Dyschirius importunus (Schaum, 1857)

Dyschirius importunus importunus (Schaum, 1857)

Material studied. “Skopje, 0 7.05.1936, S. Karaman”, 1 s. (MMNH); “Vodno: s. Gorno Nerezi, 0 4.1937, S. Karaman”, 1 s. (MMNH); “Skopje: r. Vardar, 12.1937, S. Karaman”, 6 s. (MMNH). Distribution. 17, 76.

Notes. New species for Macedonia. The subspecific status of the specimens from Macedonia is uncertain since they exhibit intermediate features of both D. importunus importunus and D. importunus immarginatus (Putzeys, 1866) . According to Fedorenko (1996) the nominal subspecies is distributed from Italy to Syria while the ssp. immarginatus displays a West-Mediterranean range.