New taxa of soldier-beetles (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from Central Asia and the Caucasus

摘要

New taxa of soldier-beetles of Cantharidae family are described: Themus (Haplothemus) ferganensis sp. n., Th. (s. sir.) glasunovi alaicus ssp. n. (Kirghizia), Bactronycha tamerlan gen. n., sp. n. (Uzbekistan), Podistra (Hemipadistra) motschulskyi sp.n., P. (H.) savitskiorum sp. n. (Daghestan), Rhagonycha pseudoreitteri sp. n. (Georgia), and Malthinus mathadinoides sp. n. (Azerbaijan). The neotype of Podistra alpina Motshulsky 1839 is designated. Nastonycha Motshulsky 1853 is synonymized with Rhagonycha Eschscholtz 1830. The name Walteria Kazantsev 1999, which is a junior homonym of Walteria Schulze 1885, is suggested to substitute for Walteriella nom. n.