Studies on Adriaphaenops Noesske with the description of five new species from the Dinarides (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechini)

Roman Lohaj , Jan Lakota , Eric Queinnec (1) , Dragan Pavicevic , David Ceplik

1 PAE - Phylogénie, Anatomie, Evolution

The species belonging to the trechine genus Adriaphaenops Noesske, 1928 are studied. As a result, seven currently known and five newly described species are recognized. Morphological characters of the habitus (especially the shape of head and pronotum) as well as male genitalia are widely used to delimit the species. The following new species are described: A. albanicus sp. nov. (Albania, Shkoder, Boga, Thate Mts.), A. jasminkoi sp. nov. (Bosnia & Hercegovina, Nevesinje, Novakova pecina cave), A. mlejneki sp. nov. (Montenegro, Gornje Stravce, Kucke planine Mts.), A. njegosiensis sp. nov. (Montenegro, Cetinje, Cetinjska pecina cave) and A. rumijaensis sp. nov. (Montenegro, Virpazar, Rumija Mts.). Lectotype for A. stirni (Pretner, 1959) is designated. Data on the distribution and ecology of new taxa, complemented with descriptions of the type localities are provided. Key to the identification of all twelve Adriaphaenops species, as well as a key of all hitherto known aphaenopsoid Trechini genera from Dinarides are also given.

Mots clés: Adriaphaenops; new species; subterranean environment; Trechinae; taxonomy; Kucke planine Mts.; Rumija Mts.; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Albania

Domaines: Biodiversité

Roman Lohaj, Jan Lakota, Eric Queinnec, Dragan Pavicevic, David Ceplik. Studies on Adriaphaenops Noesske with the description of five new species from the Dinarides (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechini). Zootaxa, 2016, 4205 (6), pp.501-531. ⟨10.11646/zootaxa.4205.6.1⟩. ⟨hal-01544473⟩