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Blattochaeta marianii kusijanovici, new subspecies (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae) from Croatia

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: The cave leptodirine beetle species of the genus Blattochaeta lives mainly in caves at higher altitudes of Montenegro and on the Herzegovinian side of Orjen Mountain.Previously, 5 species and 3 subspecies of this genus were known.In the present paper a new subspecies from Glogova jama [pit] in Mt Snije`nica in Croatia is described.The new subspecies is the smallest subspecies of Blattochaeta marianii, a species that lives in the wider Orjen plateau on the border of Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia.

Source: University of Zagreb University Computing Centre (SRCE)

Authors: Slavko Polak, Branko Jalžić

Institutions: Croatian Natural History Museum, Croatian Biospeleological Society

Language: English

Topic: Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W644480052

FWCI: 0.527

Cites: 1

Cited by: 3

Related to: 10