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BG,Central Rhodopes Mts.Devin town, Borino vill., m.1200,17.07.2010
Length about 12 mm

I dont want to flood the forum,so thanks in advance.

Actually Amara,not Harpalus

more exactly Amara (Curtonotus) sp.; most likely Amara (Curtonotus) aulica (Panzer, 1796)... yet in bulgaria 3 spp. of Curtonotus are known, from the picture i can exclude convexiuscula, but not propinqua, a species i don't know directly

tomorrow i will try to find more information... for the moment, i think better to add a "cf." to A. aulica

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maurizio

Amara (Curtonotus) propinqua is a very elongated and parallel-sided species, similar to convexiuscula, therefore the specimen here illustrated can only be A. aulica (I have just compared the specimens in my collection).

Have a good day

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maurizio

Thank you!Is this the same species?
C.Rhodopes Mts.,Chepelare,alt.1300m,30.07.2008
length-13mm

hi georgi

, it's indistinguishable from aulica, and has nothing to do with convexiuscula... nor, i suppose, with propinqua ...

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maurizio