Banatotyphlus Decu, 1982

Hlaváč, Peter, Janák, Jiří & Baňař, Petr, 2025, Endogean and cavernicolous Coleoptera of the Balkans. XXVIII. Synopsis of the subfamily Leptotyphlinae Fauvel, 1874 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of the Balkan Peninsula, with the description of three new species from Serbia and Montenegro, Zootaxa 5594 (1), pp. 61-97 : 74

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5594.1.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14954140
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scientific name	Banatotyphlus Decu, 1982
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Banatotyphlus Decu, 1982 View in CoL

Banatotyphlus Decu, 1982: 63 View in CoL .

Type species: Banatotyphlus racovitzai Decu, 1982 View in CoL . Designated by monotypy.

Diagnosis. Gular sutures confluent in anterior third of head length, from confluent point again separated in two, divergent sutures; labrum with small, median tooth; antennae with 11 antennomeres, antennomeres 5 about as large as 4 and 6, antennal club with 5 antennomeres; tarsal formula 3-3-3; ventral part of tarsomere 2 and 3 with spatulate setae; aedeagus asymmetric, parameres completely reduced, invisible.

Remarks. The genus is separated from other Metrotyphlini by palpomere 2 and 3 subequal in width; antennae short, antennomeres 3–10 transverse, 3–6 subequal in size, antennomeres 9–11 with sensorial appendages (phaneres); tarsi with 3 tarsomeres. The genus was erected for one species, Banatotyphlus racovitzai Decu 1982 and another three species were described later ( Struyve 2022).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Staphylinidae
SubFamily	Leptotyphlinae
Tribe	Metrotyphlini