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

  • 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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Author:Srećko Ćurčić, Dragan Pavićević, Nikola Vesović, Maja Vrbica, Miloš Kuraica, Đorđe Marković, Matija Petković, Vladimir Lazović, Dejan Pantelić, Fabrizio Bosco
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-626824
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.782.1589
ISSN:2118-9773
Parent Title (German):European journal of taxonomy
Publisher:Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
Place of publication:Paris
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2021/12/01
Date of first Publication:2021/12/01
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2021/12/02
Tag:Cholevinae; Leptodirini; endogean and cave-dwelling; new genus; new species
Volume:2021
Issue:782
Page Number:27
First Page:55
Last Page:81
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie)
Sammlungen:Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte
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Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0

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