Natura Croatica Issue number: Natura Croatica, Vol. 19 No.1

Taksonomske i ekološke bilješke o rodu Scotoplanetes Absolon, s opisom nove vrste iz Crne Gore (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechini)

Authors: Jan Lakota, Roman Lohaj, Gejza Dunay

Authors and affiliation

  • Jan Lakota Generála Miloša Vesela 5304/1, SK-034 01 Ružomberok, Slovakia
  • Roman Lohaj Institute of Forensic Sciences, Sklabinská 1, SK-812 72 Bratislava, Slovakia
  • Gejza Dunay Král'ovce 126, SK-044 44, Slovakia

Abstract

Scotoplanetes aquacultor n. sp. from the »Vodna jama« pit (Dragaljsko polje near Grahovo, southwest Montenegro), second known species of the genus is described, illustrated and compared with the congeneric species Scotoplanetes arenstorffianus Absolon, 1913. Based on the examination of the holotype, Scotoplanetes arenstorffianus weiratherianus Noesske, 1928 is reconsidered in synonymy to Scotoplanetes arenstorffianus. Data about the taxonomy of this remarkable genus, complemented with the description of habitat and the bionomy are given.

Keywords

Scotoplanetes aquacultor sp. nov., new species, Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae, tax- onomy, bionomy, subterranean environment, hygropetric, Montenegro