Carabus lafertei

Neoplectes lafertei lafertei Georgia

Neoplectes lafertei montreuilianus Georgia

Distribution area of Carabus (Neoplectes) 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.
• Deuve, Th. (2012) Description d’une nouvelle sous-espèce de Carabus (Tribax) ibericus Fischer, 1823 (Coleopteta, Carabidae). Coléoptères, 18, 99–109.
• Deuve, Th. (2013) Nouveaux Carabus et Cychrus de la Chine and Géorgie (Coleopteta, Carabidae). Coléoptères, 19, 89–106.
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• Retezár I. 2011. Investigation on endophallic structure of the subgenus Carabus (Neoplectes) Reitter, 1885 (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Folia Entomologica Hungarica. Vol.72: pp.1–12. Reference page. 
• Retezar, I. & Djavelidze, I. 1992. A New Carabus (Neoplectes) Species from the Central Caucasus (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Folia Entomologica Hungarica Vol 52, pp 89–92. PDF Reference page. 
• 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.