Omphreus

Abstract

Key to Omphreus from Serbia 1 Head well constricted behind eyes.............................................................................................................. 2 - Head moderately constricted behind eyes.................................................................................................. 3 2 Pronotum as long as broad (Serbia, Montenegro)................................ O. (O.) bischoffi Meschnigg, 1934 - Pronotum longer than broad...................................................................................................................... 4 3 Mandibles widened proximally; first antennomere sharply widening distally; fore pronotal angles rounded and hind pronotal angles almost right; lateral pronotal margins sinuated posteriorly; lateral pronotal furrows narrow and shallow; lateral elytral margins sub-parallel; four setiferous punctures in the seventh interstrial space; median lobe short, narrower distally; parameres more rounded; basal bulb widened distally; gonocoxites IX smaller and thinner, each with an acute apex (Serbia)...... O. (O.) ovcarensis n. sp. - Mandibles not dilated proximally; first antennomere gradually widening distally; fore pronotal angles protracted and hind pronotal angles obtuse; lateral pronotal margins distinctly concave posteriorly; lateral pronotal furrows wide and deep; lateral elytral margins arcuated; five elytral median setiferous punctures in the seventh interstrial space; median lobe long, wider distally; parameres more elongated; basal bulb not widened distally; gonocoxites IX longer and wider, each with a rounded apex (Serbia)....................... .................................................................................................................... O. (O.) serbooccidentalis n. sp. 4 Lateral pronotal margins basally toward hind angles somewhat narrowed or almost parallel, not divergent (Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania) ...................................... O. (O.) morio Dejean, 1828 (- First antennomere club-like widened distally, mostly shorter than the following three antennomeres together; lateral pronotal margins rounded basally; elytra short (Serbia).................................................... .......................................................................................................... O. (O.) morio serbicus Winkler, 1933 - First antennomere gradually widened distally, as long as the following three antennomeres together; lateral pronotal margins parallel basally; elytra elongated (Serbia, Albania)...................................................................................................................................................... O. (O.) morio albanicus Apfelbeck, 1906) - Lateral pronotal margins basally toward hind angles divergent (Macedonia, Serbia)................................ .................................................................................................................. O. (O.) gracilis Apfelbeck, 1918Published as part of Ćurčić, Srećko B., Waitzbauer, Wolfgang, Zolda, Pamela & Ilić, Nastas, 2008, Two new high-altitude species of the genus Omphreus Dejean (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalinae) from Serbia, pp. 20-26 in Zootaxa 1926 on pages 24-25, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.27458