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Issue 86
GENERAL BIOLOGY
UDK: 595.767.29(470+471.6)
TAXONOMIC NOTES ON THE GENUS OPATRUM FABRICIUS, 1775 (COLEOPTERA: TENEBRIONIDAE: BLAPTINAE) OF THE CAUCASUS AND CISCAUCASIA WITH A KEY TO SPECIES
NABOZHENKO Maxim V.
Caucasian and Ciscaucasian representatives of the genus Opatrum Fabricius, 1775 are briefly reviewed. In total, four species and one subspecies occur in this area. Opatrum sabulosum sabulosum (Linnaeus, 1758) is widely distributed on all studied territory of the Caucasus up to 3000 m in Transcaucasia; O. sabulosum amauropterum Reichardt, 1936 occurs only in the eastern part of the North Caucasus: Ingushetia, Chehnya and Daghestan; O. riparium W. Scriba, 1865 was collected in Volgograd Region (Don River coast) and Krasnodar; O. triste Steven, 1828 is known from Crimea and Taman Peninsila; O. geminatum Brulle, 1832 is distributed in Armenia and Nakhichevan. Lectotypes are designated for Opatrum tricarinatum Motschulsky, 1859 (junior synonym of O. sabulosum ) and O. sabulosum amauropterum Reichardt, 1936. A key to species from the Caucasus is given.
Pages: 6 - 12
Date: 10.09.2022