Bathyscidius Jeannel, 1910

Čeplík, Dávid, Lakota, Ján & Čeplík, Jaroslav, 2021, Bathyscidius mikati (Udržal, 1995), a new combination from the genus Bathyscia Schiødte, 1848 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae, Leptodirini), Zootaxa 4981 (1), pp. 166-176 : 167

Genus Bathyscidius Jeannel, 1910

Diagnosis. A member of the subterranean tribe Leptodirini , subtribe Bathysciotina , group Théléomorphes, division II sensu Jeannel 1924, defined by: 1) bathysciod body shape, 2) protarsi four segmented in both sexes, 3) protibiae with an incomplete comb (pecten) along the lateral external margin, 4) lacking external apical spurs, 5) pronotum evenly convex, trapezoidal and widest at its base, 6) metendosternite “V”shaped, 7) alacrista (metatergal apparatus) with moderately long basal apophysis, 8) median longitudinal carina (=mesoventral carina) extendeding over the metaventrite and 9) inner sac (endophallus) of median lobe lacking sclerotized structures and basal lamina lacking posterior expansion.

Distribution. Albania, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia ( Fig. 11 ).

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FIGURE 11. Distribution of the genus Bathyscidius, according numbers in the catalogue.