Banatotyphlus orsovae sp. nov.

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Figs 4 E, 8 E-G

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. HOLOTYPE. ROMANIA: Orşova, 26.III.2019, 44.738°N 22.355°E: 1 male deposited in the HNHM. PARATYPES. Orşova, 26.III.2019, 44.738°N 22.355°E: 4 exs. (cStr), Orşova, 27. V.2015, 44.727°N, 22.361°E: 1 female (cStr).

ETYMOLOGY. The type material was found near the city Orsova.

DESCRIPTION. MEASUREMENTS: HL: 0.130; HW: 0.1425; PL: 0.1375; PW: 0.165; EL: 0.125; EW: 0.1475; AL: 0.210; TL: 1.05 mm.

External hardly different from B. racovitzai, the median tooth on the labrum is a little bigger. Main difference is in the aedeagus: more elongate, ventral process longer, copulatory pieces sticking out of the capsule of the aedeagus. Ventral side of the aedeagus is on the right side of the body. Females can be recognized by the more pronounced median tooth on the labrum.