ON TAXONOMIC STATUS OF IDIOMELAS HIMALAYENSIS DELLA BEFFA (COLEOPTERA, CARABIDAE: HARPALINI)
Idiomelas himalayensis Della Beffa, 1931 is treated as a subspecies of I. (Egaploa) fulvipes (Erichson, 1843), occurring in northern Pakistan and north-eastern India. It is easily distinguished from two other subspecies of this species, the nominotypical one and I. fulvipes indus Kataev, 1997, by dark coloration of legs. Comparative characteristics of all three subspecies of I. fulvipes and data on their distribution are given. Idiomelas fulvipes indus is recorded from Myanmar for the first time. A key to species and subspecies of Egaploa Alluaud, 1916 is provided.