The genus Omphreus in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, with two new subspecies of O. morio (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Omphreini)

By

Ćurčić, Srećko
Sciaky, Riccardo
Antić, Dragan
Vesović, Nikola

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

509

Pages

123-139

Subjects

Balkan Peninsula , Ground beetles , soil-dwelling fauna

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.509.9506

 

Abstract

Two new ground beetle subspecies, Omphreus (Omphreus) morio sandelissp. n. (from Mts. Zelengora and Maglić, eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina) and O. (O.) morio durmitorensisssp. n. (from Mt. Durmitor, northwestern Montenegro) are here described and diagnosed. The male and female genitalia and other taxonomically important characters are illustrated. The new taxa are distinctly different from the nearest relatives and represent both endemics and relicts inhabiting limited high-altitude Dinaric areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro. A key to Omphreus taxa from Montenegro and a key to subspecies of Omphreus (Omphreus) morio Dejean, 1828 are presented.