Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 67(1): 47-55, doi: 10.3897/travaux.67.e120973
First record of Choleva macedonica (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevine) from the Carpathians
Eugen Nitzu‡‡ "Emile Racovitza" Institute of Speleology, Biology Section of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
Corresponding author: Eugen Nitzu ( eunitu@yahoo.com ) Academic editor: Melania Stan © Eugen Nitzu. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Nitzu E (2024) First record of Choleva macedonica (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevine) from the Carpathians. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 67(1): 47-55. https://doi.org/10.3897/travaux.67.e120973 |  |
Abstract
The rare and little-known species Choleva macedonica, previously known from the Dinaric Alps - Balkans, belonging to the “sturmi group” of species is recorded for the first time in the Carpathians and in the Romanian fauna. The male specimen collected in the Southern Carpathians is accurately described and illustrated as a “prodrome” for a possible new subspecies of C. macedonica. Brief observations on Choleva species from the Romanian fauna and their ecological importance are presented. The biogeographical importance of this new record is emphasized.
Keywords
Choleva macedonica, Choleva sturmi Cholevinae, Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Comarnic Cave, Southern Carpathians, Romania, Egeida, Taxonomy, Zoogeograph