Duvalius (Paraduvalius) petrovici sp.n. and D.(P.) sotirovi sp.n. (Carabidae: Trechinae: Trechini): Two new troglobitic ground beetles from eastern and southeastern Serbia

S Curcic,B Curcic,N Vesovic,Maja Vrbica,D Antic

doi:10.2298/abs1402889c

Abstract

The following two new troglobitic trechine ground beetle species are described from two caves in eastern and southeastern Serbia: Duvalius (Paraduvalius) petrovici sp. n., from the Resavska Pecina Cave, village of Jelovac, near Despotovac, Kucajske Planine Mts., and D. (P.) sotirovi sp. n., from the Ogorelicka Pecina Cave, village of Sicevo, near Nis, Svrljiske Planine Mts. The new species considerably differ from the related taxa. All important morphological characteristics of the species, along with the diagnoses and images of the taxa are presented. These represent relicts and endemics of eastern and southeastern parts of Serbia and are of great age (probably Tertiary or even before).

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IntroductionNumerous taxa of the subgenus Paraduvalius Knirsch, 1924 (genus Duvalius Delarouzée, 1859) have been identified (33 species and 3 subspecies)
At present, numerous taxa of the subgenus Paraduvalius Knirsch, 1924 have been identified (33 species and 3 subspecies)
Only seven species have been recorded in Serbia so far – Duvalius (Paraduvalius) winkleri (Jeannel, 1923), D. (P.) stankovitchi (Jeannel, 1923), D. (P.) trifunovici Vrbica, S

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Introduction

Numerous taxa of the subgenus Paraduvalius Knirsch, 1924 (genus Duvalius Delarouzée, 1859) have been identified (33 species and 3 subspecies). Only seven species have been recorded in Serbia so far – Duvalius (Paraduvalius) winkleri (Jeannel, 1923) (from the Ravna Peć Cave, village of Prekonoga, near Svrljig, Svrljiške Planine Mts.), D. 2013 (from the Mandina Pećina Cave, village of Zlot, near Bor, Kučajske Planine Mts.), D. 2014 (from the Bogovinska Pećina Cave, village of Bogovina, near Boljevac, Kučajske Planine Mts.), D. 2014 (from the Velika Atula Cave, village of Strmosten, near Despotovac, Mt. Beljanica) (Jeannel, 1923, 1928; Vrbica et al, 2013; Ćurčić et al, 2014). The species Duvalius (Paraduvalius) stankovitchi comprises the following three subspecies: D. (P.) stankovitchi stankovitchi (Jeannel, 1923) (from the Ravanička Pećina Cave, village of Senje, near Ćuprija), D. (P.) stankovitchi georgevitchi (Jeannel, 1923) (from the Lazareva Pećina Cave, village of Zlot, near Bor), and D. (P.) stankovitchi devojensis (Jeannel, 1923) (from the Devojačka Pećina Cave, village of Podgorac, near Boljevac) (Jeannel, 1923, 1928; Moravec et al, 2003)

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