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Issue: Vol. 4425 No. 2: 30 May 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-05-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4425.2.7
Page range: 311–326
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First report of aphaenopsoid trechines (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechini) from Serbia, with descriptions of new taxa

Institute of Zoology, University of Belgrade—Faculty of Biology, Studentski Trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia, Dr Ivana Ribara 91, 11070 Belgrade, Serbia
Institute of Zoology, University of Belgrade—Faculty of Biology, Studentski Trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Institute of Zoology, University of Belgrade—Faculty of Biology, Studentski Trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Institute of Zoology, University of Belgrade—Faculty of Biology, Studentski Trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
A. F. Linder Association for the Study of Karst, Via Fratelli Cervi 9/G, 34077 Ronchi dei Legionari, Italy
Institute of Zoology, University of Belgrade—Faculty of Biology, Studentski Trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia, Working Unit of Niš, Vožda Karađorđa 14/II, 18000 Niš, Serbia
Coleoptera Velesaphaenops Acheroniotes new genus new species troglobites western and southwestern Serbia

Abstract

The trechine ground beetle taxa, Velesaphaenops gen. n., Velesaphaenops tarensis sp. n., and Acheroniotes lethensis sp. n., are described and diagnosed. The new taxa differ clearly from their closest relatives in a number of external characters and the shape of the genitalia. They probably belong to phyletic lineages of Pliocene age (the age of the palaeokarst of Kamena Gora and Mt. Tara). The new taxa are endemic to western and southwestern Serbia. Keys to the aphaenopsoid trechine genera in Serbia and to species of the genus Acheroniotes Lohaj & Lakota, 2010 are appended.

 

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