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Issue: Vol. 1926 No. 1: 7 Nov. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-11-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1926.1.2
Page range: 20–26
Abstract views: 58
PDF downloaded: 2

Two new high-altitude species of the genus Omphreus Dejean (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalinae) from Serbia

Institute of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Studentski Trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia and Center for Biospeleology of Southeast Europe, Resavska 53, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Department of Conservation Biology, Vegetation- and Landscape Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, A–1090 Vienna, Austria
Department of Conservation Biology, Vegetation- and Landscape Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, A–1090 Vienna, Austria
Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Belgrade, Blagoja Parovića 156, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Institute of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Studentski Trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia and Center for Biospeleology of Southeast Europe, Resavska 53, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Coleoptera ground beetles soil fauna Serbia

Abstract

Two new ground beetle species from western Serbia are described, Omphreus (Omphreus) ovcarensis sp. n. (from Mt. Ovčar) and Omphreus (Omphreus) serbooccidentalis sp. n. (from Bukovi Peak, Mt. Maljen). Male and female genitalia and other taxonomically important characters are illustrated. The two new species are clearly distinct from their closest congeners. They have a restricted and probably relict distribution, endemic to the Dinaric Alps in Serbia. A key to five species and two subspecies of the genus Omphreus Dejean from Serbia is presented.

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