Abstract
Summary A new genus and new subterranean species, Prokletijella montana n. gen., n. sp., from the Prokletije mountains in Montenegro are described and illustrated. Prokletijella is the first genus in Leptodirini with an asymmetric aedeagus. The phylogenetic relationship with the genus Adelopsella Jeannel, 1908 is discussed. The genus Adelopsella is redescribed to be accurately compared with Prokletijella. The occurrence of asymmetric genitalia in Leptodirini is discussed in relation to the occurrence of such asymmetry in males and females in other tribes of Cholevinae. The geographic distribution of the two genera is discussed in connection with their phylogenetic relationship, and mapped. The synonymy of the two subspecies A. bosnica bosnica and A. bosnica jezerensis Jeannel, 1911 is confirmed.
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