Further contribution to the knowledge of Georgian species of the Carabus Linnaeus, 1758 subgenus Neoplectes Reitter, 1885, with description of a new subspecies of C. titarenkoi Zamotajlov & Fominykh, 2014 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Carabini).
Based on material collected by the authors in 2015 in Georgia, further data are provided on the distribution, ecology, and morphology of the Carabus subgenus Neoplectes Reitter, 1885. A preliminary original identification key to the known species is provided, and a new subspecies, C. (Neoplectes) titarenkoi djanoliensis subsp. nov., is described from Dzhanoli river valley. The statuses of C. (Neoplectes) lafertei Chaudoir, 1846, C. (Neoplectes) chaudoirianus Lapouge, 1909, C. (Neoplectes) martviliensis Retezár & Djavelidze, 1992, C. (Neoplectes) prunierianus Deuve, 2012, and C. (Neoplectes) titarenkoi Zamotajlov & Fominykh, 2014 are resurrected to specific. C. (Neoplectes) mellyi boulbenorum Deuve, 2015 is synonymized with the nomynotypical subspecies. A new status of the subspecies Carabus (Neoplectes) lafertei montreuilianus Deuve, 2014, stat. nov. is also proposed.
Russian Entomological Society, Kuban Branch, Kalinin St. 13, Krasnodar 350044, Russia.; Email: biologne@mail.ru.
Dmitriy D
DD
Fominykh
Kuban State Agrarian University, Kalinin St. 13, Krasnodar 350044, Russia. Adyghei State University, Pervomayskaya St. 208, Maykop 385000, Republic of Adygheya, Russia.; Email: a_zamotajlov@mail.ru.
Alexandr S
AS
Zamotajlov
Publicly Traded Company "Morpho Absoloni", Bolotnikovskaya St. 5/3, Moscow 117556, Russia.; Email: odindva3@gmail.com.
Andrey Yu
AY
Titarenko
D000818:Animals; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D005846:Georgia (Republic); D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity