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B93A87DFE65B0C76FF6976CDFD4AF801.text	B93A87DFE65B0C76FF6976CDFD4AF801.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Melledobythus	<html xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
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            <p> Melledobythus gen. nov.</p>
            <p> Type species.  Melledobythus bilandzijae sp. n. Gender masculine. </p>
            <p> Etymology. The name is the combination of Melleda, ancient name of the Island Mljet and “bythus” reflecting the affiliation of the genus to the tribe  Bythinini . </p>
            <p> Diagnosis. Small, anophthalmous  Bythinini with eleven-segmented antennae, scape long and slender, antennomere III smaller than pedicel, palpomere IV slightly longer than wide, pronotum with two lateral foveae connected by antebasal sulcus, elytra lacking sutural striae. </p>
            <p>Description. Body (Fig. 1) shiny, light reddish-brown, with long, sparse setation on whole body. Head triangular, about as long as wide, eyes completely atrophied, supra-antennal tubercles (Fig. 2, sat) prominent, frontal fovea absent, vertexal foveae (Fig. 2, vf) well-defined, vertexal carina (Fig. 2, vc) short, clypeus (Fig. 2, cl) short, anterior margin rounded, with two setae, labrum (Fig. 2, lb) rhombic, expanded anteriorly with four long setae on each side. Mandibles (Fig. 3, 4, md) subtriangular and almost symetrical, with 5–6 teeth and sharply pointed apex. Maxilla with subrectangular cardo and triangular basistipes (Fig. 4, cd, bst), lacinia and galea (Fig. 4, lac, gal) short, palpifer (Fig. 4, ppf) long, about twice as long as palpomere I, with one long and one short apical seta; maxillary palpi (Fig. 5) four-segmented, palpomere I miniscule (Fig. 4, plp), palpomeres II and III with many distinct granules, II very long, pedunculate at base, widest at apex, III slightly longer than wide, terminal palpomere pedunculate at base, with short dense setation, parallel-sided, tapered at apex. Labium (Fig. 4) with short and transverse submentum (Fig. 4, smn), mentum (Fig. 4, mn) large, longer than wide, prementum (Fig. 4, pmn) short, labial palpi (Fig. 4, lp) two-segmented, palpomere II more than three times as long as I, with about three apical setae of different length. Gular plate (Fig. 3, gp) large with well-defined gular sutures (Fig. 3, gs) demarcating ventrally 'neck region' from anterior part of head, two gular tentorial pits (Fig. 3, gtp) fused. Antennae (Fig. 5) short, reaching base of elytra, antennal club 3-segmented, scape about three times as long as wide and more than twice as long as pedicel, antennomere III much smaller than pedicel, III–VII subequal in size, VIII slightly more transverse, IX strongly transverse, terminal antenomere about as long as five preceding. Pronotum (Fig. 6) wider than long, lateral antebasal foveae (Fig. 6, laf) well-defined and connected by shallow but well-defined antebasal sulcus (Fig. 6 as). Prosternum (Fig. 7) with long basisternal part (Fig. 7, bast), prosternal intercoxal process (Fig. 7, psp) long and sharp, median procoxal fovea absent, two, closely located lateral procoxal foveae (Fig. 7, lpcf) well-defined, hypomera (Fig. 7, hy) long, elongate and large, hypomeral ridge absent, replace by line of about 6 setae. Mesoventrite (Figs. 7, 8) slightly longer than metaventrite, with two median mesoventral foveae (Fig. 7, mmvf) located in large depression and two large lateral mesoventral foveae (Fig. 7, lmvf), mesoventral ridge (Fig. 7, mvr) separating median and lateral parts of mesoventrite, mesocoxae separated by meso and metaventral processes (Fig. 9, mtvpp). Metaventrite (Fig. 9) strongly transverse, with long median anterior metaventral process (Fig. 9, mtvap) and with two lateral metaventral foveae (Fig. 9, lmtf) located in middle of mesocoxal sockets, median posterior metaventral proces (Fig. 9, mtvpp) wide, moderately concave.</p>
            <p>Elytra (Fig. 10) longer than pronotum, each elytron with two basal (Fig. 6, 10, bef), one subhumeral (Fig. 6, 10, shef) fovea and subhumeral carina (Fig. 10, shc), lacking sutural stria.</p>
            <p>Abdomen (Fig. 11, 12) narrower than elytra, first visible tergite (IV) slightly less than twice as long as second (V), tergites V–VIII, each shorter than preceeding one, tergite IV with well-defined lateral tergal foveae (Fig. 11, ltf), paratergites IV–VI present. First visible sternite (III) at posterior margin with dense, long setae, second visible sternite (IV) about as long as V and VI combined, VII in middle shorter than VIII.</p>
            <p>Legs relatively slender and long, with all tibiae simple, posterior tibiae slightly curved in apical third.</p>
            <p>Aedeagus (Fig. 13) elongate, symmetrical in dorso-ventral view, parameres pointed and separated at apex, bearing setae, endophallous with sclerotized corpuscles.</p>
            <p>Sexual dimorphism: Not apparent.</p>
            <p> Differential diagnosis. At first glance  Melledobythus resembles genera  Tychobythinus Ganglbauer, 1896 and  Gasparobythus Poggi, 1992 . From  Tychobythinus it is easily separated by the lack of sutural striae, always welldefined in  Tychobythinus . From  Gasparobythus it differs by having a well-defined pronotal antebasal sulcus that is absent in  Gasparobythus , and by the long terminal maxillary palpomeres that are longer than the head, being always shorter than the head in  Gasparobythus . </p>
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	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B93A87DFE65B0C76FF6976CDFD4AF801	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Hlaváč, Peter;Nakládal, Oto;Jalžić, Branko	Hlaváč, Peter, Nakládal, Oto, Jalžić, Branko (2014): Endogean and cavernicolous Coleoptera of the Balkans. XIV. Melledobythus bilandzijae, new genus and species of cavernicolous Bythinini (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from the Island Mljet, Croatia. Zootaxa 3835 (4): 564-572, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3835.4.7
B93A87DFE6580C71FF69711EFCBCFE3C.text	B93A87DFE6580C71FF69711EFCBCFE3C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Melledobythus bilandzijae	<html xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
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            <p> Melledobythus bilandzijae sp. n.</p>
            <p>(Figs. 1–13)</p>
            <p>Etymology. Named after Helena Bilandžija, the member of Croatian Biospelological Society Zagreb and very dedicated leader of biospeleological research on the island Mljet.</p>
            <p> Material studied. HOLOTYPE, 1♂: (p) CROATIA: Mljet, Špilja kod Nerezinog dola, Ropa, 27.4.2008, leg. H. Bilandžija / red label (p) HOLOTYPE  Melledobythus bilandzijae sp. nov. , P. Hlaváč det., 2014. (CNHM). PARATYPES (2♂, 3♀): 1♀: the same data as holotype but collected by M. Lukić. (CPHP); 2♂: the same data as holotype but collected on 7.1.2010 by A. Komerički &amp; B. Jalžić, one mounted in Euparal (CNHM, CPHP); 2♀: the same data as holotype but collected on 9.1.2009 by B. Jalžić (CNHM, CPHP). All paratypes bear the following red printed label: PARATYPE,  Melledobythus bilandzijae sp. nov. , P. Hlaváč det., 2014. Other material: 1♀: (p) Mljet, Jama Međugrađen, Veliki grad, Babino Polje, 30.4.2008, M. Lukić leg.; 1♀: (p) Mljet, Bezdan jama, Crna klada, 1.5.2008, P. Bregović leg. (CNHM, CBSS). </p>
            <p>Note. Two females from Jama Međugrađen and Bezdan Jama are tentatively attributed to this species but the exact identification must be confirmed by the finding of a male from each cave.</p>
            <p>Description. Body shiny, light reddish-brown, legs, antennae and maxillary palpi slightly lighter, length 0.95–1.05 mm, maximum width of elytra about 0.45 mm. Head about as long as wide, triangular, vertex about 1.85 times as wide as frons, measured across supra-antennal tubercles, space between vertexal foveae as long as distance from fovea to margin of head. Maxillary palpi very long, about as long as antennae, with palpomere II long, slightly curved after middle, shorter than terminal palpomere, late about 6.7 times as long as wide. Antennae shorter, antennomeres I–III elongate, IV–X transverse, IV–IX subequal in length, X about 1.5 times as long as IX, terminal antennomere about as long as V–X together, relative length of antennomeres: 6.5 / 2.5 / 1.3 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1.5 / 7.0. Pronotum as long as head, about 1.3 times as wide as long and about 1.3 times as wide as head, widest before mid length, lateral antebasal foveae well-defined, connected by shallow, well-defined antebasal sulcus. Elytra 1.65 times as long as pronotum, with two basal foveae, one subhumeral fovea and subhumeral carinae on each elytron. Abdomen narrower and shorter than elytra, first visible sternite (IV) in middle 1.8 times as long as second (V), baso-lateral tergal foveae closely distant from paratergite. Aedeagus (Fig. 13) elongate, about 0.17 mm long, symmetrical, parameres pointed and separated at apex, with two preapical setae of different lengths, internal sac bearing pair of elongate symmetrical accessory sclerites.</p>
            <p>Sexual dimorphism. Not apparent, it seems that females are slightly larger.</p>
            <p> Ecological features and related fauna. The cave is small in size and only contains a single chamber (Figs. 14, 15). Large flowstones and other speleothems cover the central part of the cave. The bottom of the entrance portion is covered by soil deposits mixed with rocks that are more numerous towards the flowstone. The final chamber is filled with roots that penetrate the ceiling since only a shallow sediment layer covers that part of the cave. The fauna was mainly collected in the deeper parts. All the specimens of the new species were found in the deeper part of the cave and usually under rocks. The air temperature was 12.6 o C and the humidity 99.5% on 27th April 2008. The following animals were found in the cave:  Araneae : Bruisa maheni (Kratochvíl &amp; Miller, 1939),  Folkia inermis (Kratochvíl &amp; Miller, 1933) ,  Sulcia nocturna Kratochvíl, 1938 ,  Histopona sp.,  Tegenaria sp.  Pseudoscorpiones :  Chthonius sp., Ronchus sp. Chilopoda:  Geophilomorpha sp.,  Lithobium sp. Diplopoda:  Brachydesmus sp.,  Typhloglomeris coeca Verhoeff, 1898 . </p>
            <p>Distribution: Known only from the type locality (Fig. 16).</p>
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	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B93A87DFE6580C71FF69711EFCBCFE3C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Hlaváč, Peter;Nakládal, Oto;Jalžić, Branko	Hlaváč, Peter, Nakládal, Oto, Jalžić, Branko (2014): Endogean and cavernicolous Coleoptera of the Balkans. XIV. Melledobythus bilandzijae, new genus and species of cavernicolous Bythinini (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from the Island Mljet, Croatia. Zootaxa 3835 (4): 564-572, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3835.4.7
