Pterostichus (Petrophilus) eximius : Morawitz 1862

• Main Authors: Sasakawa, Kôji, Berlov, Oleg, Okuzaki, Yutaka
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Carabidae; Pterostichus; Pterostichus eximius; Sakhalin; Siberia
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/4448249; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4448249

Pterostichus (Petrophilus) eximius Morawitz, 1862 Figs. 1, 2 Pterostichus (Steropus) eximius: Morawitz (1862): 212 (original description), type locality: “Zagan-olui und Tschindansk am Onon” [Transbaikalia, East Siberia]. Pterostichus (Euryperis) eximius: Jedlička (1962): 258; Lafer et al. (1997): 16. Pterostichus (Steropus) sachalinensis: Kirschenhofer (1985): 222 (original description), type locality: “Süd-Sachalin, Umgeb. Nowoalexandrowsk, Bergwald (Tschechow-Berg)” [Mt. Chekhov, southern Sakhalin]. Pterostichus (Petrophilus) eximius: Kryzhanovskij et al. (1995): 107; Bousquet (2003): 505; Bousquet (2017): 731; Yoshimatsu et al. (2018): 96. Pterostichus (Petrophilus) sachalinensis: Kryzhanovskij et al. (1995): 107; Berlov & Berlov (1997d): 38; Bousquet (2003): 505 (synonym of eximius); Bousquet (2017): 731 (synonym of eximius) Materials examined. Pterostichus eximius eximius, 11♂ 6♀ (5♂ 2♀, Balyaga, Transbaikalia, vii.1991, Sokolov leg. in OB coll.; 6♂ 4♀, Chara, Chita Region /= Transbaikalia, 5.vi.1985, E. Berlov leg. in OB coll.); P. eximius sachalinensis, 10♂ 4♀, Mt. Chekhov, Sakhalin (10♂ 3♀, 14.vi.1990, E. Berlov leg. in OB coll.; 1♀, 30.vii.2005, T. Sota leg. in KS coll.); P. eximius rishiridakensis, 2♂ 10♀, see subspecific section. Other consubgeneric species examined. Pterostichus montanus (Motschulsky), 2♂, Mt. Khulugaisha near Mondy, Tunkinskie goltsy Mts. ridge, Buryatia, 2300 m, 1-4.vii.1998, E. Berlov leg. in OB coll.; P. sutschanensis Jedlička, 3♂ (1♂, Lazovsky Pass, Primorsky Region, 4.viii.2005, T. Sota leg. in KS coll.; 2♂, Sichote-Alinsky state nature reserve, Primorsky Region, 18.vi.1998, Yundukov leg. in OB coll.). The following species were investigated through Sasakawa & Kubota (2005, 2006) and Sun et al. (2018): P. coracinus (Newman), P. findeli (Dejean), P. foveolatus (Duftschmid), P. habui Jedlička, P. jungens (Tschitschérine), P. lachrymosus (Newman), P. maichensis Lafer, P. maryseae Sun & Shi, P. melanarius (Illiger), P. robustistylis Sasakawa, P. silvestris Sun & ...