Systematics of the fourNotiophilusDumeril, 1806 (Coleoptera: Carabidae) species based on morphological and molecular data

The research on the systematics of four species of the genus Notiophilus Dumeril, 1806 (Coleoptera: Carabidae) that has been based on morphological features and molecular data is presented in this article. For molecular species identification and phylogenetic analysis of four species of the genus Notiophilus Dum. we used dry collection specimens to get genetic information from rare of scarce material. The research has been carried out for N. aquaticus (Linnaeus, 1758), N. semistriatus Say 1823, N. jakovlevi Tschitscherine, 1903 and N. semenovi Tscitscherine, 1903. All sequences were detected for the first time. On the basis of the results, we propose to consider Notiophilus semenovi Tschitscherine, 1903, previously rated as Notiophilus aquqticus (L.) synonymous, a valid species.