title: Taxonomic, nomenclatural, and faunistic records for species in tribes Melaenini, Moriomorphini, Pterostichini, Licinini, and Sphodrini (Coleoptera: Carabidae).
abstract: Mexyclothorax baehri, sp. n. (type locality: Papua New, Guinea, West Sepik Province, summit of Mount Capella, 3960 m), Atrotus indicus, sp. n. (type locality: India, Nilgiri Hills, Coonoor env.), Microzarguspakistanus,sp. n. (type locality: Pakistan, Kaghan Valley, Shogran env.) and Pterostichus (Oreophilus) podgoricensis, sp. n. (type locality: Montenegro, Podgoritsa env.) are described. The following nomenclatural acts are proposed: Hexagonia vartianorum Jedlička, 1967, syn. n. of Cymbionotum semirubricum (Reitter 1914); Poecilus (Derus) jarkendis (Jedlička, 1965), comb. n. of Pterostichus (Melanius) jarkendis Jedlička, 1965; Pterostichus (Pseudorthomus) namrun Jedlička, 1963, syn. n. of Amphimasoreus amaroides Piochard de la Brûlerie, 1875; Synuchus hummeli (Jedlička, 1935), comb. n. of Pterostichus hummeli Jedlička, 1935. In addition, new distributional records are recorded for Microzargus hartmanni Sciaky & Facchini, 1997, M. nepalensis Sciaki & Facchini, 1997 and Amphimasoreus amaroides.
authors.affiliation: National Museum of Natural History, 1 Blvd. Tzar Osvoboditel, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria. bobivg@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Borislav
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Guéorguiev
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D005260:Female; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D010154:Pakistan; D010219:Papua New Guinea