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<p><italic>C. (Morphocarabus) rothi comptus</italic> Dejean 1831, is a endemic species of the Romania, appearing localized to some mountainous massifs of Romanian Banat and their piedmont areas (Poiana Rusca Mountains, Țarcu Mountains). Its presence in the Apuseni Mountains is doubtful, due to the lack of recent captures and to the confusion with <italic>C. (Morphocarabus) hampei diffinis</italic> Csiki 1905, morphologically like. In Banat the species occurs in two forms: <italic>szorenyensis</italic> Csiki 1908 at higher altitude (1300-2000 m) and <italic>ulrichhoffmanni</italic> Lie 1982 in hilly areas, which is distinguished by a larger size. Whatever the altitude and the ecological conditions, the period of activity is brief, spread over a month with a maximum of over two weeks. Molecular biology studies: confirm the belonging of <italic>comptus</italic> to <italic>rothi</italic> as a subspecies of her (28SRNA5 marker); suggest (concatenation COI I / cyt b) a low infra-specific variability between provenances of the <italic>szorenyensis</italic> (Rusca, Muntele Mic) and between the origins of the <italic>ulrichhoffmanni</italic>.</p>
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C. (Morphocarabus) rothi comptus Dejean 1831, is a endemic species of the Romania, appearing localized to some mountainous massifs of Romanian Banat and their piedmont areas (Poiana Rusca Mountains, Țarcu Mountains). Its presence in the Apuseni Mountains is doubtful, due to the lack of recent captures and to the confusion with C. (Morphocarabus) hampei diffinis Csiki 1905, morphologically like. In Banat the species occurs in two forms: szorenyensis Csiki 1908 at higher altitude (1300-2000 m) and ulrichhoffmanni Lie 1982 in hilly areas, which is distinguished by a larger size. Whatever the altitude and the ecological conditions, the period of activity is brief, spread over a month with a maximum of over two weeks. Molecular biology studies: confirm the belonging of comptus to rothi as a subspecies of her (28SRNA5 marker); suggest (concatenation COI I / cyt b) a low infra-specific variability between provenances of the szorenyensis (Rusca, Muntele Mic) and between the origins of the ulrichhoffmanni.

Study of <italic>Carabus (MORPHOCARABUS) ROTHI COMPTUS</italic> Dejean 1831

Banat's University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine

Advanced Research in Life Sciences

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C. (Morphocarabus) rothi comptus Dejean 1831, is a endemic species of the Romania, appearing localized to some mountainous massifs of Romanian Banat and their...

Study of Carabus (MORPHOCARABUS) ROTHI COMPTUS Dejean 1831

Published Online: Apr 09, 2019

Page range: 11 - 16

Accepted: Mar 01, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/arls-2019-0004

Keywords
distribution, taxonomy, molecular biology

© 2019 Jean Barloy et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Study of Carabus (MORPHOCARABUS) ROTHI COMPTUS Dejean 1831

Published Online: Apr 09, 2019

Page range: 11 - 16

Accepted: Mar 01, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/arls-2019-0004

Keywordsdistribution, taxonomy, molecular biology

© 2019 Jean Barloy et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
distribution, taxonomy, molecular biology