Abstract
A review of the genus Bilobella in the Balkan Peninsula is presented. This region represents a diversity hot-spot for this group, hosting 9 of the 13 known species, to which one species new to science is added from the Lovćen Mountains, Montenegro. Bilobella mahunkai sp. nov. has an extraordinary appearance, as its colour is sulphureous yellow and the tubercles on the posterior abdominal segments are prolonged and of finger-shape. The new species is distinguished from all known members of the genus by having three chaetae on De tubercle of the first thoracal segment. The new species is illustrated with drawings and SEM pictures. Description of Bilobella matsakisi Cassagnau, 1967 specimens from the Peloponnesus, Greece is given, because of the species’ indistinct relation to Bilobella proxima Cassagnau & Peja, 1979. Taxonomical value of some characters investigated for the first time in this genus is discussed and a key to the species of the genus on the Balkan Peninsula is provided as well. Nematoda phoresis on the new taxon’s specimens is documented.References
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