Open AccessA new genus of cave-dwelling springtails (Collembola, Neanuridae), from Serbia
Author(s) -
Luka Lučić,
Snežana V. Stanković
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
archives of biological sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1821-4339
pISSN - 0354-4664
DOI - 10.2298/abs0204101l
Subject(s) - cave , fauna , subtropics , genus , ecology , habitat , geography , biology
A new genus and a new species from the collembolan family Neanuridae Trojanura mirocensis n. g., n. sp. has been described from the Buronov Ponor, village Miroč, Miroč Mt. (The Iron Gate), East Serbia, Yugoslavia. This form represents a very old remnant of the once existing tropical and subtropical fauna. It is also an endemic form, restricted only to cave habitats pertaining to the area studied