New and little-known taxa of palaearctic soldier-beetles, with taxonomic notes (Cantharidae: Coleoptera)

Abstract

Nine new species are described, Ancistronycha antaliensis sp. n. (from Turkey), Cantharis gansosichuana sp. n., C. huaemontensis sp. n., C. alexandrae sp. n., C. potanini sp. n. (all from China), Podistra (Pseudoabsidia) iugosa sp. n. (from Northern Caucasus), P. (Ps.) belousovi sp. n. (from Georgia), Rhagonycha bzybiensis sp. n. and Rh. prosvirovi sp. n. (both from Abkhasia). Cantharis s. str. faetida Ménétriés, 1832, syn. n. is synonymized with C. rufa Linnaeus, 1758, and Rhagonycha anapensis Dahlgren, 1985, syn. n. – with Rh. abchasica Pic, 1900. Cantharis s. str. beckeri (Pic, 1902) is transferred to the subgenus Cyrtomoptila Motschulsky, 1860 as Cantharis (Cyrtomoptila) beckeri (Pic, 1902), comb. n. Pakabsidia olexai Švihla, 1983 and Malthodes pseudobesucheti Wittmer, 1970 are reported for the first time from Abkhasia, Rhagonycha bernhaueri Wittmer, 1972 – from Abkhasia and Georgia and Rh. rosti Pic, 1900 – from Ukraine (Crimea).

Keywords

• Coleoptera
• Cantharidae
• new species
• synonymy
• taxonomy
• Palaearctic