ON TAXONOMIC STATUS OF IDIOMELAS HIMALAYENSIS DELLA BEFFA (COLEOPTERA, CARABIDAE: HARPALINI)
<i>Idiomelas himalayensis</i> Della Beffa, 1931 is treated as a subspecies of <i>I. (Egaploa) fulvipes </i>(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>I. fulvipes indus</i> Kataev, 1997, by dark coloration of legs. Comparative characteristics of all three subspecies of <i>I. fulvipes</i> and data on their distribution are given. <i>Idiomelas fulvipes indus</i> is recorded from Myanmar for the first time. A key to species and subspecies of <i>Egaploa</i> Alluaud, 1916 is provided.