Papers by Momčilo Popović
A new name, Lathrobium ovcarensis, is proposed for Lathrobium pacei Nonveiller, Pavicevic & Popov... more A new name, Lathrobium ovcarensis, is proposed for Lathrobium pacei Nonveiller, Pavicevic & Popovic, 2001, a primary homonym of the taxon Lathrobium pacei Piva, described in 1995.
Kamena Gora is located in the southwesternmost part of Serbia, near the border of Montenegro and ... more Kamena Gora is located in the southwesternmost part of Serbia, near the border of Montenegro and represents a part of the Stari Vlah-Raška highland region of the Dinarides in Serbia. This area belongs to the region of Srednje Polimlje, between the rivers Lim and Uvac. Biospeleological research in the mentioned area dates back to 1933 when a French team of biologists led by P. Rémy, an expert for cave crustaceans, explored nine caves in the surrounding of Pljevlja in Montenegro as well as three smaller caves near Prijepolje in Serbia. Various material was collected, first of all arthropods, including two new species of troglobitic insects, both of genus Proleonhardella (Jeannel, 1934). In August 2008 a team of speleologists from the Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia started systematic researches on speleological sites, for the purpose of drafting the Study on Protection of Kamena Gora under the study title "The Landscape of Extraordinary Features KAMENA GORA, which was...
Five new species of the genus Lathrobium (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Serbia and Macedonia ar... more Five new species of the genus Lathrobium (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Serbia and Macedonia are described and figured (body, last but one sternite, aedeagus). Lathrobium graniticole Rambousek, 1928 and L. kopaonikanum Rambousek, 1928 are redescribed and figured. Some comments and additional data on already known species of the genus from the same areas are given.
Balkan’s Dinaric karst is a continuous source of specialized, cave adapted fauna - so called trog... more Balkan’s Dinaric karst is a continuous source of specialized, cave adapted fauna - so called troglobionts. Much of this exceptionally rich biodiversity is attributed to beetles (Coleoptera) from the ground beetle tribe Trechini (family Carabidae), with hundreds of species with different degrees of morphological modifications for life in subterranean habitats - so called troglomorphism. In this contribution, we present a discovery of one new genus and species of subterranean Trechine beetle, Orcusiella prokletijensis gen. et sp. nov. from a high-altitude pit situated on Prokletije Mountains, Montenegro. This new taxon is described, illustrated and compared with closely related taxa. An identification key for all so far known genera of Dinaric subterranean Trechini, as well as data on the distribution and ecology of these remarkable species are provided and discussed.
Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France
Zastita prirode, 2018
A new species of troglobitic trechine ground beetles is described from the Ceremošnja Cave in eas... more A new species of troglobitic trechine ground beetles is described from the Ceremošnja Cave in eastern Serbia-Duvalius (Paraduvalius) ceremosnjensis sp. n. All relevant morphological features of the new species are given and images of the new species are presented, along with the diagnosis with the closest relatives. The new trechine taxon is endemic to eastern Serbia.
Balkan's Dinaric karst is a continuous source of specialized, cave adapted fauna -so called trogl... more Balkan's Dinaric karst is a continuous source of specialized, cave adapted fauna -so called troglobionts. Much of this exceptionally rich biodiversity is attributed to beetles (Coleoptera) from the ground beetle tribe Trechini (family Carabidae), with hundreds of species with different degrees of morphological modifications for life in subterranean habitats -so called troglomorphism. In this contribution, we present a discovery of one new genus and species of subterranean Trechine beetle, Orcusiella prokletijensis gen. et sp. nov. from a high-altitude pit situated on Prokletije Mountains, Montenegro. This new taxon is described, illustrated and compared with closely related taxa. An identification key for all so far known genera of Dinaric subterranean Trechini, as well as data on the distribution and ecology of these remarkable species are provided and discussed.
Balkan's Dinaric karst is a continuous source of specialized, cave adapted fauna -so called trogl... more Balkan's Dinaric karst is a continuous source of specialized, cave adapted fauna -so called troglobionts. Much of this exceptionally rich biodiversity is attributed to beetles (Coleoptera) from the ground beetle tribe Trechini (family Carabidae), with hundreds of species with different degrees of morphological modifications for life in subterranean habitats -so called troglomorphism. In this contribution, we present a discovery of one new genus and species of subterranean Trechine beetle, Orcusiella prokletijensis gen. et sp. nov. from a high-altitude pit situated on Prokletije Mountains, Montenegro. This new taxon is described, illustrated and compared with closely related taxa. An identification key for all so far known genera of Dinaric subterranean Trechini, as well as data on the distribution and ecology of these remarkable species are provided and discussed.
Balkan's Dinaric karst is a continuous source of specialized, cave adapted fauna -so called trogl... more Balkan's Dinaric karst is a continuous source of specialized, cave adapted fauna -so called troglobionts. Much of this exceptionally rich biodiversity is attributed to beetles (Coleoptera) from the ground beetle tribe Trechini (family Carabidae), with hundreds of species with different degrees of morphological modifications for life in subterranean habitats -so called troglomorphism. In this contribution, we present a discovery of one new genus and species of subterranean Trechine beetle, Orcusiella prokletijensis gen. et sp. nov. from a high-altitude pit situated on Prokletije Mountains, Montenegro. This new taxon is described, illustrated and compared with closely related taxa. An identification key for all so far known genera of Dinaric subterranean Trechini, as well as data on the distribution and ecology of these remarkable species are provided and discussed.
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