Dávid Čeplík

• CEO at Biospeleologica Slovaca

Supplementary data and taxonomic changes are provided for the listing of the subterranean beetles of the Balkan Peninsula (Hlaváč, Perreau & Čeplík, 2017), published from July 1st 2016 to September 30th 2023. An illustrated supplement catalogue and distribution of taxa by zoogeographic regions sensu Hlaváč et al., are given.

A redescription of the genus Antrosedes Reitter, 1912 is given. An identification key for both species of the genus, as well as data on their distribution is provided.

In the present study morphological and molecular data from specimens of the troglobitic genus Speoplanes have been examined. The two subspecies Speoplanes giganteus giganteus Müller, 1911 and Speoplanes giganteus biocovensis Müller, 1934 are changed in rank from subspecies to species level and discrete identification characters for the separation o...

The subterranean beetle genus Anthroherpon Reitter, 1889 stands for an iconic cave-adapted organism due to wide range of the morphological variability and the diversification of its species in the Central and Southern Dinarides. The monotypical genus Parantrophilon Noesske, 1914 is nested within the distribution area of Anthroherpon and it is also...

After morphological study and comparison with related material, the following synonymy is proposed: Pholeuonopsis Apfelbeck, 1901 (=Blattodromus Reitter, 1904 syn. nov.). A redescription of the genus Pholeuonopsis Apfelbeck, 1901 is given.

The study of the type material as well as the additional specimens collected in the Rumija Mts., southeastern Montenegro revealed that Bathyscia mikati Udržal, 1995 belongs to the genus Bathyscidius Jeannel, 1910. New combination, Bathyscidius mikati (Udržal, 1995) comb. nov. is established. The species redescription, morphological comparison wit...

Two further new species of the tribe Leptodirini Lacordaire, 1854 inhabit the subterranean world of the Southern Dinarides located in the northern and southeastern mountains of Montenegro: Blattochaeta brankojalzici D. Čeplík, Lakota & J. Čeplík, sp. nov., and Blattochaeta peterhlavaci D. Čeplík, Lakota & J. Čeplík, sp. nov. The new species are des...

Bathyscidius basarai D. Čeplík, Lakota & J. Čeplík, sp. nov., is described from Shpella e Blazit cave, located near the village of Bruç in central Albania. The new species is illustrated, morphological comparison with other species, as well as the distribution, including the map for the whole genus Bathyscidius Jeannel, 1910 and information on its...

The species belonging to the trechine genus Adriaphaenops Noesske, 1928 are studied. As a result, seven currently known and five newly described species are recognized. Morphological characters of the habitus (especially the shape of head and pronotum) as well as male genitalia are widely used to delimit the species. The following new species are d...

The genus Speluncarius Reitter, 1886 (Harpalinae, Pterostichini) is made up by anophthalmous or almost blind species. The genus is related to Tapinopterus Schaum, 1858, which contains numerous species from the Balkan-Anatolian region and have more or less developed eyes. Speluncarius is distributed in the Western Palaearctic region; 26 species and...

Reinholdina deelemanorum Giachino & Moravec, 2009 is a junior synonym of Parapropus neumanni Müller, 1911. The genus Reinholdina Giachino & Moravec, 2009 is placed in the synonymy with Parapropus Ganglbauer, 1899.

Duvalius (sg. Neoduvalius) gejzadunayi sp. n. from Pećina u Dubokom potoku cave ( Donje Biševo village near Rožaje, Montenegro), the first known representative of this subgenus from the territory of Montenegro is described, illustrated and compared with the related species of the subgenus Neoduvalius Müller, 1913. This new species is characterised...

In this article, we present Nauticiella djokici sp. nov. from the Bravenik Jama pit near the village of Grab in the Orjen Mountains of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the second known species of the genus. We compare it to the congeneric species Nauticiella stygivaga Moravec & Mlejnek, 2002. The new species is mainly characterised by distinctly wider...