title: 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, 2013, and Carabus (Archiplectes) besleticusresheviensissubsp. n.Carabus (Archiplectes) satyrus is treated as monotypical while the specific status of Carabus (Archiplectes) pseudopshuensis Zamotajlov, 1991, earlier proposed by Fominykh and Zamotajlov (2012), is confirmed based on the morphological and morphometric data.
authors.affiliation: Vitebsk State P.M. Masherov University, Moskovskyi prospect, 33, Vitebsk 210038, Belarus.
authors.forename: Igor A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Solodovnikov
authors.affiliation: Kuban State Agrarian University, Kalinin St. 13, Krasnodar 350044, Russia.
authors.forename: Alexandr S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Zamotajlov
authors.affiliation: Russian Entomological Society, Kuban Branch, Kalinin St. 13, Krasnodar 350044, Russia.
authors.forename: Dmitriy D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Fominykh
authors.affiliation: Publicly Traded Company "Morpho Absoloni", Bolotnikovskaya St. 5/3, Moscow 117556, Russia.
authors.forename: Andrey Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Titarenko
keywords: Abkhazia; Carabidae; Carabus (Archiplectes) satyrus species complex; Coleoptera; distribution; new status; new subspecies; taxonomy