Speluncarius

Hlaváč, Peter, Lakota, Ján & Čeplík, Dávid, 2016, Endogean and cavernicolous Coleoptera of the Balkans. XVII. A new species of the genus Speluncarius Reitter, 1886 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Harpalinae, Pterostichini) from Croatia, Zootaxa 4161 (1), pp. 137-140 : 140

Key to species of Speluncarius (s.str.) of Dinarides

1 Body small, less than 7 mm ......................................................................................................................................... S. minutulus

- Body large, length over 8 mm .......................................................................................................................................................... 2

2 Elytral interval 5 lacking setiferous punctures, length 8.3–9.9 mm, aedeagus as in Fig. 6 ................................... S. anophthalmus

- Elytral interval 5 with 4–6 setiferous punctures................................................................................................................................ 3

3 Body smaller and more slender, body length 9.2–9.3 mm, HL/HW = 1.03; PL/PW = 0.94; EL/EW = 1.87, elytral interval 3 with 3–5 dorsal and one preapical setiferous pores, interval 5 with 5–6 setiferous pores, aedeagus as in Fig. 7 ................ S. setipennis

- Body larger and robust, body length 10.5–12.5 mm, HL/HW = 1.05; PL/PW = 0.86; EL/EW = 1.90, elytral interval 3 with 3 dor- sal and one preapical setiferous pores, interval 5 with 4–5 setiferous pores, aedeagus as in Fig. 5 .......................... S. biokovensis

Figures

FIGURE 1 – 8. Fig. 1. Speluncarius (s. str.) biokovensis, habitus (photo Dušan Beňo); Fig. 2. Speluncarius (s. str.) anophthalmus, habitus (photo Dušan Beňo); Fig. 3. Speluncarius (s. str.) setipennis, habitus (photo Dušan Beňo); Fig. 4. Speluncarius (s. str.) setipennis, habitus in nature (photo Antonín Kůrka); Fig. 5. Speluncarius (s. str.) biokovensis, aedeagus, lateral view, scale = 0.5 mm; Fig. 6. Speluncarius (s. str.) anophthalmus, aedeagus, lateral view, scale = 0.5 mm; Fig. 7. Speluncarius (s. str.) setipennis, aedeagus, lateral view, scale = 0.5 mm; Fig. 8. Distribution of Speluncarius (s. str.) of western Balkans (1 — S. anophthalmus, 2 — S. setipennis, 3 — S. biokovensis, 4 — S. minutulus).