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Type: Article
Published: 2014-03-28
Page range: 267–274
Abstract views: 27
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A new species of Duvalius from world’s deepest cave (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Departamento de Biologia and CESAM, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal Departamento de Biología Animal, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de La Laguna. 38206 La Laguna. Tenerife. Canary Islands, Spain
Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida, Facultad de Biología, Ciencias Ambientales y Química, Universidad de Alcalá, E-28871 – Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.
Trechini Krubera-Voronja Cave Western Caucasus Abkhazia Deep subsurface biosphere

Abstract

The new hypogean ground beetle, Duvalius abyssimus n. sp., from Krubera-Voronja, world’s deepest cave (Arabika massif, Western Caucasus) is described and illustrated. Diagnostic morphological characters of the imago, male and female genitalia are provided. Its relations with other Duvalius Delarouzée species from the Western Caucasus geographic area are discussed. An updated overview of the biocoenosis of its peculiar habitat is made.