A new cave-dwelling species of the genus Parapropus ganglbauer (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Leptodirini) from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abstract

A new leptodirine leiodid beetle species, Parapropus vitorogensis sp. n., from a cave in the western part of the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, is described and diagnosed. Both male and female genitalia and other taxonomically important characters are illustrated. The new species is clearly distinct from its closest congeners. The new taxon is of Tertiary or even pre-Tertiary age and originated during the Alpine Orogeny that affected vast areas of the Balkan Peninsula, including the Dinarides, its terra typica. The new species is both endemic and relict, inhabiting western Bosnia and Herzegovina only. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 173038 and br. 47007]

Keywords

• Leiodidae
• Leptodirini
• Parapropus
• new species
• cave-dwelling fauna
• Bosnia and Herzegovina