On the diversity of subterranean beetles of the Dinarides: new leiodid taxa (Coleoptera: Leiodidae) from Serbia

  • Srećko Ćurčić Institute of Zoology, University of Belgrade - Faculty of Biology, Studentski Trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7303-7857
  • Dragan Pavićević Serbian Biospeleological Society, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
  • Nikola Vesović Institute of Zoology, University of Belgrade - Faculty of Biology, Studentski Trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
  • Maja Vrbica Institute of Zoology, University of Belgrade - Faculty of Biology, Studentski Trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
  • Miloš Kuraica Institute of Zoology, University of Belgrade - Faculty of Biology, Studentski Trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
  • Đorđe Marković School of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, P.O. Box 39040, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
  • Matija Petković Institute of Zoology, University of Belgrade - Faculty of Biology, Studentski Trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
  • Vladimir Lazović Institute of Physics Belgrade, University of Belgrade, Pregrevica 118, 11080 Belgrade, Serbia
  • Dejan Pantelić Institute of Physics Belgrade, University of Belgrade, Pregrevica 118, 11080 Belgrade, Serbia
  • Fabrizio Bosco A.F. Linder Association for the Study of Karst, Via Fratelli Cervi 9/G, 34077 Ronchi dei Legionari, Italy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.782.1589
Keywords: new genus, new species, endogean and cave-dwelling, Cholevinae, Leptodirini

Abstract

Three subterranean leptodirine leiodid taxa, viz., Bozidaria Ćurčić & Pavićević gen. nov., Bozidaria serbooccidentalis Ćurčić & Pavićević gen. et sp. nov. and Proleonhardella (Proleonhardella) tarensis Ćurčić & Pavićević sp. nov., are described and diagnosed. Bozidaria Ćurčić & Pavićević gen. nov. belongs to the phyletic series of “Leonhardella”. The new beetle taxa differ from their closest relatives in numerous morphological characters. They most likely belong to phyletic lineages of Pliocene age. The new leiodid taxa are endemic to the Dinaric mountain chain of western Serbia. Keys to the leptodirine leiodid genera of the phyletic series of “Leonhardella” and to the taxa of the genus Proleonhardella Jeannel, 1910 are included.

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2021-12-01
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Ćurčić, S., Pavićević, D., Vesović, N., Vrbica, M., Kuraica, M., Marković, Đorđe, Petković, M., Lazović, V., Pantelić, D., & Bosco, F. (2021). On the diversity of subterranean beetles of the Dinarides: new leiodid taxa (Coleoptera: Leiodidae) from Serbia. European Journal of Taxonomy, 782(1), 55–81. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.782.1589
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