Aptinus merditanus Apfelbeck, 1918

Hristovski, Slavčo & Guéorguiev, Borislav, 2015, Annotated catalogue of the carabid beetles of the Republic of Macedonia (Coleoptera: Carabidae), Zootaxa 4002 (1), pp. 1-190 : 41

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4002.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6098856
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scientific name	Aptinus merditanus Apfelbeck, 1918
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Aptinus merditanus Apfelbeck, 1918 View in CoL

Aptinus merditanus merditanus Apfelbeck, 1918

References. Aptinus bombarda: Mařan 1939a: 150 (Golešnica, Šar Planina) View in CoL ; Hieke 1981: 90. Aptinus merditanus: Casale & Vigna Taglianti, 1983: 41 View in CoL (Ohrid, Struga, Kičevo); Hůrka 1988: 294 (Pelister, Šar Planina: Ljuboten, Jakupica, Mavrovo, Bistra); Wrase, 1991: 18; Drovenik & Peks 1994: 102 (Galičica); Drovenik & Peks 1999: 117 (Galičica); Ćurčić et al. 2007: 80. Aptinus lugubris: Drovenik & Peks 1994 (Pelister) View in CoL : 102; Drovenik & Peks 1999: 117 (Pelister); Guéorguiev 2007a: 307 (west Macedonia); Krpach et al. 2013: 37 (Mavrovo National Park). Aptinus merditanus merditanus: Guéorguiev 1998: 47 View in CoL /48 (Kitka, Galičica); Hristovski et al. 2002: 122 (Šar Planina: Tri Vodi, Ljuboten, Šarski Vodi); Hrdlička, 2003: 212; Hristovski et al. 2003: 57 (Bistra); Guéorguiev 2007a: 307 (west Macedonia); Hristovski et al. 2010: 54 (Jablanica).

Material studied. “Jugosl.: Macedonien Galičica, 1600 m Heinz leg.”, 3 s. ( NMW); “Glabocica Ljuboten Macedonia 1000 m VII.80 ”, 1 s. ( NMW); “Mavrovo, 10.05.1996, V. Krpač”, 1 s. ( MMNH); “Mavrovo: s. Bogdevo, 18.06.2010, V. Krpač”, 1 s. ( MMNH); Karadžica, Jasen, Jasika, beech forest, 0 9.10.2010, 4 s., leg. S. Hristovski & T. Mitev (cSH).

Distribution. 0 2, 0 9, 19+19b, 32, 37, 40.

Notes. Drovenik & Peks (1994, 1999), Guéorguiev (2007a), and Krpach et al. (2013) noted Aptinus lugubris for Macedonia, but this species occurs only in south and central Greece ( Casale & Vigna Taglianti, 1983; Hůrka 1988). We have never seen material of A. lugubris from the country.