Carabus lafertei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Adephaga
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Carabinae
Tribus: Carabini
Genus: Carabus
Division: Carabus div. Multistriati
Subdivision: Carabus subdiv. Procrustimorphi
Subgenus: Carabus (Neoplectes)
Species: Carabus lafertei

Subspecies:

ssp. lafertei (Chaudoir, 1846)

ssp. montreuilianus (Deuve, 2014)

Name

Carabus (Neoplectes) lafertei (Chaudoir, 1846)

Synonyms

refulgens (Chaudoir, 1846)
nigrocyaneus (Kraatz, 1877)
nigrovirescens (Reitter, 1889)

Distribution

The species is distributed in Central and West Georgia, on East and Central part of Adzharo-Imeretian(Meskhetian) Mt.R., Trialeti Mt.R., Dzhavakhetian highlands.

TYPE LOCALITY: Abastumani vill. env.

References

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Deuve, Th. (2004) Illustrated catalogue of the genus Carabus of the World (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Pensoft Publishers, Sofia-Moscow. 461 pp.
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Zamotajlov, A.S. & Fominykh, D.D. (2014) A study on Georgian species of the Carabus Linnaeus, 1758 subgenus Neoplectes Reitter, 1885 (Coleoptera: Carabidae), with description of a new species. Euroasian Entomological Journal, 13 (6), 522–526.