similar to Poecilus wollastoni (Wollaston, 1854). However, without a thorough revision of the taxa from Ancholeus any opinion for eventual relationship between these species will be tentative. For the time being, the Poecilus campania is known only from Pakistan (Faisalabad; Lahore).