Hemipodistra Ganglbauer, 1922

Kazantsev, S. V., 2023, A review of soldier beetles of the genus Podistra Motschulsky, 1839 (Coleoptera Cantharidae) of the Greater Caucasus, with the description of two new species, Zootaxa 5293 (2), pp. 349-360 : 358

Subgenus Hemipodistra Ganglbauer, 1922

Hemipodistra Ganglbauer, 1922: 70 .

type species: Absidia birnbacheri Krauss, 1894 (by original designation).

Distribution. South-eastern Alps ( Austria, Italy, Slovenia), Romania and north-eastern slopes of the Greater Caucasus (Dagestan) ( Kazantsev & Brancucci, 2007; Fig. 9 ).

motschulskyi Kazantsev, 2001: 1079 . North-eastern Caucasus (Addala Mt., Bogoss Range, Dagestan), 2800–3100 m. savitskiorum Kazantsev, 2001: 1080 . North-eastern Caucasus (SW slopes of Shalbuzdag Range, Dagestan), 3000–

3300 m

Figures

FIGURE 9. Distribution of Podistra in the Greater Caucasus; 1–13 and pink shaded area—Podistra s. str., A, B—P. (Hemipodistra); red stars indicate localities on northern slope, purple stars—localities on southern slope:1—alpina; 2—arnoldii; 3—belousovi; 4—cherkessica; 5—circassicola; 6—davidyani sp. nov.; 7—elbrusensis sp. nov.; 8—iugosa; 9—ossetica; 10— piceolineata; 11—rufomaculata; 12—starcki; 13—wittmeri; pink shaded area—caucasica and unicolor; A—motschulskyi; B—savitskiorum.