Open AccessHeteromurus (Verhoeffiella) Anagastumensis n. Sp. (Collembola, entomobryidae), a new cave springtail from Montenegro
Author(s) -
Luka Lučić,
Vladimir Tomić,
M. Brajković,
Srećko Ćurčić
Publication year - 2008
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/abs0802297l
Subject(s) - montenegro , cave , springtail , fauna , subgenus , congener , mediterranean climate , biology , ecology , balkan peninsula , chaetotaxy , zoology , seta , geography , taxonomy (biology) , genus , chemistry , chromatography , ecotoxicology , regional science
A thorough analysis of a specimen of the collembolan family Entomobryidae from a cave in Montenegro has yielded a species new to science: Heteromurus (Verhoeffiella) anagastumensis n. sp. This is the first known cave-dwelling member of the subgenus Verhoeffiella Absolon in Montenegro. Heteromurus (V.) anagastumensis n. sp. is described, illustrated, and diagnosed; it is a phenetically close congener of H. (V.) longicornis (Absolon) from Herzegovina. Some biogeographical and evolutionary characteristics of this new Verhoeffiella species are discussed in the light of the origin of the North Mediterranean fauna