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

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 (Archiplectes) besleticus Kurnakov, 1972, stat. n. is treated as a separate species housing six hitherto established subspecies in addition to the nominal type: Carabus (Archiplectes) besleticusmtsaranus Kurnakov, 1972, Carabus (Archiplectes) besleticusduripshensis Kurnakov, 1972, Carabus (Archiplectes) besleticusnapraensis Belousov & Zamotajlov, 1993, Carabus (Archiplectes) besleticusdsychvensis Kurnakov, 1972, Carabus (Archiplectes) besleticusadzinbai Retezár

SUBMITTER: Solodovnikov IA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4294300 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature