subgenus Podistra Motschulsky, 1839 .

Podistra Motschulsky, 1839: 78 .

type species Podistra alpina Motschulsky, 1839 .

= Pseudoabsidia Wittmer, 1969: 128, syn. nov. type species Telephorus prolixus Märkel, 1852

alpina Motschulsky, 1839: 79 . Northern Caucasus (Dagestan).

arnoldii Kazantsev, 1998: 692 . Northwestern Caucasus (Adygeya, Krasnodar Krai).

belousovi Kazantsev, 2010: 157. Georgia (Swanetia)

caucasica Ganglbauer, 1922: 70 . Northwestern Caucasus, Georgia.

chekanovskii Kazantsev, 1994: 16. East Siberia (Yakutia), Russian Far East (Amur Valey).

cherkessica Kazantsev, 1998: 693. Northwestern Caucasus (Karachaevo-Cherkessia).

cicatriculata Wittmer, 1973: 119. Transcaucasia (Arax Valley).

circassicola Reitter, 1889: 100. Northwestern Caucasus (Adygeya).

iugosa Kazantsev, 2010: 157 . Northern Caucasus (Ossetia).

ossetica Kazantsev, 1998: 693. Northern Caucasus (Ossetia).

piceolineata Pic, 1922: 18. Northwestern Caucasus (Karachaevo-Cherkessia: Teberda).

prolixa Märkel, 1852: 598 (Telephorus) . Central Europe (Austria, Czechia, France, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland).

= sulcifrons Märkel, 1852: 599 ( Cantharis).

rufomaculata Kazantsev, 1998: 692. Northwestern Caucasus (Adygeya).

starcki Ganglbauer, 1922: 72. Northwestern Caucasus (Adygeya).

unicolor Faldermann, 1835: 195 (Cantharis) . Northwestern Caucasus, Georgia.

ussurica Wittmer, 1979: 138. Western Siberia (Altai), Russian Far East (Amur Valley, Primorskij Krai, southern Sakhalin), northeastern China, Korea.

wittmeri Kazantsev, 1992: 44. Abkhasia.