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Size:8 mm

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seemingly immature (female ) of Ophonus (Hesperophonus) sp.

hind tarsi dorsally are glabrous, except for apical setae of each tarsomere, or pubescent over the whole surface?

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maurizio

It is surely not an Ophanus species because the elytral striae are almost smooth and the pubescence is dense, long and depressed. It is also not immature because I have several identical specimens. According to Sciaky, 1983 there is only one subgenus of Ophonus which has depressed pubescence, O.(Cephalophonus), which contains only 1 species, O. cephalotes. It is 12-15 mm. So this can't be O. cephalotes, so can't be an Ophonus either.
(Tarsi are pubescent over the all surface)

Male genitalia of an identical male specimen confirms that it is not Ophonus (ostium is not in the left side but it is in the upper surface.)

I have 30 specimens and 10 of them are as light as this, 5 of them are a little bit darker than this and 15 of them are black. I checked the aedeagus of a black specimen and it is identical

By the way, a correction; size is 7 mm.
Males:6 mm Females:7 mm

are male tarsi dilated as usual in Ophonus, or not?

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maurizio

A me pare un Parophonus planicollis

Yesss, It seems that I have already asked a black specimen:
viewtopic.php?f=143&t=63326&hilit=parophonus
The pale coloration misleaded me.
Thank you alot gomphus and vittorino monzini !!!