Seven new taxa of Leptodirini (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae) from the Balkan Peninsula

Seven new troglobitic leiodid beetle taxa (six new species and one new subspecies) from several caves and pits in the Balkan Peninsula (Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia) are described and diagnosed. Three new species belong to the genus Adelopidius Apfelbeck, 1907, two-to the genus Pholeuonopsis Ap...

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Published inZootaxa Vol. 4483; no. 3; p. 523
Main Authors ĆurČiĆ, SreĆko, PaviĆeviĆ, Dragan, VesoviĆ, Nikola, MulaomeroviĆ, Jasminko, RaĐa, TonĆi, AntiĆ, Dragan, Bosco, Fabrizio, MarkoviĆ, ĐorĐe, PetkoviĆ, Matija
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Zealand 24.09.2018
Subjects
Animal Distribution
Animals
Balkan Peninsula
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coleoptera
Female
Male
Serbia
Serbia
Balkan Peninsula
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coleoptera, Beetles, new taxa, cave-dwellers, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia
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Summary:Seven new troglobitic leiodid beetle taxa (six new species and one new subspecies) from several caves and pits in the Balkan Peninsula (Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia) are described and diagnosed. Three new species belong to the genus Adelopidius Apfelbeck, 1907, two-to the genus Pholeuonopsis Apfelbeck, 1901, one-to the genus Leonhardia Reitter, 1901, while a new subspecies belongs to the genus Apholeuonus Reitter, 1889. All important morphological characteristics of the new taxa have been mentioned and imaged, including the aspects of the male and female genitalia. The new leiodid taxa are properly distinguished from their relatives and are endemics of the Dinaric mountain chain. A key to Adelopidius taxa is added.
ISSN:1175-5334
DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4483.3.6