Two new species of the genus Curtonotus stephens (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from the South of the Russian Far East

摘要

Two new species of the genus Curtonotus, C. larisae sp. n. and C. kataevi sp. n., are described from the alpine zone of southern Sikhote-Alin Mountains. Examination of the carabids collected by me from mountains of S Sikhote-Alin has revealed two newspecies of the genus Curtonotus. These species stand apart of the congeners and, apparently, should be separated in a subgenus. However, having no opportunity to study all representatives of the genus, I yet avoid establishing a new subgenus and only propose to consider these species a deviating group in the subgenus Curtonotus s. str.