FIGURE 3. A in Taxonomic note on Abax contractus (Heer, 1841) and description of A. parallelepipedus ligurinus n. subsp. (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Pterostichini)

FIGURE 3. A) Abax parallelepipedus ligurinus n. ssp., holotype; B) Abax contractus Heer, 1841, syntype-1 from Heer's collection; C) Abax continuus Ganglbauer, 1898 from Cascina di Bose (Magnano, Piedmont, Italy); D) posterior tarsal segments of A. p. ligurinus, paratype; E) posterior tarsal segments of specimen B. The arrows in D) and E) point the lower side of the claw-bearing segments, setose in species A and asetose in species B and C.