%0 Journal Article
%T Beronaphaenops paphlagonicus, a new anophthalmous genus and species of Trechini (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from Turkey
%A Borislav Gueorguiev
%J ZooKeys
%D 2012
%I Pensoft Publishers
%R 10.3897/zookeys.255.4173
%X Beronaphaenops gen. n. paphlagonicus sp. n., a new remarkable, eyeless species of Trechini is described from Asian Turkey (type locality: cave E ek  ukuru Ma aras  2, Milli Park Kščre Da lari, Pinarbasi District, Kastamonu Province). This specialized, troglobite species is characterized by a very peculiar combination of features, including several autapotypic features: mentum tooth large, long and porrect, at distal position reaching or slightly exceeding the level of epilobes, rather slanting ventrally, deeply bifid at the tip; short and fragile paraglossae, hardly surpassing the anterior margin of ligula; absence of posterolateral setae of the pronotum; absence of posterior discal pore in elytral stria 3; apical stylomere shortened, with basal part unusually broadened. The systematic position of the genus amongst the trechine beetles from the peri-Pontic area is discussed. A key to the Anatolian genera of the tribe is prepared.
%K Coleoptera
%K Carabidae
%K Trechini
%K taxonomy
%K new genus
%K new species
%K Turkey
%U http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/article/4173/