Hlaváč Peter, Lakota Ján, Čeplík Dávid
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Department of Forest Protection and Entomology, Kamýcká 1176, CZ-165 21 Praha 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic.; Email:
Slovak Museum of Nature Protection and Speleology, Školská 4, SK-031 01 Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia.; Email:
Zootaxa. 2016 Sep 2;4161(1):137-40. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4161.1.10.
The genus Speluncarius Reitter, 1886 (Harpalinae, Pterostichini) is made up by anophthalmous or almost blind species. The genus is related to Tapinopterus Schaum, 1858, which contains numerous species from the Balkan-Anatolian region and have more or less developed eyes. Speluncarius is distributed in the Western Palaearctic region; 26 species and one subspecies are known from Italy, the Balkan Peninsula and Turkey. The genus is classified in five subgenera, Elasmopterus Kraatz, 1886 (6 spp.); Hypogearius Jeannel, 1953 (3 spp.); Hypogium Tschitscherine, 1900 (1 sp.); Pontotapinus Guéorguiev & Lohaj, 2008 (1 sp.) and Speluncarius (s.str.) Reitter, 1886 (15 spp.) (Sciaky, 1982; Bousquet, 2003; Guéorguiev & Lohaj, 2008; Casale et al., 2013).
洞穴隐翅虫属(Speluncarius Reitter,1886年)(步甲亚科,距步甲族)由无眼或几乎失明的物种组成。该属与1858年的锥须步甲属(Tapinopterus Schaum)相关,锥须步甲属包含众多来自巴尔干 - 安纳托利亚地区的物种,且眼睛或多或少有所发育。洞穴隐翅虫属分布于古北区西部;已知有26个物种和1个亚种分布于意大利、巴尔干半岛和土耳其。该属分为五个亚属,分别是:1886年的扁翅隐翅虫亚属(Elasmopterus Kraatz,6个物种);1953年的低齿隐翅虫亚属(Hypogearius Jeannel,3个物种);1900年的低隐翅虫亚属(Hypogium Tschitscherine,1个物种);2008年的黑海锥须步甲亚属(Pontotapinus Guéorguiev & Lohaj,1个物种)以及1886年的洞穴隐翅虫亚属(Speluncarius (s.str.) Reitter,15个物种)(夏基,1982年;布斯凯,2003年;格奥尔基耶夫和洛哈伊,2008年;卡萨莱等人,2013年)。