Natura Croatica Issue number: Natura Croatica, Vol. 9 No.3

Biogeografske opaske o Gyas titanus Simon, 1879 (Opiliones, Phalangiidae) na Balkanu

Authors: Tone Novak, Saša Lipovšek, Ljuba Slana

Authors and affiliation

  • Tone Novak Department of Biology, University of Maribor, Koroška 160, SI–2000 Maribor, Slovenia
  • Saša Lipovšek Department of Biology, University of Maribor, Koroška 160, SI–2000 Maribor, Slovenia
  • Ljuba Slana Ozare 31, SI–2380 Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia

Abstract

On the basis of 33 locality records of Gyas titanus Simon, 1879 (Opiliones, Phalangiidae) it is stated that the species more or less continuously inhabits the western and middle Balkans. Thus the Alpine-Balkans-Carpathian range of the species is continuous.

Keywords

the Balkans, biogeography, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Gyas titanus, Monte- negro, Opiliones, Serbia