Reicheiodes microphthalmus (Heyden, 1870) from the north-western Iberian peninsula, with a description of the new subspecies Reicheiodes microphthalmus assmanni ssp. n. (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Scaritinae).

Abstract

Reicheiodes microphthalmus (Heyden, 1870) is redescribed. A study of 7 populations from the north-western Iberian peninsula revealed that the species occurs in a southern and a northern subspecies separated by the valley systems of the Rio Niño and Rio Sil. The new subspecies Reicheiodes microphthalmus assmanni ssp. n. is described, illustrated, and compared with Reicheiodes microphthalmus microphthalmus (Heyden).

Keywords

Coleoptera, Carabidae, Scaritinae, Reicheiodes, taxonomy, Spain.

Nomenclatural Acts

assmanni Balkenohl, 1999 (Reicheiodes microphthalmus), sspec. n.