Remarks on some trechine ground beetle taxa from the Balkan peninsula (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechini)

Abstract

The purpose of this note is to offer some corrections and supplements to the paper of Lohaj et al. (2013), to prove the validity of recently described trechine genera in Serbia, and to comment on other erroneous facts presented in the analyzed paper. In particular, we will show that the taxonomical remarks on the genus Duvalius Delarouz?e, 1859, are wrong. The following genera are clearly delimited and represent valid taxa: Serboduvalius Curcic, Pavicevic & Curcic, 2001, comb. n., Rascioduvalius Curcic, Brajkovic, Mitic & Curcic, 2003, comb. n., Curcicia Curcic & Brajkovic, 2003, comb. n., and Javorella Curcic, Brajkovic & Curcic, 2003, comb. n. The following new combinations are established for the following Duvalius species: Serboduvalius gejzadunayi (Lohaj, Cepl?k & Lakota, 2013), comb. n., S. starivlahi (Gu?orguiev, Curcic & Curcic, 2000), comb. n., S. dragacevensis Curcic, Pavicevic & Curcic, 2001, comb. n., S. droveniki (Magrini, 1998), comb. n., Rascioduvalius cvijici (Jeannel, 1923), comb. n., R. stopicensis (Jeannel, 1923), comb. n., R. zlatiborensis Curcic, Brajkovic & Curcic, 2005, comb. n., Curcicia bolei (Pretner, 1963), comb. n., Javorella javorensis Curcic, Brajkovic & Curcic, 2003, comb. n., J. suvoborensis (Pavicevic & Popovic, 2001), comb. n., and J. suvodolensis Curcic, Brajkovic & Curcic, 2003, comb. n.