Magdelainella bozidarcurcici n. Sp. (Coleoptera, Cholevidae): A new endemic beetle from southwest Serbia

Abstract

A new species of hypogean beetles, Magdelainella bozidarcurcici n. sp (Cholevidae, Bathysciinae), is described from the Pećina u Potkapilijama Cave, village Trudovo, nr. Nova Varoš, southwest Serbia. From its closest congeners (M winkleri Jeannel, M. hussoni Jeannel and M. serbica Müller) this new form is clearly distinct in many important respects such as: body size, length to breadth ratios of some antennomerae, shape of pronotum and elytra, form of mesosternal carina, form of aedeagus, shape of paramerac and specific setation, and the peculiar form of the structures forming the inner sac. Additionally, this new species has been illustrated, described and thoroughly diagnostified. It is apparent that M. bozidarcurcici belongs to an old phyletic lineage of the Tertiary origin, which is relic and endemic both to southwest Serbia and the Balkan Peninsula.