Remarks on some trechine ground beetle taxa from the Balkan peninsula (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechini)

Abstract

The purpose of this note is to offer some corrections and supplements to the paper of Lohaj et al. (2013), to prove the validity of recently described trechine genera in Serbia, and to comment on other erroneous facts presented in the analyzed paper. In particular, we will show that the taxonomical remarks on the genus Duvalius Delarouzée, 1859, are wrong. The following genera are clearly delimited and represent valid taxa: Serboduvalius Ćurčić, Pavićević & Ćurčić, 2001, comb. n., Rascioduvalius Ćurčić, Brajković, Mitić & Ćurčić, 2003, comb. n., Curcicia Ćurčić & Brajković, 2003, comb. n., and Javorella Ćurčić, Brajković & Ćurčić, 2003, comb. n. The following new combinations are established for the following Duvalius species: Serboduvalius gejzadunayi (Lohaj, Čeplík & Lakota, 2013), comb. n., S. starivlahi (Guéorguiev, Ćurčić & Ćurčić, 2000), comb. n., S. dragacevensis Ćurčić, Pavićević & Ćurčić, 2001, comb. n., S. droveniki (Magrini, 1998), comb. n., Rascioduvalius cvijici (Jeannel, 1923), comb. n., R. stopicensis (Jeannel, 1923), comb. n., R. zlatiborensis Ćurčić, Brajković & Ćurčić, 2005, comb. n., Curcicia bolei (Pretner, 1963), comb. n., Javorella javorensis Ćurčić, Brajković & Ćurčić, 2003, comb. n., J. suvoborensis (Pavićević & Popović, 2001), comb. n., and J. suvodolensis Ćurčić, Brajković & Ćurčić, 2003, comb. n. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 173038]

Keywords

• Coleoptera
• Carabidae
• taxonomy
• revision
• Duvalius
• Serboduvalius
• Rascioduvalius
• Curcicia
• Javorella
• caved welling fauna
• Serbia
• Montenegro