Banatotyphlus siclus sp. nov.

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Figs 4 F, 9 A-B

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. HOLOTYPE. ROMANIA: Eibenthal, 26.III.2019, 44.546°N 22.205°E: 1 male deposited in the HNHM. PARATYPES. Eibenthal, 26.III.2019, 44.546°N 22.205°E: 5 exs. (cStr) + 2 exs. (HNHM); Cozia, 25.III.2019, 44.631°N 22.007°E: 1 male (cStr) + 6 exs. (HNHM). Cozia, 25.III.2019, 44.628°N 22.039°E: 1 ex. (HNHM).

ETYMOLOGY. from the Latin word for sickle, referring to the curved form of the ventral process.

DESCRIPTION. MEASUREMENTS: HL: 0.150; HW: 0.170; PL: 0.160; PW: 0.175; EL: 0.120; EW: 0.165; AL: 0.235; TL: 1.1 mm.

External hardly different from B. racovitzai, the main difference is in the aedeagus: it is within the known species from this genus easily recognizable by the strongly curved long ventral process.