Contribution to the knowledge of the Carabus (Archiplectes) satyrus Kurnakov, 1962, species complex in Abkhazia (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Carabini)

By

Solodovnikov, Igor
Zamotajlov, Alexandr
Fominykh, Dmitriy
Titarenko, Andrey Y.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

463

Pages

21-56

Subjects

Abkhazia , Carabidae , Carabus (Archiplectes) satyrus species complex , Coleoptera , Distribution , new status , new subspecies , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.463.8499

 

Abstract

This study is based on a comparative analysis of extensive material of Carabus (Archiplectes) satyrus Kurnakov, 1962, its various forms and related taxa recently collected by the authors and some other collectors in Abkhazia. The status or specific affiliations of several subspecies are changed and a subspecies is described. Carabus (A.) besleticus Kurnakov, 1972, stat. n. is treated as a separate species housing six hitherto established subspecies in addition to the nominal type: C. (A.) besleticus mtsaranus Kurnakov, 1972, C. (A.) besleticus duripshensis Kurnakov, 1972, C. (A.) besleticus napraensis Belousov & Zamotajlov, 1993, C. (A.) besleticus dsychvensis Kurnakov, 1972, C. (A.) besleticus adzinbai Retezár, 2013, and C. (A.) besleticus resheviensissubsp. n.Carabus (A.) satyrus is treated as monotypical while the specific status of C. (A.) pseudopshuensis Zamotajlov, 1991, earlier proposed by Fominykh and Zamotajlov (2012), is confirmed based on the morphological and morphometric data.