Taxonavigation

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Carabinae
Tribus: Carabini
Genus: Carabus
Species: Carabus mellyi

Name

Carabus mellyi Chaudoir, 1846

Type locality: "Mont Sakao, en Imeretie (Radscha)"

Distribution

Distribution in Georgia, eastern Europe

The species is distributed in Central Georgia, on East part of Egrissian Mts.R., South slopes of Central part of Svanetian Mts.R, Lechkhumskiy Mts.R. and Koz lake env.

References

• Bousquet Y., Březina B., Davies A., Farkač J. & Smetana A. 2003. Tribe Carabini Latreille, 1802. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 1. Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 118–201. Reference page. 
• Deuve, T. 2015. Note sur la variation géographique de Carabus (Tribax) mellyi Chaudoir, 1846, et C. (T.) ibericus Fischer, 1824 (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Coléoptères 21(10): 119–126. Reference page. 
• Fominykh, D.D., Zamotajlov, A.S. & Titarenko, A.Y. 2016. Further contribution to the knowledge of Georgian species of the Carabus Linnaeus, 1758 subgenus Neoplectes Reitter, 1885, with description of a new subspecies of C. titarenkoi Zamotajlov & Fominykh, 2014 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Carabini). Zootaxa 4179(3): 561–599. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4179.3.10 Reference page. 
• Retezár I. 2011. Investigation on endophallic structure of the subgenus Carabus (Neoplectes) Reitter, 1885 (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Folia Entomologica Hungarica. Vol.72: pp.1–12. Reference page. 
• Retezar, I. & Djavelidze, I. 1992. A New Carabus (Neoplectes) Species from the Central Caucasus (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Folia Entomologica Hungarica Vol 52, pp 89–92. PDF Reference page. 
• Zamotajlov, A.S. & Fominykh, D.D. 2014. A study on Georgian species of the Carabus Linnaeus, 1758 subgenus Neoplectes Reitter, 1885 (Coleoptera: Carabidae), with description of a new species. Euroasian Entomological Journal 13(6): 522–526. Reference page.