Javorella suvodolensis, a new endogean species of ground beetles (Trechini, Carabidae, Coleoptera) from southwest Serbia

• Published in: Archives of biological sciences Vol. 55; no. 3-4; pp. 113 - 116
• Main Authors: Curcic, Srecko, Brajkovic, Miloje, Curcic, Bozidar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Belgrade, University of Novi Sad 2003
• ISSN: 0354-4664; 1821-4339
• DOI: 10.2298/ABS0304113C

A new species of endogean carabid beetles (Javorella suvodolensis n. sp) has been described from under stones, village Debelja, near Nova Varos, Mt. Javor, southwestern Serbia. This new species is easily distinguished from all other phenetically close congeners in many important respects such as the body size, body shape, shape of head, form and size of eyes, number of ommatidia, length of antennae, shape of pronotum, shape of elytra, relative position of humeral setae, structure and form of female genitalia and the shape of the gonosternite. Javorella suvodolensis n. sp. is the first known endogean species of the genus Javorella S. B. Curcic, M. M. Brajkovic & B. P. M. Curcic [apart from the cavernicolous species Javorella suvoborensis (Pavicevic & Popovic) and Javorella javorensis Curcic, Brajkovic & Curcic]. This new species and its congeners belong to an old separate phyletic lineage, distinct from all other related species groups. Additionally, J. suvodolensis n. sp. is relic and endemic to the mountains of southwest Serbia. Nova vrsta endogejskih karabida (Javorella suvodolensis n. sp) opisana je i dijagnostifikovana iz sela Debelja blizu Nove Varosi, planina Javor jugozapadna Srbija. Ova nova vrsta se lako razlikuje od ostalih srodnika po mnogim vaznim osobinama, kao sto su: telesna velicina, oblik tela, oblik glave, struktura, forma i velicina ociju, broj omatidija, duzina antena oblik pronotuma, forma pokrilaca, medjusobni polozaj humeralnih seta, izgled zenskih genitalija i oblik gonosternita. Vrsta Javorella suvodolensis n. sp. je prva poznata endogejska vrsta u okviru roda Javorella Curcic, Brajkovic & Curcic [pored postojecih kavernikolnih vrsta Javorella suvoborensis (Pavicevic & Popovic) i Javorella javorensis Curcic, Brajkovic & Curcic]. Ta nova vrsta, kao i ostale vrste roda Javorella pripadaju staroj i zasebnoj filetickoj liniji, razlicitoj od svih do sada postojecih srodnih grupa vrsta. U zakljucku, Javorella suvodolensis n. sp. predstavlja tercijarnog relikta i endemita planina jugozapadne Srbije.