Podistra subgen. Hemipodistra, Ganglbauer, 1922

Kazantsev, Sergey V., 2025, A review of Podistra subgen. Hemipodistra Ganglbauer, 1922 (Coleoptera: Cantharidae), with description of a new species from the Caucasus, Zootaxa 5660 (3), pp. 351-370 : 363-364

Key to the species of Podistra subgen. Hemipodistra

1. Pronotal sides with complete bordering ( Figs 1, 2)........................................................... 2

— Lateral pronotal bordering smoothed in posterior half ( Figs 3, 4)............................................... 4

2. Male antennae narrower and longer; males alate, with fully developed elytra, completely covering the abdomen ( Fig. 1A)................................................................................ birnbacheri ( Krauss, 1894)

— Male antennae more robust and shorter; males apterous, with shortened elytra, leaving much of the abdomen exposed ( Figs 1B, 2)................................................................................................. 3

3. Male pronotum transverse, ca. 1.3 times wider than long ( Fig. 1B)...................... rupicola ( Kiesenwetter, 1863)

— Male pronotum elongate ( Fig. 2A)............................................... motschulskyi Kazantsev, 2001

4. Elytra oval, gradually narrowed towards apex and attaining to second tergite ( Fig. 3). Laterophyses not narrowed proximally, distally incised; in dorsal view, ca. 1.5–1.6 times more narrow than dorsal plate at its infuscated transverse line and ca. 2.3 times wider than their incised apex, in apical view; dorsal plate with a single inner tooth at each side, in apical view ( Figs 6A, 6D, 7B, 7C, 8B, 8C)................................................................. savitskiorum Kazantsev, 2001

— Elytra pear-shaped, abruptly narrowed in distal two thirds and attaining only to first tergite ( Fig. 4). Laterophyses noticeably narrowed proximally, distally rounded; in dorsal view, only 1.3 times more narrow than dorsal plate at its infuscated transverse line and ca. 3.8 times wider than their incised apex, in apical view; dorsal plate with elongate dentate inner thickening at each side, in apical view ( Figs 6E, 6F, 7D–7F, 8D–8F).............................................. lakorum sp. nov.