Anthroherpon spelaebatoides
Creators: name: Čeplík, Dávid
name: Hlaváč, Peter
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Leiodidae
Anthroherpon
Anthroherpon spelaebatoides

description: Anthroherpon spelaebatoides (Noesske, 1914)
(Figs 1, 6, 7, 10, 12–15, 28–31, 33, 34)
Anthroherpon spelaebatoides (Noesske, 1914). New combination.
Parantrophilon spelaebatoides Noesske: Jeannel, 1914: 53 (P. spelaeobatoides —misspelling in species name); Jeannel, 1924: 400 (P. spelaeobatoides —misspelling in species name); Pretner, 1968: 38 (P. spelaeobatoides —misspelling in species name); Guéorguiev, 1990: 241 (P. spelaeobatoides —misspelling in species name); Newton, 1998: 128; Perreau, 2000: 166; Perreau, 2015: 203; Hlaváč, Perreau & Čeplík 2017: 89.
Material studied. Type locality: 5 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Grebci, Grab (r)ovica pećina cave (Figs 39–40), coordinates 42°44‘37.7“N, 18°03‘27.7“E (WGS 84), 14.06.2005 and 15.04.2009, D. Čeplík lgt. (PCDČ, PCJC, PCPH).
Remark. Anthroherpon spelaebatoides differs from all other species of the genus by the combination of following characters: 1) head slightly wider than pronotum (HW/PW: 1.1–1.2), with relatively deep punctation and dense pubescense (Fig. 6), 2) pronotum shorter than head (HL1/PL:1.3–1.6), without deep constriction in posterior third (Figs 1, 10), 3) pubescence on pronotal disc relatively dense (Figs 1, 10), 4) punctation on elytra dense and relatively deep, pubescense dense (Fig. 1), 5) anterior elongation of the mesoepiventrite poorly visible from dorsal aspect of the habitus (Fig. 1) but visible from latero–ventral aspect if venter is free of elytra and pronotum (Fig. 15), 6) mesoventro–mesoepiventral suture relatively well defined (Fig. 14), 7) smaller body size, BL: 3.9–4 mm, 8) AL: 4.3–4.6 mm. Antennae slightly shorter in females. Male antennomeres length (mm): (1) 0.29, (2) 0.13, (3) 0.50, (4) 0.32, (5) 0.41, (6) 0.37, (7) 0.53, (8) 0.36, (9) 0.55, (10) 0.55 and (11) 0.53. Female antennomeres length (mm): (1) 0.35, (2) 0.17, (3) 0.52, (4) 0.34, (5) 0.35, (6) 0.38, (7) 0.46, (8) 0.35, (9) 0.49, (10) 0.44 and (11) 0.50.
Biology: Subterranean species, so far known exclusively from caves.
Distribution: Bosnia and Herzegovina (Grebci), (Fig. 38).
Additional material studied.
• Anthroherpon cylindricollis cylindricollis Apfelbeck, 1889: 61 (Figs 2, 16, 17, 22, 32). Type locality: 5 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, Rudnica planina, Golubovići, Golubovići pećina cave, 25.09.2004, D. Čeplík lgt. (PCDČ).
• Anthroherpon cylindricollis thoracicum Apfelbeck, 1907: 402. Type locality: 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, Romanija planina, Novakova pećina cave, 25.07.2006, D. Čeplík lgt. (PCDČ).
• Anthroherpon ganglbaueri ganglbaueri Apfelbeck, 1894: 513. Type locality: 3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nevesinje, Bišina, Novakuša pećina cave, 12.06.2004, D. Čeplík lgt. (PCDČ).
• Anthroherpon harbichi Reitter, 1913: 153. Type locality: 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, Crepoljsko, Pećina Kiječina Stijena cave, 21.07.2005, D. Čeplík lgt. (PCDČ).
• Anthroherpon hoermanni hoermanni Apfelbeck, 1889: 62. Type locality: 3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Treskavica planina, Kalinovik, Borija pećina cave, 07.07.2010, D. Čeplík lgt. (PCDČ).
• Anthroherpon hossei Winkler, 1925: 143 (Fig. 23). Type locality: 1 ♂: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bjelasnica planina, Turica, Mravinjac pećina cave, 21.07.2008, D. Čeplík lgt. (PCDČ).
• Anthroherpon charon Reitter, 1911: 173. Type locality: 3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Trebević Mt., Ledenica Luke cave, 19.07.2006, D. Čeplík lgt. (PCDČ).
• Anthroherpon latipenne ssp. Apfelbeck, 1907: 401: 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀: Montenegro, Nikšić, Trubjela, Ledenica na Velikoj Kiti cave, 23.05.2016, D. Čeplík lgt. (PCDČ).
• Anthroherpon matulici Reitter, 1903: 216: 1 ♂, 1♀: Montenegro, Virpazar, Rumija Mts., White virgin pit, 10.08.2005, R. Mlejnek lgt. (PCDČ).
• Anthroherpon matzenaueri augustae Zariquiey, 1927: 160: 1 ♂, 1 ♀: Montenegro, Nikšić, Prekornica Mts., Borova jama pit 1, 31.07.2009, R. Mlejnek lgt. (PCDČ).
• Anthroherpon piesbergeni Zariquiey, 1927: 161 (Figs 5, 9, 11, 21, 24): 2 ♂, 1 ♀: Montenegro, Podbožur, Manja pećina cave, 07.06.2004, D. Čeplík lgt. (PCDČ).
• Anthroherpon primitivum jeanneli Winkler, 1925: 143: 2 ♂: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bjelasnica planina, Turica, Mravinjac pećina cave, 21.07.2008, D. Čeplík lgt. (PCDČ).
• Anthroherpon primitivum primitivum Absolon, 1913 (Figs 4, 8, 19, 20, 25): 101. Type locality: 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Grebci, Kali pećina cave, 29.05.2005, D. Čeplík lgt. (PCDČ).
• Anthroherpon pygmaeum pygmaeum Apfelbeck, 1889: 61: 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tarčin, Bjelašnica planina, Ledenica Kiljava baka cave, 24.09.2004, D. Čeplík lgt. (PCDČ).
• Anthroherpon sinjajevina Njunjić, Perreau & Pavićević 2015: 404. Type locality: 2 ♂, 2 ♀: Montenegro, Sinjajevina Mts., Rudanca, Blažova pećina cave, 27.05.2015, D. Čeplík lgt. (PCDČ).
• Anthroherpon stenocephalum stenocephalum Apfelbeck, 1901: 15 (Fig. 26). Type locality: 2 ♂, 2 ♀: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Olovo, Strednja Bijambarska pećina, 09.07.2010, D. Čeplík lgt. (PCDČ).
• Anthroherpon taxi pretneri Giachino & Vailati, 2005: 156. Type locality: 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀: Montenegro, Nikšić, Trubjela, Ledenica na Velikoj Kiti cave, 23.05.2016, D. Čeplík lgt. (PCDČ).
• Anthroherpon taxi remyi Jeannel, 1931: 265. Type locality: 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀: Montenegro, Lubnice, Berane, Županska pećina cave, 14.07.2008, D. Čeplík lgt. (PCDČ).
• Anthroherpon weiratheri Reitter, 1913: 154. Type locality: 1 ♂, 1 ♀: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, Crepoljsko, Pećina Kiječina Stijena cave, 21.07.2005, D. Čeplík lgt. (PCDČ).
• Anthroherpon zariquieyi Jeannel, 1930: 145 (Figs 3, 18, 27): 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀: Montenegro, Durmitor Mts., Zupci pećina cave, 03.07.2010, D. Čeplík lgt. (PCDČ).
• Graciliella apfelbecki apfelbecki Müller, 1910: 186. Type locality: 2 ♀♀: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Zavala, Vjetrenica pećina cave, 23.08.2010; 1 ♂, 1 ♀: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Grebci, Grab (r)ovica pećina cave, 15.04.2009; 1 ♂, 1 ♀: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Grebci, Mrcine pećina cave, 02.04.2010, D. Čeplík lgt. (PCDČ).
• Spelaeobates novaki Müller, 1901: 19 (Figs 35, 36, 37). Type locality: 1 ♂, 1 ♀: Croatia, Dugi otok, Luka, Savar, Strašna peć cave, K. Absolon lgt. (PCDČ).
description: Published as part of Čeplík, Dávid & Hlaváč, Peter, 2022, A contribution to understanding the morphology of the genus Anthroherpon (= Parantrophilon syn. nov.) and new combination for a species from the Balkan Peninsula (Insecta, Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae, Leptodirini), pp. 541-558 in Zootaxa 5115 (4) on pages 555-557, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5115.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/6361649