Three new troglobitic trechine ground beetle species are described from three
caves in eastern and southeastern Serbia: Duvalius (Paraduvalius) bogovinae
sp. n., from the Bogovinska Pećina Cave, village of Bogovina, Kučajske
Planine Mts., near Boljevac, eastern Serbia; D. (P.) milutini sp. n., from
the Samar cave system, village of Kopajkošara, Mt. Kalafat, near Svrljig,
southeastern Serbia, and D. (P.) beljanicae sp. n., from the Velika Atula
Cave, village of Strmosten, Mt. Beljanica, near Despotovac, eastern Serbia.
The new species are easily distinguished from relatives. All important
morphological features, along with the diagnoses and illustrations of the new
taxa are presented. The new species are relicts and endemics of eastern and
southeastern Serbia. They probably belong to old phyletic lineages of
Tertiary or even pre-Tertiary origin. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike
Srbije, br. 173038
