Podistra Motschulsky, 1839

Kazantsev, S. V., 2023, A review of soldier beetles of the genus Podistra Motschulsky, 1839 (Coleoptera Cantharidae) of the Greater Caucasus, with the description of two new species, Zootaxa 5293 (2), pp. 349-360 : 358

Subgenus Podistra Motschulsky, 1839

Podistra Motschulsky, 1839: 78 .

type species: Podistra alpina Motschulsky, 1839 (by monotypy).

Distribution. Most species of the subgenus are confined to the Greater Caucasus (15), just one is known from the Lesser Caucasus/Transcaucasia. One species also occurs in two isolated patches in Central Europe and two more are reported from the Russian Far East, Korea, north-eastern China and East Siberia ( Kazantsev & Brancucci, 2007; Kazantsev, 2012; Yang & Yang, 2012).

alpina Motschulsky, 1839: 79 . North-eastern Caucasus (Addala Mt., Bogoss Range , Dagestan), 3500 m.

arnoldii Kazantsev, 1998: 692 . North-western Caucasus (Tkhab Mountain, Krasnodar Krai; Lagonaki Plateau , Adygeya), 900–1200 m.

belousovi Kazantsev, 2010: 157 . Georgia (Swanetia), 3000 m.

caucasica Ganglbauer, 1922: 70 . North-western Caucasus, Georgia, 300–2000 m.

cherkessica Kazantsev, 1998: 693 . North-western Caucasus (Zagedan Mountain, Karachaevo-Cherkessia ), 2000 m. circassicola Reitter, 1889: 100 . North-western Caucasus ( Abago Mountain , Adygeya), ca 2000 m.

davidyani Kazantsev , sp. nov. Northern Caucasus ( Elbrus Mountain , Kabardino-Balkaria), 2900–3000 m. elbrusensis Kazantsev , sp. nov. Northern Caucasus ( Elbrus Mountain , Kabardino-Balkaria), 2900–3000 m.

iugosa Kazantsev, 2010: 157 . Northern Caucasus ( Skalistye Mountains , Ossetia), 2750–3250 m.

ossetica Kazantsev, 1998: 693 . Northern Caucasus ( Zgid Mountain , Ossetia), 2800 m.

piceolineata Pic, 1922: 18 . North-western Caucasus (Teberda, Karachaevo-Cherkessia ), 2900–3000 m. rufomaculata Kazantsev, 1998: 692 . North-western Caucasus ( Fisht Mountain , Adygeya), 2800 m.

starcki Ganglbauer, 1922: 72 . North-western Caucasus ( Abago Mountain , Adygeya), ca 2000 m.

unicolor Faldermann, 1835: 195 (Cantharis) . North-western Caucasus, Georgia, 250–2000 m.

wittmeri Kazantsev, 1992: 44 . Abkhasia ( Anara Mountains ), 850–1000 m.