Nalassus (Caucasonotus) pharnaces Allard, 1876

Nabozhenko, Maxim V., Gagarina, Ludmila V. & Chigray, Ivan A., 2022, A New Nalassus Mulsant, 1854 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) From Transcaucasia With A Key To Species From The Greater Caucasus And Notes On The Taxonomy, Distribution, Bionomics And Trophic Relations, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 68 (2), pp. 119-158 : 139

Nalassus (Caucasonotus) pharnaces Allard, 1876

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Material. 1 m, 1 f (DE MSU): Russia, Krasnodar Region, above Estosadok , Caucasian Natural Reserve, Achipse River valley , 1200 m, 8.05– 22.07.2004 (leg. V. Perov) ; 14 m, 7 f ( PCMN): Russia, Krasnodar Region, E of Matsesta, Agurchik River valley, 43°32ʹ49.38ʺN, 39°48ʹ49.86ʺE, 10.04.2007 (leg. M. V. Nabozhenko ) ; 4 m, 2 f ( PCMN): Russia, Krasnodar Region, above Goryachy Klyuch, Shchyotka Mt. , 2– 4.05.2011 (leg. D. G. Kasatkin) ; 2 m, 1 f ( PCMN): Russia, Adygea, Maykop, forest, southern environs of the town, left bank of Belaya River , 9.05.2011 (D. G. Kasatkin) ; 5 specimens ( UC): Russia, Karachay-Cherkessis , between Kurdzhinovo and Zagedan, N 43°50’44.6” E 40°55’54.6 ”, 914 m, on Fagus , 2.07.2020 (leg. M. V. Nabozhenko, I. V. Shokhin, E. N. Terskov, D. G. Kasatkin) ; 1 m ( HNHM): Abkhazia, Hypsa fl., 27.05.1976 (leg. K. Székely) ; 1 m ( HNHM): Abkhazia, Gvandra , 900 m, 14.07.1979 (leg. K. Székely); 2 m, 3 f ( HNHM): Abkhazia, Gvandra, Klich River valley , 900 m, 29.06.– 1.07.1983 (leg. I. Retezár); 1 f ( PCMN): Abkhazia, Dzykhva Mt. , 43°11ʹ25.14ʺN, 41°07ʹ15.60ʺE , 1450 m, on Fagus , 17– 18.08.2005 (collectors from Rostov State University) .

Distribution. Western Caucasus. Russia (Krasnodar Region, Adygea, KarachayCherkessia), Abkhazia (south to Kodor River Bassin). Beech forests.

Nalassus (Caucasonotus) svaneticus Nabozhenko & Dzhambazishvili, 2001

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Distribution. Georgia: Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti. It is known only from

Tskhenitskali River Bassin. Subalpine zone.

Nalassus (Caucasonotus) zakatalensis Nabozhenko, 2001

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Distribution. Southern slopes of the east part of the Greater Caucasus. Azerbaijan:

Zaqatala and Belokana districts, alpine meadows.

Figures

Fig. 14. N. pharnaces, habitus, details of structure. A = m, dorsally; B = m, ventrally; C = f, dorsally; D = m, abdomen; E = m, head and pronotum

Fig. 15. N. svaneticus, paratypes, habitus, details of structure. A = m, dorsally; B = f, dorsally; C = m, head; D = m, abdomen E = m, head and pronotum; F = m, elytral interstriae; G = m, scutellar shield

Fig. 16. N. zakatalensis, f, habitus, details of structure. A = habitus, dorsally; B = head and pronotum