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Two new genera and species of subterranean Leptodirine beetles from northern Turkey (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae: Leptodirini)

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Two new genera of subterranean Leptodirini beetles from isolated karst regions in northern Anatolia, Turkey: Kuntiella gen. nov. (Type species: Kuntiella karabuki sp. nov.) and Kashifiella gen. nov. (Type species: Kashifiella erdemi sp. nov.), are described, illustrated, and compared with recently recognised Turkish genera attributed to the group of Hittitia series. Detailed analyses of external and internal morphological characters highlight distinguishing features within the Hittitia Leptodirini beetle group, enhancing our understanding of its diversity. The study also provides ecological insights, type locality descriptions, and tools for identification, including a key, catalogue, and distribution map for Turkish Leptodirini genera with four-segmented male protarsi. Copyright © 2025 Magnolia Press.

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AnatoliakarstKashifiellaKuntiellasubterranean beetlestaxonomy
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dc.contributor.authorPolak, Slavko
dc.contributor.authorLohaj, Roman
dc.contributor.authorElverici, Mert
dc.date.accessioned2026-10-18T20:26:27.143275169Z
dc.date.available2026-10-18T20:26:27.143275169Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractTwo new genera of subterranean Leptodirini beetles from isolated karst regions in northern Anatolia, Turkey: Kuntiella gen. nov. (Type species: Kuntiella karabuki sp. nov.) and Kashifiella gen. nov. (Type species: Kashifiella erdemi sp. nov.), are described, illustrated, and compared with recently recognised Turkish genera attributed to the group of Hittitia series. Detailed analyses of external and internal morphological characters highlight distinguishing features within the Hittitia Leptodirini beetle group, enhancing our understanding of its diversity. The study also provides ecological insights, type locality descriptions, and tools for identification, including a key, catalogue, and distribution map for Turkish Leptodirini genera with four-segmented male protarsi. Copyright © 2025 Magnolia Press.
dc.description.sponsorshipThe findings reported in this study are direct outputs of the state-funded project \u201CResearch Project for Some Caves in the Western and Eastern Black Sea Regions and Central Anatolia Region,\u201D funded by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change, Republic of Turkey. We extend our gratitude to our caver colleagues who facilitated access to the caves for sampling, including members of the Turkish Caving Federation: Bar\u0131\u015F Kaymaz, Hilmi Umut Demiriz, Burak, and Murat Gezer. Special thanks go to G\u00F6khan Eren \u00C7ankaya, Ertu\u011Frul Kulaks\u0131zo\u011Flu (Ka\u015Fif Consulting, Reporting, and Organization Company), and Mustafa Uzun (Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change, Directorate General of Protection of Natural Assets) for their assistance and support during field trips. Our gratitude extends to colleagues Pier Mauro Giachino and Dante Vailati (Italy) for providing drawing details of Epiroella muelleriana specimens, and Michel Perreau (France) for supplying a specimen of Hittitia schuelkei used in this study for comparison. Lastly, but most importantly, we are deeply thankful to our dear friend Teo Deli\u0107 (Slovenia) for his invaluable assistance with DNA analysis and for his insightful comments on the molecular results of Turkish Leptodirini.
dc.identifier.doi10.12976/jib/2025.65.2.1
dc.identifier.eissn2147-7612
dc.identifier.endpage56
dc.identifier.issn2538-1318
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-105007084514
dc.identifier.startpage33
dc.identifier.urihttps://rdlopen.rawdatalibrary.net/r/ebyu/11397
dc.identifier.volume65
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001502329800001
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMagnolia Press
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Insect Biodiversity
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectAnatolia
dc.subjectkarst
dc.subjectKashifiella
dc.subjectKuntiella
dc.subjectsubterranean beetles
dc.subjecttaxonomy
dc.titleTwo new genera and species of subterranean Leptodirine beetles from northern Turkey (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae: Leptodirini)
dc.typeArticle
dspace.entity.typePublication
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