A new subspecies of Pterostichus cancellatus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Sakhalin, Russia

Sundukov Yu.N. 1
1 Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia

Year: 2026, Number: 541, Pages: 23-28

A new subspecies of ground beetle, Pterostichus (Lenapterus) cancellatus lopatini ssp. n., is described from the highlands of Mount Lopatin (East Sakhalin Mountains, Central Sakhalin, Russia). The new subspecies differs from the nominative subspecies in the structure of the pronotum, the anal sternite of the abdomen, and the chaetotaxy of the elytra.

DOI: 10.25221/fee.541.3

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Keywords: Carabid beetles, Pterostichus, Lenapterus, new subspecies, Russian Far East,

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