Open AccessNeobisium ninae n. Sp. (Neobisiidae, pseudoscorpiones), a new endemic cave pseudoscorpion from Montenegro
Author(s) -
Srećko Ćurčić,
R.N. Dimitrijević,
Vladimir Tomić
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/abs0802301c
Subject(s) - cave , montenegro , balkan peninsula , karst , taxon , endemism , biology , ecology , geography , zoology , paleontology , regional science
A new cave-dwelling species of pseudoscorpion belonging to the family Neobisiidae - Neobisium ninae n. sp. - is described from the Pećina u Dubokom Potoku Cave in the village of Donje Biševo, near Rožaje in Eastern Montenegro. A diagnosis of the new species is presented. This taxon is a relict and endemic to the area studied. Additionally, some taxonomic and biogeographical traits of the new species are discussed in the light of the evolution of the karst relief of the Balkan Peninsula