Family: Carabidae
Original taxon name: Aptinus merditanus n. sp.
Author of the original taxon name: Apfelbeck, V.
Classic locality: Albania. In monte Zebia (Merdita)
Reference where the scientific name of taxon was first described in: Apfelbeck, V. (1918). Das w. M. Hofrat Dr. F. Steindachner legt Diagnosen neuer Koleopteren der Balkanhalbinsel. Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, 55: 88-90 pp.
Economy where the taxon was described in: ALB
Specific description of the place: Mali i Zepës
Global distribution of taxon: ALB,GRC,MKD,SRB
Reference where the scientific name of taxon was accepted in: Löbl, I. & Löbl, D. (eds.) (2017). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera Volume 1 Revised and Updated Edition. Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Brill. Leiden-Boston: 1443 pp pp.