Contribution to the knowledge of Carabus (Lipaster) stjernvalli Mannerheim, 1830 in the Caucasus, with description of two new subspecies (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Carabini)

Dmitriy D Fominykh; Alexandr S Zamotajlov; Eugeniy E Khomitskiy; Andrey Yu Titarenko

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4729.3.1

Contribution to the knowledge of Carabus (Lipaster) stjernvalli Mannerheim, 1830 in the Caucasus, with description of two new subspecies (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Carabini)

Zootaxa. 2020 Jan 30;4729(3):zootaxa.4729.3.1. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4729.3.1.

Authors

Dmitriy D Fominykh¹, Alexandr S Zamotajlov, Eugeniy E Khomitskiy, Andrey Yu Titarenko

Affiliation

¹ Russian Entomological Society, Kuban Branch, Kalinin St. 13, Krasnodar 350044, Russia.. biologne@mail.ru.

PMID: 32229847
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4729.3.1

Abstract

Based on material collected by the authors in the South Caucasus mainly in 2014-2018, further data are provided on the taxonomy, distribution, and ecology of the Carabus Linnaeus, 1758 subgenus Lipaster Motchulsky, 1866. C. stjernvalli paravanicus subsp. nov. is described from the vicinity of lake Paravani and C. stjernvalli kartalinicus subsp. nov.-from the NE Trialeti Mountain Range and its vicinity. The subspecific status of C. stjernvalli bogatshevi Zamotajlov, 1989 is resurrected.

Keywords: Coleoptera, Georgia, South Ossetia, distribution, ecology, iconography, taxonomy, resurrected status.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animals
Coleoptera*
Ecology