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)
Fominykh, Dmitriy D.
Zamotajlov, Alexandr S.
Zootaxa
2016
4179
3
561
599
8M7X8
Deuve, 2012
Deuve
2012
[151,736,511,538]
Insecta
Carabidae
Carabus
Animalia
Coleoptera
6
567
Arthropoda
species
prunierianus
Neoplectes
Material. 3♂♂, Georgia, Mtskheti-Mtianeti, 2.5 kmNE of Passanaurivill., Mtiuleti – Gudamakari Mt. Range, right bank of Black Aragvi, 1152 m, N 42°21'/ E 44°43', pitfall traps, 3.04.-2.06.2015, ( D. Fominykh& A. Zubov) ( CFDD, CTAY); 5♂♂, 1♀, Georgia, Mtskheti-Mtianeti, Wslopes of Kartli Mt. Rangenear Magaroskarivill., 966 m, N 42°15'/ E 44°51', pitfall traps, 3.04-2.06.2015l ( D. Fominykh& A. Zubov) ( CFDD, CTAY).
Distribution and habitat.Described from Gombori mountains (“Oudjarma”). We collected this form at the left bank of the Aragvi river in the Mtiuleti, Gudamakari and Kartli mountains above 900 m(not observed lower), probably the easternmost localities for the subgenus Neoplectes. Thus the species inhabits the left bank of the Aragvi river eastwards to the Kartli mountains.
Remarks.Described as a subspecies of C. ibericus. Based on the structure of the endophallus, we found consistent differences of this taxon from C. ibericus. All populations inhabiting the right bank of the Aragvi river and Tsivi-Gombori mountains were earlier assigned to the latter species. The shape of the endophallus strongly resembles that of C. titarenkoi, however both species are strongly different in several features. Furthermore, their distribution ranges are separated by lengthy mountain systems populated by several other forms possessing quite different structures of endophallus (see fig. 1). As already observed in some other Carabussubgenera distributed in the Caucasus (e.g. Tribax, s. Gottwald 1980), similar morphological features were recorded from the extremities of the group’s ranges, reflecting probably convergences. We resurrect the specific status of this form based on consistent differences in external morphology and male genitalia structure between C. prunierianusand C. ibericus(see identification key and illustrations below).
1324406357
CFDD, CTAY
D. Fominykh & A. Zubov
Georgia
Black Aragvi
1152
42.35
Mtskheti-Mtianeti
1150
44.716667
Mtiuleti - Gudamakari Mt. Range
6
567
3
3
1324406376
CFDD, CTAY
Mtskheti-Mtianeti, W & D. Fominykh & A. Zubov
Georgia
966
42.25
Kartli Mt. Range
1151
44.85
Magaroskari
6
567
6
1
5