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Three new cave-dwelling leiodid beetles (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae: Leptodirini) from Bosnia and Herzegovina

2014; University of Belgrade, University of Novi Sad; Volume: 66; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2298/abs1402919c

1821-4339

Srećko Ćurčić, T. Radja, Jasminko Mulaomerović, Maja Vrbica, Dragan Antić, B.P.M. Ćurčić, Biljana Radja, Nikola Vesović,

Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies

Three new troglobitic leiodid beetle species have been described from several underground habitats in Central Bosnia and Herzegovina: Leonhardia jajcensis sp. n., from the Kapnica Cave, village of Bozikovac, near Jajce, Mt. Dnolucka Planina, Katobatizon apfelbecki sp. n., from the Jama Ispod Puta, village of Bozikovac, and the Snjezara Pits, village of Brvanci, near Jajce, Mt. Dnolucka Planina, and Protobracharthron dusinae sp. n., from the Dusina Cave, village of Dusina, near Fojnica, Mt. Pogorelica. The three leiodid species are easily distinguished from related taxa. All important morphological characteristics of the species have been listed, along with the diagnoses and images of the taxa. The new species are relicts and endemics of Central Bosnia and Herzegovina and probably belong to old phyletic lineages of Tertiary or even pre-Tertiary origin.