Metrotyphlus (Agnatotyphlus) banati sp. nov.

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Figs 4 D, 8 A-B.

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. HOLOTYPE. ROMANIA: Eibenthal, 26.III.2019, 44.546°N 22.205°E: 1 male deposited in the HNHM. PARATYPES. Eibenthal, 26.III.2019, 44.546°N 22.205°E: 3 males and 5 females (cStr) + 1 ex. (HNHM) , Eibenthal, 29.V.2015, 44.546°N 22.205°E: 3 exs. (cStr) ; Cozia, 25.III.2019, 44.628°N 22.039°E: 1 ex. (HNHM).

ETYMOLOGY. The type material was found on the southern border of the Banat mountains.

DESCRIPTION. MEASUREMENTS: HL: 0.1050; HW: 0.1300; PL: 0.1250; PW: 0.1300; EL: 0.1025; EW: 0.1250; AL: 0.175; TL: 0.9-1.

Typical Metrotyphlus can be identified by the aedeagus that is like in the figures 8 A-B. Dorsal and ventral sides of the aedeagus almost symmetric, dorsal tip membranous, parameres with four setae.