A new subspecies of Carabus (Cratophyrtus) nikolajevi Kabak, 1998 (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from Southern Kazakhstan

2026

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DOI 10.37828/em.2026.102.15
Data confidence 70 medium
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Abstract

A new subspecies, Carabus (Cratophyrtus) nikolajevi ayrandyensis ssp. nov., is described from the Ayrandy River Valley, northern slopes of the Kyrgyz Alatau Mountain Range, Southern Kazakhstan. It easily differs from the nominotypical subspecies its relatively flattened body, proportionally narrower elytra, reddish tibiae and tarsi usually contrasting with black femora, and protarsomere 4 of male normally lacking adhesive vestiture ventrally.