Cephennium julicum, Kahlen & Eckelt, 2024

Cephennium julicum nov.sp. ( Figs 67-70 View Figs 67-70 , 87 View Figs 79-87 )

C. confusum BESUCHET i.l. T y p e M a t e r i a l: Holotype ♁: Italy / Udine, [Julian Pre-Alps], Stregna , 350-400 m, 46.1244°N, 13.5778°E, 28.5.1983, leaf litter, leg. Kahlen. / Cephennium julicum nov.sp. ♁ det. Kahlen / Holotype TLMF. Paratypes: 2♁♁ 3♀♀: Italy / Udine, Julian Pre-Alps, San Leonardo SE, Pod Tamoran, 300 m, 46.1098°N, 13.5372°E, 6.12.2003, roots on gravel between blocks, leg. Kahlen ( TLMF) GoogleMaps ; 1♁ 1♀: Italy / Udine, Julian Pre-Alps, Val Venzonassa , Val di Rio Bruschie , Bgo. Prabunello E, 670 m, 46.3317°N, 13.2094°E, 18.3.2008, Ostryo-Fagetum, leg. Kahlen ( TLMF). Additional paratypes from Slovenia: Julian Alps : 1♁: Lake Bohinj [vicinity], 500-600 m, 46.27°N, 13.84°E, 22.6.1974, beech litter, leg. Kahlen ( TLMF) GoogleMaps ; 1♁ 1♀: Kamno / Vrsno, Malenšček valley , 700 m, 46.2292°N, 13.6489°E, 1.6.1990, beech litter, leg. Kahlen ( TLMF) GoogleMaps ; 1♁: Kamno E, Selišče, Volarja valley , 200-250 m, 46.2136°N, 13.6564°E, 2.11.2000, leaf litter, leg. Kahlen ( TLMF) GoogleMaps ; 1♁: Mount Matajur, Kuk , 1350 m, 46.2208°N, 13.5414°E, 26.10.1993, willow litter in crevices, leg. Kahlen ( TLMF) GoogleMaps ; 1♁: Waterfall above Idrijca, Roče , Kostanjevic valley , 500 m, 46.13°N, 13.8153°E, 26.4.2010, leaf litter on gravel, leg. Kahlen ( TLMF). Karawanks: 1♁: Solčava, right valley slope, 680-700 m, 46.4189°N, 14.6896°E, 26.6.1988, leaf litter, leg. Kahlen ( TLMF). Banjšice: 1♁ 1♀: Grgar, Slatna valley , 320 m, 46.0°N, 13.6622°E, 10.4.1996, roots, leg. Kahlen ( TLMF). Trnovo Forest : 2♁♁ 1♀: Čepovanska valley , bottom near Stan, 500 m, 46.0122°N, 13.7344°E, 3.5.1989, leaf and twig litter, leg. Kahlen ( TLMF). Hrušica: 2♁♁: Planina, Planinska jama entrance, 540 m, 45.8198°N, 14.2455°E, 21.6.1975, leaf litter, leg. Kahlen ( TLMF) GoogleMaps .

T y p e m a t e r i a l c o l l e c t i o n M e y b o h m: Paratype: 1♁: Italia / Udine, Montefosca, 800 m, 46.1997°N, 13.4405°E, 31.10.1983, leg. V. Brachat, det. Kahlen (cMey).

N o n t y p e m a t e r i a l: Numerous records from Slovenia: Julian Alps (Bled, Crna Prst, Kamno), vicinity of Nova Gorica, Nanos (unpublished notes Besuchet).

E t y m o l o g y: The species name is derived from its distribution centre which lies in the Julian Alps.

Description Habitus as in Fig. 67 View Figs 67-70 . Body length 1.05-1.12 mm. Body uniformly light reddish-brown and glossy, hair fairly dense and long, almost appressed, only inclined at the edge. Head glossy with isolated individual punctures; pronotum with coarser but widely spaced punctures, elytra distinctly finer and denser punctured, with indicated wrinkling in between. Pronotum in males without basal bulge, distinctly narrower than the elytra. In males, the tibiae are inconspicuous, without markings. Underside: ♁ with metaventrite glossy, weakly depressed, loosely punctured in the centerline, then swelling denser towards the edges, the punctures towards the outer sides are abruptly set extremely fine and sparse. Hair sparse, short, and appressed ( Fig. 69 View Figs 67-70 ). Genitalia: Length 0.35 – 0.37 mm. Dorsal Fig. 68 View Figs 67-70 and 87 View Figs 79-87 , lateral Fig. 70 View Figs 67-70 .