Open AccessNEW RECORDS OF SUBTERRANEAN AND SPRING MOLLUSCS (GASTROPODA: HYDROBIIDAE) FROM MONTENEGRO AND ALBANIA WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF FIVE NEW SPECIES
Author(s) -
Peter Glöer,
Jozef Grego,
Zoltán Péter Erőss,
Zoltán Fehér
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
ecologica montenegrina
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.534
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2337-0173
pISSN - 2336-9744
DOI - 10.37828/em.2015.4.10
Subject(s) - montenegro , spring (device) , genus , gastropoda , zoology , biology , geography , ecology , physics , regional science , thermodynamics
A short overview of subterranean Balkan hydrobid genera, with special focus on genus Bythiospeum Bourguignat, 1892 and Iglica A.J. Wagner, 1928 is given. In addition, based on recently collected material in Montenegro (Vitoja Spring) and Albania (Krumë), five new species are described, namely: Bracenica vitojaensis n. sp., Islamia montenegrina n. sp., Lanzaia pesici n. sp., Bythiospeum szarowskae n. sp. and Pseudamnicola krumensis n. sp. The holotypes and paratypes are depicted. In addition a re-description of Bythiospeum gittenbergeri (A. & P.L. Reischütz, 2008) is given and the types of the Iglica spp. deposited in the NHMW are depicted, some of them for the first time.