Podistra Motschulsky 1839
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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.
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Motschulsky
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Cantharidae
- Genus
- Podistra
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Podistra Motschulsky, 1839 sec. Kazantsev, 2023
References
- Kazantsev, S. V. & Brancucci, M. (2007) Cantharidae. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 234 - 298.
- Yang, Y. - X. & Yang, X. - K. (2012) First record of the genera Pacificanthia Kazantsev and Podistra Motschulsky from China (Coleoptera, Cantharidae, Cantharinae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 37 (1), 227 - 231.
- Kazantsev, S. V. (1998) On Podistra complex (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) of Russia and adjacent territories. Zoologicheskij Zhurnal, 77 (6), 689 - 695. [in Russian with English summary] [Translated into English in 1999, Entomological Review, 78 (3), 391 - 397]
- Kazantsev, S. V. (2010) New and little-known taxa of palaearctic soldier-beetles, with taxonomic notes (Cantharidae, Coleoptera). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin, 6 (2), 153 - 159. [in Russian with English summary] https: // doi. org / 10.23885 / 1814 - 3326 - 2010 - 6 - 2 - 153 - 159
- Ganglbauer, L. (1922) Die europaischen und kaukasischen Arten der Gattung Podistra s. lato. Munchner Koleopterologische Zeitschrift, 1, 69 - 79.
- Kazantsev, S. V. (1992) New and little known soldier-beetles (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from the Caucasus and adjacent territories. Zoologicheskij Zhurnal, 71 (1), 43 - 52. [in Russian with English summary, translated into English as " Kazantsev S. K. (sic!), New and little known Cantharididae (sic!) (Coleoptera) from the Caucasus and the adjacent territories " in 1995 Entomological Review, 74 (5), 66 - 76]