Contribution to the knowledge of Carabus (Lipaster) stjernvalli Mannerheim, 1830 in the Caucasus, with description of two new subspecies (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Carabini)
Author
Fominykh, Dmitriy D.
Author
Zamotajlov, Alexandr S.
Author
Khomitskiy, Eugeniy E.
Author
Titarenko, Andrey Yu.
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-01-30
4729
3
301
328
journal article
24216
10.11646/zootaxa.4729.3.1
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1175-5326
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1.
Carabus (Lipaster) stjernvalli
subsp.?
(
Fig. 1
)
Material examined.
113♂♂
,
94♀♀
,
Georgia
,
Samtskhe-Dzhavakheti
,
Gorelovka
vill. env., SW slopes of
Madatapa
Mt. near Madatapa Lake,
2285 m
,
N 41°12’58.80”
/
E 43°47’46.60”
, pitfall traps, 09.06.-
11.07.2018
(D. Fominykh) (
ZISP
,
MPSU
,
CFDD
,
CTAY
,
CZAM
,
CEEK
).
Remarks.
Surprisingly this population resembles more the spatially remote nominotypical subspecies than the neighboring geographic races (
Table 1
,
Fig. 115
). Probably it deserves status of a separate taxon, however we still do not have enough comparative material from adjacent territories for a more definite judgment.