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Inotrechus Dolzhanski & Ljovuschkin 1989

  • 1. Institute of Biology and Ecology, faculty of Science, P. J. Šafárik University in Košice, Šrobárova 2, 04154 Košice, Slovakia. & Institute of Zoology, Ilia State University, Giorgi Tsereteli 3, 0162, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia.
  • 2. Institute of Zoology, Ilia State University, Giorgi Tsereteli 3, 0162, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia.
  • 3. Záhradná 61 A, SK- 90091 Limbach, Slovakia.
  • 4. Department of Entomology, Stuttgart State Museum of Natural History, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany.

Description

Key to species of the genus Inotrechus

1. Mandibles short and robust (Figs 3–5), submentum with 6 setae, elytral striae almost effaced (Fig. 3), total body length 5.5–6.7 mm. Aedeagus as in Figs 11–12. Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti regions................. I. usholtaensis sp. nov.

− Mandibles long and narrow, submentum with 8 setae, elytral striae visible (Figs 15–16). Total body length 6.3–7.7 mm .... 2

2. Pronotum wider, ca 1.2 times as wide as long. Smaller species, total body length 6.3–6.5 mm. (Fig. 15). Aedeagus as on Figs 9–10. Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti regions..................... I. injaevae Dolzhanski et Ljovuschkin, 1989

− Pronotum narrower, ca 1.05 as wide as long. Larger species, total body length 7.3–7.7 mm (Fig. 16). Aedeagus as on Figs 7–8. Imereti region ................................................... I. kurnakovi Dolzhanski et Ljovuschkin, 1989

Notes

Published as part of Maghradze, Eter, Barjadze, Shalva, Lohaj, Roman & Faille, Arnaud, 2025, Two new Trechini (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Georgian caves, Caucasus, pp. 83-96 in Zootaxa 5609 (1) on page 90, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5609.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/15214806

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References

  • Dolzhanski, V. Y. & Ljovuschkin, S. I. (1989) A new genus of Trechini (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from caves of western Georgia. Zoologichesky Zhurnal, 68, 8, 144-148. [in Russian]