Abstract
In addition to the eleven previously known species of the Mediterranean genus Metonomastus, two more species are described: M.petrovisp. n., from the Rhodopi Mts. and Bunardzhik Hill in Bulgaria, and M.radjaisp. n., from the island of Mljet in Croatia. The relationships between the congeners and their distributions are briefly discussed. All 13 species of the genus are keyed.
Highlights
In the latest taxonomic survey of the genus Metonomastus Attems, 1937, Golovatch and Stoev (2004) recognized eleven species
The present paper is devoted to descriptions of two new species of Metonomastus found in the Rhodopi Mountains and Bunardzhik Hill in Bulgaria and the Dinaric island of Mljet in Croatia
Species of Metonomastus may provisionally be divided into two groups
Summary
In the latest taxonomic survey of the genus Metonomastus Attems, 1937, Golovatch and Stoev (2004) recognized eleven species. Type) coming from within the distribution area of M. albus (Verhoeff, 1901), a fairly common and abundant congener. This Mediterranean genus includes only small-sized forms (< 10 mm long) ranging from the Apennine and Balkan peninsulas in the west to northwestern Anatolia in the east (Hoffman and Lohmander 1968; Golovatch and Stoev 2004).
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