Kosaniniella javorensis n. gen., n. sp., from southwest Serbia, with notes on the evolutionary status of Knirschiella Guéorguiev, Cholevidae, Coleoptera

• Published in: Archives of biological sciences 2004, Vol.56 (3-4), p.115-120
• Main Authors: Curcic, Srecko, Brajkovic, Miloje, Curcic, Bozidar, Senman, H., Makarov, Slobodan, Mitic, Bojan, Tomic, Vladimir
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 0354-4664; 1821-4339
• DOI: 10.2298/ABS0404115C

A new genus and species of endogen cholevid beetles (Kosaniniella javorensis n. gen., n. sp) has been diagnosed and described from under stones in the valley of Suvodol, village of Debelja, near Nova Varos, Mt. Javor southwestern Serbia. This new genus clearly differs from all other closely related genera in the following correlative traits: Body size presence/absence of eye spots; length of distalmost antennomere; form of antennomere VIII; punctuation of elytra; presence/absence of sutural striae shape of elytra; form of aedeagus; shape of aedeagal sides; shape of parameral apex; form of paramerae; distribution of parameral setae; shape of anterior inner parameral seta; form of median part of copulatory piece length of basal bulbus; and form of spermatheca. Kosaniniella n. gen. belongs to a separate phyletic lineage which includes two other phenetically close genera, Magdelainella Jeannel and Knirschiella Gu?orguiev. The new genus is present in southwestern Serbia only, while Magdelainella inhabits Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Knirschiella is given full generic status in the present paper; its members are known from Albania. The Kosaniniella-Magdelainella-Knirschiella complex is probably of early Tertiary age, its species having originated during the Alpine Orogeny, which affected vast areas of the Balkan Peninsula, including the Dinarids otherwise their terra typica. Novi rod i vrsta endogejskih holevidnih tvrdokrilaca (Kosaniniella javorensis n. gen., n. sp) opisani su iz endogejskog stanista u dolini Suvodol, u selu Debelja, blizu Nove Varosi, planina Javor, jugozapadna Srbija. Ovaj novi rod se jasno razlikuje od drugih srodnih rodova po mnogim vaznim korelativnim svojstvima, kao sto su: velicina tela, prisustvo/odsustvo ociju, duzina najdistalnije antenomere, forma antenomere VIII, punktuacija elitri prisustvo/odsustvo suturalnih strija, oblik elitri, lateralni izgled forme edeagusa, oblik strana edeagusa, oblik vrha paramera, lateralni izgled forme paramera, polozaj parameralnih seta, oblik prednje unutrasnje parameralne sete, oblik medijane strukture kopulatornog dela, duzina bazalnog bulbusa kao i oblik spermateke. Kosaniniella n. gen. pripada zasebnoj filetickoj liniji u koju verovatno spadaju i rodovi Magdelainella Jeannel i Knirschiella Gu?orguiev. Novi rod holevida naseljava samo jugozapadnu Srbiju, dok Magdelainella zivi u Srbiji i Bosni i Hercegovini. Rodu Knirschiella Gu?orguiev dat je pun genericki status, a njegovi predstavnici su po