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Упркос прокламованој сагласности о хуманим и рационалним циљевима одрживог развоја, до данас није постигнута њихова универзална о правна обавезност. Поимање садржине и домета одрживог развоја се и даље развија. Обезбеђење циљева одрживог развоја требало би да представља дужност држава, које не споре легитимност интереса међународне заједнице као целине да том процесу врши утицај. За разлику од прокламованих циљева, сам појам одрживи развој још увек представља конструкцију стварности, што државе доводи у ситуацију у којој им се на глобалном нивоу намећу идеје о томе како би свет требало да изгледа, а та конструкција им се кроз међународне механизме настоји представити као нормативна реалност. У недостатку јасног одређења, перцепција одрживог развоја трпи утицај активности које се предузимају, односно оних за које се обезбеде финансијска средства. Основни правац истраживања представља покушај да се утврде чиниоци који детерминишу политичко-правну садржину одрживог развоја. Истраживање обухвата три области посматрања. Прву област чине правни аспекти концепта одрживог развоја и модела за одрживи развој, којим се се идентификују начела у међународним инструментима и доктрини и анализирају тумачења њихове садржине, како би се дошло до елемената који би се интегрисали у дефиницију и политички модел одрживог развоја. Друга обухвата облике и начине на који су ти елементи укључени у политичке парадигме, дискурсе и моделе моћи асоциране са одрживим развојем. Трећу област чине теорије и алати одрживог развоја у процесу одлучивања у међународним односима и економији, који приказује сценарије везано за организациону структуру одрживог развоја. Кроз анализу нормативног аспекта, упоредне праксе и услова који утичу на примену, појам се посматра феноменолошки. У том оквиру се сагледавају његова функција у међународном систему и одговорност држава за примену. Циљ истраживања је да се анализом нормативног уређења, упоредне праксе у примени стандарда, услова који утичу и усмеравају примену, појам одрживог развоја одреди феноменолошки. Овако постављен, овај циљ обухвата и утврђивање његове садржине и функције у међународним односима, обавезујућих међународних стандарда и начела одрживог развоја, а посебно одговорност држава за њихову имплементацију. Практични циљ истраживања је настојање да се установи објективни минимум прихватљивих решења у његовој примени, као пожељног стања добре владавине. Теоријски део истраживања обухвата сублимирању савремених доктринарних схватања одрживог развоја и подвргавању анализи садржаја и тумачењу текстови међународних инструмената којима се уређује нормативни аспект одрживог развоја. Испоставља се да је успостављен, с једне стране, међународни нормативни поредак из којег проистичу дужности држава у односу на циљеве и, с друге, међународни механизми за њихову примену и методи њиховог наметања државама. На овај начин идентификује се међународни нормативни поредак из којег проистичу обавезе држава да остварују циљеве одрживог развоја, као и међународни механизми имплементације његових циљева. Емпиријско истраживање спроведено је посматрањем поступања националних институција, односно чинилаца и односа тим поводом, с једне, и мрежа друштвених и економских односа у међународној заједници који утичу на поступање националних институција, с друге стране. На тај начин су елементи садржине норми одрживог развоја диференцирани у пракси држава и установљене су специфичности процеса одлучивања и односа у националним институцијама које се развијају у примени циљева одрживог развоја. Добијени резултати су друштвено контекстуализовани и деловање националних институција диференцирано према унутрашњим циљевима у односу на усвајање и прихватање међународног поретка одрживог развоја. Тиме је омогућено идентификовање узрочно-последичних везано за устројство и процесе управљања друштвеним ресурсима везано за одрживи развој. Истраживањем је утврђено да, у недостатку јасног нормативног поретка, појам одрживог развоја се контекстуализује у међународним односима и данас је условљен интересом најразвијенијих држава за приступ ресурсима и сопственим економским растом, а институционализован је кроз њихову водећу улогу у финансирању одрживог развоја међународних финансијских институција. Из тог контекста проистичу узрочно- последичне везе у погледу устројства и процеса управљања везано за одрживи развој, којима се остварује безбедност, правичност и друштвени консензус у националним државама. Посматрањем чинилаца и односа у поступању држава и мрежа друштвених и економских односа у међународној заједници, диференцирани су елеменати садржине одрживог развоја и установљене специфичности одлучивања и односа у примени циљева одрживог развоја. На међународном нивоу, одрживи развој добија у функционалном смислу одлике платформе за активизам за чије резултате и последице нико није одговоран, а у структуралном, мреже за остваривање глобалног утицаја. Оваква контекстуализација омогућава посредно обликовање свести о суштинским одликама одрживог развоја, сталним проширивањем циљева и индикатора, као и прилагођавањем појмовних категорија и институционалних механизама. Анализом се као нужни елементи појма одрживог развоја утврђују два начела: правичност у расподели ресурса и задовољавању основних потреба индивидуа и међуповезаност економских, друштвених и проблема животне средине. Резултати анализе указују да правичност у расподели представља основ стабилности на националном и међународном нивоу, из чега проистиче да је систем који не обезбеђује правичност нужно чинилац дестабилизације. Такође, практични изазови који проистичу из међуповезаности димензија одрживог развоја указују на потребу јаче улоге државе и решавања локалних проблема. У том контексту, механизми којима се одрживи развој контекстуализује испостављају се нефункционални за остваривање прокламованих циљева. Из тога произилазе вредносни циљеви до којих глобално треба да доведе одрживи развој, који су у данашњој фази оптерећени основним идеолошким постулатима пре свега економског либерализма. Одрживи развој се тиче свих држава и индивидуа, а покретач одрживог развоја данас је интерес развијених држава, да се успостави међународни поредак у коме ће се обезбедити механизам контроле параметара битних за одрживост природних ресурса и животне средине. Стандарди управљања системима у интересу одрживог развоја, међутим, у правни поредак се често уводе изван реалних могућности примене, чиме се занемарује дужност државе да се стара о спровођењу доброг администрирања и подложности системској одговорности, у циљу успостављања ефиксности и остваривања задатака. Коначно, одлучујући утицај на начин и обим имплементације циљева одрживог развоја у државама у развоју и неразвијеним државама, које су најугроженије, имају међународне финансијске институције и систем Уједињених нација, често мимо интереса самих држава, а понекад и без упоришта у међународном праву. Основни закључак истраживања је да се одрживи развој, да би постао делотворан концепт, мора успоставити као међународна политичка идеологија, која ће делатно, организационо и правно тежити да обезбеди правичност у расподели ресурса и у задовољавању основних потреба за све, у оквиру датих економских, друштвених и проблема животне средине. Despite the consent to the proclaimed human and rational sustainable development goals, their universal legal binding has not been achieved. The understanding of the content and scope of the concept of sustainable development is still developing. Ensuring sustainable development goals should be a duty of states, which do not deny the legitimacy of the interests of the international community as a whole to exert its influence in this process. In contrast to the proclaimed goals, the concept of sustainable development is still a construction of reality, which sustains states in a situation in which ideas on how the world should look are imposed on them, and in which the construct is being presented as a normative reality through international mechanisms. In the absence of a clear determination, the perception of sustainable development suffers from the impact of activities that are being undertaken, i.e. those for which financial resources are provided. The main direction of this research is an attempt to identify the factors that determine the political and legal content of sustainable development. The survey covers three areas of observation. The first consists of the legal aspects of the concept of sustainable development and a model for sustainable development, and identifiesthe principles in international instruments and doctrinal interpretations, and analyzes their contents, in order to definethe elements to be integrated into the definition and political model of sustainable development. The second includes the forms and ways in which these elements are involved in the political paradigms, discourses, and models of power associated with sustainable development. The third area comprises the theories and tools of sustainable development in the decision-making process in international relations and in economics, showing scenarios related to organizational structures for sustainable development. The aim of this research is to determine, through analysis of the normative aspects, comparative practices and conditions that affect its application, the concept of sustainable development phenomenologically. So set, this objective includes the identification of the contents and functions of sustainable development in international relations, of binding international standards and principles, and especially the responsibility of states for their implementation. The practical aim of the research is an attempt to establish objective minimally acceptable solutions for its implementation, as a desirable state of good governance. The theoretical part of the research includes a functional analysis of the contemporary doctrinal understanding of sustainable development and the content analysis and interpretation of the texts of the international instruments governing the normative aspect of sustainable development. It turns out that there are established, on the one hand, the international normative order from which stem the duties of states in relation to the objectives and, on the other, international mechanisms for their application and methods of imposing them on countries. This identifies the international normative order from which arise the obligations of states to realize the goals of sustainable development, as well as international mechanisms for the implementation of its objectives Empirical research was conducted by observing the actions of national institutions and the factors and relationships that occasion them on the one hand, and the network of social and economic relations in the international community that affects the handling of national institutions, on the other. Еstablished in this way is that the elements of the content of the norms of sustainable development are differentiated in the practice of states, and in the specifics of the decision-making process and relations between national institutions that develop in the implementation of sustainable development goals. The obtained results are socially contextualized, and the functioning of national institutions is differentiated according to internal goals, in relation to the adoption and acceptance of the international order for sustainable development. This has allowеd for the identification of causal relationships in the organization and management processes related to social resources for sustainable development. The survey finds that, in the absence of a public normative order, the concept of sustainable development is contextualized in international relations depending on the interests of the most developed countries for access to resources and their own economic growth, and institutionalized through their leading role in the financing of sustainable development through international financial institutions. From this context arise causal relationships in terms of organization and management processes related to sustainable development, that provide security, justice and social consensus in nation-states. Observing the factors and relationships in the treatment of the states and the networks of social and economic relations in the international community has enabled a differentiation of the elements of the content of sustainable development, and established the specifics of decision-making and relationships in the implementation of its goals. At the international level, sustainable development acquires, in the functional sense, the characteristics of a platform for activism with no one area of responsibility for results and consequences, and in the structural sense, the characteristics of a network for exercising global influence. Such contextualization allows the indirect shaping of the awareness of the crucial elements of sustainable development, through the continual expansion of objectives and indicators, as well as the adjustment of conceptual categories and institutional mechanisms. The аnalysis identifies three principles as necessary elements of the concept of sustainable development: fairness in the allocation of resources, meeting the basic needs of individuals and the interconnectedness of economic, social and environmental problems. The results of the analysis further indicate that equity in distribution is the basis of stability at the national and international level, from which it follows that a system which does not provide equity is necessarily a destabilizing factor. Also, practical challanges of the interconnectedness of the dimensions of sustainable development indicate a need for a stronger role of the state and the solving of local problems. In that context, the mechanisms through which sustainable development is contextualised on international level appear as not functional in achieving the proclaimed objectives. From these derive the value objectives that should lead global sustainable development, which is today burdened with the fundamental ideological postulates of, above all, economic liberalism. Sustainable development concerns all states and individuals, and the driving force of sustainable development today is the interest of developed countries to establish an international order which will ensure a mechanism of control of the parameters important for the sustainability of natural resources and the environment. Standards of systems management in the interest of sustainable development, however, are often introduced into the legal system without real possibilities of their application, thus neglecting the state's duty to ensure the implementation of good administration and liability, and the need to establish efficiency and fulfillment of tasks. Finally, a decisive influence on the manner and extent of the implementation of the objectives of sustainable development in developing and underdeveloped countries, which are the most vulnerable, is being international by financial institutions and the United Nations system, often against the interests of the countries, and sometimes without basis in international law. The main conclusion of the research is that sustainable development, if it is to become an effective concept, must be established as an international political ideology, which will in its action strive, organizationally and legally, to provide fairness in the allocation of resources and in meeting basic needs for all, within the context of the given economic, social and environmental problems.

Jałoszyński, Paweł, Stevanović, Miroslav (2015): A new Cephennium of Kyrgyzstan, with notes on subgenera and distribution (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae). Zootaxa 3973 (2): 381-390, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3973.2.11

Cephennium (s. str.) vitoshae sp. n. (Figs. 46–49) Type material studied. (19 ♂, 8 ♀) Holotype: BULGARIA: ♂, ” Bulgaria, Vitosha Mts., syte ”Byala voda“, 1100 m, 23.6. 2006, leg. R. Bekchiev“ (w, p) / ” HOLOTYPUS, Cephennium (s. str.) vitoshae sp. n., det. M. Stevanović 2007.“ (r, p) (NMNHS). Paratypes: (18 ♂, 8 ♀): BULGARIA: 1 ♀, ” Bulgaria, Vitosha Mts., syte ”Byala voda“, 1100 m, 23.6. 2006, leg. R. Bekchiev“ (w, p); 1 ♂, ” Bulgaria, Vitosha Mts., syte ”Byala voda“, 990 m, 28.4. 2005, leg. R.Bekchiev“ (w, p); 2 ♂, 1 ♀, ” Bulgaria, Vitosha Mts., Kladnitsa vill., 1100 m, 25.4. 2006, leg. R. Bekchiev“ (w, p); 1 ♀, ” Bulgaria, Vitosha Mts., Kladnitsa vill., 1100 m, 23.6. 2006, leg. R. Bekchiev“ (w, p); 4 ♂, ” Bulgaria, Vitosha Mts., Kladnitsa vill., 1100 m, 19.5. 2006, leg. R. Bekchiev“ (w, p); 1 ♂, 2 ♀, ” Bulgaria, Vitosha Mts., site Kulata, 1330 m, 28.4. 2005, leg. R. Bekchiev“ (w, p); 1 ♀, ” Bulgaria, Vitosha Mts., Pechera vill., 2.8. 2005, leg. R. Bekchiev“ (w, p); 1 ♀, ” Bulgaria, Vitosha Mts., Kladnitsa vill., 1100 m, 25.7. 2006, leg. R. Bekchiev“ (w, p); 1 ♂, ”BG, Vitosha Mts., Kladnitsa vill., rotten wood Almus sp., 1100 m, 25.7, 2006, leg. R. Bekchiev“ (w, p); 1 ♂, ”Bg, Vitosha Mts., above site ”Bukite", leaf litter Fagus silvatica, 1450 m, 27.10. 2005, leg. R. Bekchiev“ (w, p); 1 ♂, ”BG, Vitosha Mts., Zheleznithsa vill., 1200 m, 1.9. 2005, leg. R. Bekchiev“ (w, p); 1 ♂, ”BG, Vitosha Mts., Zheleznithsa vill., near the river, leaf litter Fagus silvatica, 1200 m, 1.9. 2005, leg. R. Bekchiev“ (w, p); 1 ♂, ”BG, Vitosha Mts., hot ”Bor“ leaf litter Fagus silvatica, 1630 m, 4.10. 2005, leg. R. Bekchiev“ (w, p); 2 ♂, 1 ♀, ” Bulgaria, Mt. Vitoša ad Sofia, deciduous for. zone, 21.6. 2011, P. Jałoszyński“ (w, p); 1 ♂, ” Paratypus “ (y, p) / ”Bulg. Samokov, M. Hilf 1911, Coll. O. Leonhard“ (w, p) / ” Ceph. leonhardi Rt. “ (w, h) / ” bulgaricum n. sp., Cl. Besuchet, det. XI 1956 “ (w, hp) (NHMW); 1 ♂, ” Typus “ (r, p) / ”Bulg. Samokov, M. Hilf 1911, Coll. O. Leonhard“ (w, p) / ” bulgaricum n. sp., Cl. Besuchet, det. XI 1956 “ (w, hp) (NHMW); 1 ♂, ” Paratypus “ (y, p) / ”Rila Monast., 1911.VII. Hilf“ (w, h) / ” Cephennium leonhardi Ramb., Coll. Reitter “ (w, hp) / ” bulgaricum m., Cl. Besuchet, det. II. 1957 “ (w, hp) (HNHM). All paratypes bear the following label: ” PARATYPUS, Cephennium (s. str.) vitoshae sp. n., det. M. Stevanović, 2007 “ or ”... 2011 “ or ”... 2014 “ (r, p) (MSNS, PJWP, HNGG, PHPC, NMNHS, HMGG). Diagnosis. Frontoclypeal region and vertex slightly convex; pronotum subrectangular; in males metaventrite with oval median impression, wealky punctured, metaventral process as broad as 1 / 3 of maximum metaventral width, posteromesal margin straight; aedeagus in ventral view with abruptly narrowing, elongate subtrapezoidal and blunt apical part. Description. Male. Body length 1.32–1.34 mm, moderately convex, brown with reddish hue, legs and antennae light brown, tarsi and mouth parts yellowish, mandibles dark-brown with black apices, setation yellowish. Head broadest across moderately small eyes; length 0.14–0.15 mm, width 0.25–0.27 mm; frontoclypeal region subtrapezoidal, slightly convex; vertex slightly convex; supraantennal tubercles slightly raised. Puncturation on frontoclypeal region and vertex very sparse, well-marked; setation moderately long, very sparse, suberect. Length of antennae 0.55–0.60 mm; antennomeres I–II subcylindrical, 1.6 times as long as broad, III–V subcylindrical, 1.4 times as long as broad, antennomere VI subquadrate, VII elongate, 1.4 times as long as broad, VIII subtrapezoidal, IX transverse, 1.2 times as broad as long, X transverse, 1.3 times as broad as long, XI subconical, 1.7 times as long as broad. Pronotum subrectangular, moderately convex, widest near middle, length 0.39–0.40 mm, width 0.48–0.49 mm, with broadly rounded anterior margin, posterior margin weakly arcuate, sides strongly rounded in anterior third and almost parallel in posterior half; posterior corners obtuse. Lateral carina well-marked, finely microserrate. Puncturation fine, moderately dense, composed of small and shallow punctures; setation moderately long, suberect to erect. Elytra oval, elongate, moderately convex, length 0.77–0.80 mm, width 0.52–0.54 mm, EI 1.44–1.48; widest in basal third; apices of elytra separately rounded. Each elytron with single basal fovea located in middle between humerus and scutellum; humeral carina as long as 1 / 7 of elytral length. Puncturation relatively fine, punctures shallow, moderately large, distance between punctures 0.6–2.2 times of their diameter. Setation moderately long, suberect to erect. Metaventrite with oval median impression, weakly punctured, distance between punctures 2.0–3.0 times of their diameter, with short and sparse setation; metaventral process as broad as 1 / 3 of maximum metaventral width, posteromesal margin straight; lateral projections as long as broad, apex of each forming right angle with pointed tip. Aedeagus (Figs. 46–47) length 0.37–0.38 mm, in ventral view with abruptly narrowing, elongate subtrapezoidal and blunt apical part, parameres slender with long apical seta; endophallus as in Fig. 48. Legs moderately long and slender; protibiae as in Fig. 49. Female. Very similar to male, except metaventrite slightly convex in middle; body length 1.30–1.32 mm; head length 0.14–0.15 mm, width 0.26–0.27 mm; length of antennae 0.54–0.56 mm; pronotum length 0.38–0.41 mm, width 0.48–0.50 mm; length of elytra 0.77–0.78 mm, width of elytra 0.53–0.55 mm; EI 1.42–1.45. Distribution. Bulgaria. Etymology. Locotypic, named after the Vitosha (Витоша) mountanis in western Bulgaria. Remarks. The new species is similar to C. leonhardi, but it can be distinguished by the following combination of characters: 1) the body color, in C. leonhardi the elytra are darker, 2) a different structure of the aedeagus.

Stevanović, Miroslav (2014): Study of the genus Cephennium Müler & Kunze, 1822 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae) from the Balkan Peninsula. Part II. New species of the subgenus Cephennium s. str. Zootaxa 3838 (3): 287-309, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3838.3.3

Cephennium (s. str.) fairchildi sp. n. (Figs. 6–9) Type material studied. ( 2 ♂ ) Holotype: SERBIA: ♂, ” Srbija, Kopaonik pl., Jaram, 1550 m, 29.10. 2009, leg. M. Stevanović“ (w, ph) / ” HOLOTYPUS, Cephennium (s. str.) fairchildi sp. n., det. M. Stevanović 2009 “ (r, p) (MSNS). Paratype (1 ♂): SERBIA: ” Srbija, Kopaonik pl., Jošanička spa, 16.06. 2009, leg. M. Fairchild “ (w, ph) / ” PARATYPUS, Cephennium (s. str.) fairchildi sp. n., det. M. Stevanović 2009.“ (r, p) (MSNS). Diagnosis. Frontoclypeal region almost flat, lacking puncturation, puncturation on vertex very fine and sparse; pronotum subrectangular; antennomere VI subquadrate; in males metaventrite with shallow, subtrapezoidal median impression, metaventral process slightly broader than 1 / 3 of maximum metaventral width, posteromesal margin strongly cancave with lateral projections slightly longer than broad; aedeagus in ventral view with subtrapezoidal, pointed apex and shallow lateral subapical constriction. Description: Male. Body length 1.35–1.39 mm, moderately convex, brown, tarsi and mouth parts light brown, mandibles brown with black apices, setation yellowish. Head broadest across moderately small eyes; length 0.15–0.16 mm, width 0.26–0.28 mm; frontoclypeal region relatively long, subtrapezoidal, almost flat; vertex slightly convex; supraantennal tubercles weakly raised. Frontoclypeal region without puncturation, punctures on vertex very fine and sparse; setation short, sparse, suberect. Length of antennae 0.56–0.58 mm; antennomere I subcylindrical, 1.4 times as long as broad, II subcylindrical, 1.2 times as long as broad, antennomeres III–V slightly longer than broad, VI subquadrate, VII–VIII subtrapezoidal, 1.1 times as long as broad, IX–X transverse, 1.3 times as broad as long, XI subconical, 1.3 times as long as broad. Pronotum subrectangular, moderately convex, widest near middle, length 0.42–0.43 mm, width 0.49–0.50 mm, with broadly rounded anterior margin; sides microserrate, weakly rounded in anterior third and slightly convergent in posterior half; posterior corners blunt. Puncturation very fine, moderately sparse, composed of small and shallow punctures; setation moderately long, sparse, suberect to erect. Elytra oval, elongate, moderately convex, length 0.78–0.80 mm, width 0.54–0.56 mm, EI 1.43–1.44; widest slightly anterior to middle; apical margins of elytra almost straight. Each elytron with small, single basal fovea located closer to scutellum than to humerus; humeral carina very short. Puncturation relatively fine, punctures shallow, distance between punctures 1.2–2.5 times of their diameter. Setation moderately long, suberect to erect. Metaventrite with shallow subtrapezoidal median impression, sparsely punctured, distance between punctures 0.5–1.2 times of their diameter, with short and sparse setation; metaventral process slighty broader than 1 / 3 of maximum metaventral width, posteromesal margin strongly cancave; lateral projections slightly longer than broad, apex of each forming sharp angle with pointed tip. Aedeagus (Figs. 6–7) length 0.44–0.46 mm, in ventral view with subtrapezoidal, pointed apex and shallow lateral subapical constriction, each paramere with very long apical seta; endophallus as in Fig. 8. Legs moderately long and slender; protibiae as in Fig. 9. Female. Unknown. Distribution. Serbia (Kopaonik Mts.). Etymology. Species dedicated to Martin Fairchild, a collector of the type material. Remarks. The new species is similar to C. fallax sp. n., but it can be distinguished by the following characters: 1) colour of the body, 2) in males the metaventrite with shallow subtrapezoidal median impression, while in C. fallax with a shallow median oval transverse impression and 3) a different structure of the aedeagus. Cephennium (s. str.) sladjanae sp. n . (Figs. 10–13) Type material studied. (5 ♂) Holotype: BULGARIA: ♂, ” Bulgaria, Malashevska Mts., W. mon. [monastery] ”St. Ilija“, 790 m, 02.10- 04.11.2003, leg. B. Gueorgiev“ (w, p) / ” Cephennium sp.n., (p) Cl. Besuchet, det. 2006 “ (w, ph) / ” HOLOTYPUS, Cephennium (s. str.) sladjanae sp. n., det. M. Stevanović 2006.“ (r, p) (NMNHS). Paratypes: (4 ♂): BULGARIA: 2 ♂, ” Bulgaria, Malashevska Mts., W. mon. [monastery] ”St. Ilija“, 790 m, 02.10- 0 4.11. 2003, leg. B. Gueorgiev“ (w, p); 1 ♂, ” Bulgaria, Samskoz“ (w, h) / ” Typus “ (r, p) / ” humile n. sp., Cl. Besuchet, det. II 1957 “ (w, ph). SERBIA: 1 ♂, ” Srbija, Dimitrovgrad, Petrlaš, pećina [cave] ”Tmna dupka“, 0 8.09. 2001, leg. S. Stevanović“ (w, p). All paratypes bear the following label: ” PARATYPUS, Cephennium (s. str.) sladjanae sp. n., det. M. Stevanović 2006 “ or ”... 2014 “ (r, p) (MSNS, HNHM). Diagnosis. Frontoclypeal region without puncturation; punctures on vertex fine, very sparse, well-marked; pronotum semielliptical; elytra with relatively fine puncturation, puncures slightly larger than those on pronotum; in males metaventrite moderately concave in middle, metaventral process narrower than 1 / 3 of maximum metaventral width, posteromesal margin cancave with lateral projections slightly longer than broad; aedeaus in ventral view with broadly subtrapezoidal apical part, gradually tapering to pointed apex. Description. Male. Body length 1.13–1.17 mm, moderately convex, brown, tarsi and mouth parts yellowish, mandibles light brown, setation yellowish. Head broadest across moderately small eyes; length 0.14–0.15 mm, width 0.24–0.25 mm; frontoclypeal region subtrapezoidal, slightly convex; vertex almost flat; supraantennal tubercles weakly raised. Frontoclypeal region lacking puncturation, puncturation on vertex fine and very sparse; setation on head dorsum moderately short, very sparse, suberect. Length of antennae 0.52–0.56 mm; antennomere I subcylindrical, 1.4 times as long as broad, II subcylindrical, 1.5 times as long as broad, antennomeres III–VI slightly longer than broad, VII spherical, VIII subtrapezoidal, slightly longer than broad, IX-X transverse, 1.4 times as broad as long, XI subconical, 1.6 times as long as broad. Pronotum semielliptical, moderately convex, widest at middle, length 0.33–0.36 mm, width 0.39–0.43 mm, with weakly rounded anterior margin, posterior margin weakly biemarginate. Lateral carina well-marked, microserrate, sides strongly rounded in anterior half and weakly convergent in posterior third; posterior corners obtuse. Puncturation very fine, composed of small and shallow punctures; setation moderately long, suberect to erect. Elytra oval, elongate, moderately convex, length 0.66–0.68 mm, width 0.43–0.44 mm, EI 1.50–1.54; widest at middle; apices of elytra weakly rounded. Each elytron with single basal fovea located closer to scutellum than to humerus; humeral carina well-marked. Puncturation relatively fine, punctures shallow, slightly larger than those on pronotum, distance between punctures 1.2 –3.0 times of their diameter. Setation moderately long, suberect to erect. Metaventrite moderately concave in middle, very sparsely punctured, distance between punctures 2.5–3.5 times of their diameter with moderately short and erect setation; metaventral process narrower than 1 / 3 of maximum metaventral width, posteromesal margin cancave; lateral projections slightly longer than broad, apex of each forming right angle with pointed tip. Aedeagus (Figs. 10–11) length 0.23–0.25 mm, in ventral view with broadly subtrapezoidal apical part, gradually tapering to pointed apex; each paramere in lateral view weakly curved with long apical seta; endophallus as in Fig. 12. Legs moderately long and slender; protibiae as in Fig. 13. Female. Unknown. Distribution. Bulgaria and eastern Serbia. Etymology. Species dedicated to Slađana Stevanović, the collector of the species. Remarks. The new species is similar to C. angelinii sp. n., but it can be distinguished from the latter by the following combination of characters: 1) the body is shorter, 2) in males the metaventrite is moderately concave in middle, while in C. angelinii with a shallow median trapezoidal impression, 3) a different structure of the aedeagus.

Euconnus (Cladoconnus) robustus Reitter (Figs. 21���22) Euconnus robustus Reitter, 1882: 575. Type locality: Meskisches Gebirge [Meskheti Range] im Caucasus. Material examined (2 3): LECTOTYPE, 1 3, here designated: GEORGIA: white label (p) Caucasus, Meskisch. Gb. [Meskheti Range] Leder, Reitter / red label (p) LECTOTYPE Euconnus sbg. Cladoconnus robustus Reitter, Hlav��č & Stevanoviċ des., 2011. (NMPC). PARALECTOTYPE: 1 3: same data as lectotype. (PHKS). Lectotype designation: Redescription of this species given below is based on two specimens deposited in NMPC having a status of syntypes. Although Reitter (1882) did not mention the number of specimens in his original description, two males were found in NMPC with the label Caucasus, Meskisch. Gb. Leder, Reitter. One male is here designated lectotype and one male is paralectotype, in order to ensure the stability of nomenclature and provide a unique name-bearing type for Euconnus robustus. Description: Body shiny, reddish-brown, legs, antennae and maxillary palpi lighter, body length 1.65 mm, body width 0.70 mm; with very sparse pubescence mainly on sides of head and pronotum, vertex also with sparse pubescence, pubescence absent on pronotal and elytral disc. Head slightly wider than long, tempora evenly convergent posteriorly; eyes protuberant; supra-antennal tubercles weakly protuberant. Antennae (Fig. 21) 0.80 mm long; antennomeres III���VI subequal, slightly transverse, III transverse, 1.30 times as wide as long; VII 1.65 times as wide as long; antennomere VIII 1.25 times as wide as long; IX 1.40 times as wide as long; antennomere X slightly transverse, 1.20 times as wide as long; terminal antennomere 1.50 times as long as wide and about 1.85 times as long as X. Pronotum about as long as wide. Elytra about 1.40 times as long as wide, sutural striae reaching basal fourth of elytra. Aedeagus 0.35 mm in length, as in Fig. 22. Distribution: Armenia, Georgia, Russia (westen Caucasus). Differential diagnosis: Euconnus robustus differs from other species of schlosseri group by small body, 1.65 mm long, all antennomeres III���VII slightly transverse, subequal; antennomeres VIII and IX which are 1.25 and 1.40 times as wide as long and slightly transverse antennomere X which is 1.20 times as long as wide. Euconnus robustus is similar to E. pararobustus (see also remarkss for that species) and also to E. garganicus and E. ispartaensis. From all these species E. robustus can be easily distinguished by much less transverse antennomere X, which is only 1.20 as wide as long. See also note of E. gagranicus., Published as part of Hlav����, Peter & Stevanovi��, Miroslav, 2013, A review of the subgenus Cladoconnus Reitter of the genus Euconnus Thomson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) from the Balkan Peninsula, Turkey and Caucasus, pp. 401-425 in Zootaxa 3646 (4) on pages 412-413, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3646.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/219466

Euconnus (Cladoconnus) puniceus Reitter (Figs. 35���36) Euconnus (s.str.) puniceus Reitter, 1882: 574. Type locality: S��ddalmatien: Alpe Sniesitza [Snježnica]. Euconnus (Cladoconnus) puniceus Reitter: Ganglbauer, 1899: 49 (redescription). Euconnus (Cladoconnus) puniceus Reitter: Karaman, 1974: 142, Fig. 28 (redescription, illustration of aedeagus and anntenal club). Euconnus (s.str.) kaufmanni Ganglbauer, 1899: 49. Type data: Castelnuovo in Dalmatien, synonymized by Karaman, 1974: 127. Material examined (8 3): SLOVENIA: 1 3: Radostak, Paganeti. (HMGG). MONTENEGRO: 1 3: Krivo��je, Rittm. Matcha, Crkvice, Mal. 1916. (HMGG). 1 3: Ilijino Brdo, Petrovac, 13.iv. 1981 / Crna Gora. (HMGG). BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: 1 3: Bosnien, Reitter. Leder. (HNHM). 1 3: Sarajevo, Bosn. 5. 0 7 / red label COTYPUS / Obenbergeri Det. Ing. Machulka. (PHKS). 1 3: Bosnien, Hranisava / Oberbengeri? (NMPC). 1 3: Trebevič, Bosn, v.07 / red label COTYPUS / red ink Euconnus puniceus / Obenbergeri Det. Ing. Machulka. (NMPC). ALBANIA: 1 3: Merdita, M. Sch��it. (HNHM). Description: Body shiny, reddish-brown, body length 1.85���1.90 mm, body width 0.75���0.80 mm; with long, golden pubescence, sparse on elytra, erect on sides of pronotum and posterior part of head. Head about 1.10���1.20 as wide as long, tempora evenly convergent posteriorly; eyes protuberant; supra-antennal tubercles strongly protuberant. Antennae (Fig. 35) 0.95 mm long; antennomeres III���VI subequal in length and width; antennomere VII subtrapezoidal, 1.3 times as wide as long; antennomere VIII 1.30 times as long as wide, about 2.15 times as long as VII and slightly shorter than IX, terminal antennomere 1.80 times as long as wide and 2.10 times as long as subquadrate antennomere X. Pronotum slightly wider than long. Elytra about 1.40 times as long as wide, sutural striae reaching basal third of elytral length. Aedeagus 0.39 mm in length, as in Fig. 36. Distribution: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy, Montenegro. Differential diagnosis: Euconnus puniceus differs from other species of the denticornis group by body size, 1.85���1.90 mm long, subquadrate antennomere X and antennomere VIII he is 1.30 times as long as wide. E. puniceus is similar to E. denticornis but it differs in a lighter colour, slightly larger and different structure of aedeagus., Published as part of Hlav����, Peter & Stevanovi��, Miroslav, 2013, A review of the subgenus Cladoconnus Reitter of the genus Euconnus Thomson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) from the Balkan Peninsula, Turkey and Caucasus, pp. 401-425 in Zootaxa 3646 (4) on page 421, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3646.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/219466

Euconnus (Cladoconnus) goerzensis Reitter (Figs. 15���16) Euconnus goerzensis Reitter, 1894: 101. Type locality: Salvano env. De G��rz. Euconnus (s.str.) goerzensis Reitter: Ganglbauer, 1899: 49. Euconnus (Cladoconnus) goerzensis Reitter: Franz, 1964: 158, Fig. 30; Franz, 1971 b: 301, Fig. 25; Karaman, 1974: 140, Fig. 30. Material examined (4 3, 1 ��): CROATIA: 1 3: Plitvitzer Seen, 10 ��� 23.8.1975, leg. Brachat (HMGG). BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA: 2 3: Igman ��� Gb. Apfelbeck (HNHM). SERBIA: 1 3, 1 ��: Tara Planina, Zaovine, 920m, 28.x. 2008, leg. M. Stevanoviċ (PHKS). Description: Body shiny, reddish-brown, body length about 1.95 mm, body width about 0.80 mm; with long, golden pubescence, shorter but even pubescence on whole surface of elytra, longer, dense and erect on sides of pronotum and posterior part of head. Head slightly wider than long, tempora evenly convergent posteriorly; eyes protuberant; supra-antennal tubercles strongly protuberant. Antennae (Fig. 15) 0.95���1.05 mm long; antennomere III about as long as wide; IV���VI subequal, slightly transverse; VII 1.50 times as wider than long, wider than VI; antennomere VIII about 1.15 times as long as wide; IX slightly wider than long; antennomere X subquadrate; terminal antennomere 1.70 as long as wide, about 1.80 times as long as X. Pronotum slightly longer than wide. Elytra about 1.35 times as long as wide, sutural striae reaching basal fifth of elytra. Aedeagus 0.39 mm in length, as in Fig. 16. Distribution: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Italy. Differential diagnosis: Euconnus goerzensis differs from other species of schlosseri group by large body, about 1.95 mm long, antennomere IX slightly wider than long, X subquadrate, symmetrical. E. goerzensis is most similar to E. pulcher, both are largest species of the schlosseri group, but it is readily separated from late by shorter terminal antennomere which is only 1.70 times as long as wide, while in E. pulcher it is about twice as long as wide., Published as part of Hlav����, Peter & Stevanovi��, Miroslav, 2013, A review of the subgenus Cladoconnus Reitter of the genus Euconnus Thomson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) from the Balkan Peninsula, Turkey and Caucasus, pp. 401-425 in Zootaxa 3646 (4) on page 409, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3646.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/219466

Hlaváč, Peter, Stevanović, Miroslav (2013): A review of the subgenus Cladoconnus Reitter of the genus Euconnus Thomson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) from the Balkan Peninsula, Turkey and Caucasus. Zootaxa 3646 (4): 401-425, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3646.4.5

subgenus Cladoconnus Reitter Cladoconnus Reitter, 1909: 226, as subgenus of Euconnus Thomson. Type species: Scydmaenus motschulskii Motschulsky, 1837 (subsequent designation by Franz, 1998: 145). Euconnus (Cladoconnus) Reitter: Franz, 1971 b: 300 (diagnosis, key to central European species); Karaman, 1974: 134 (diagnosis). Diagnosis. Relatively large species, differing from all other representatives of Euconnus in the following combination of characters: tempora strongly convergent posteriorly or posterior margin of head oval; vertex slightly, evenly rounded and weakly convex in ventral view; vertex and at least antero-lateral parts of pronotum with dense and long bristles; antennal club 4 -segmented with strongly modified antennomeres VIII and IX in males; pronotum with one pair of antebasal foveae and short, longitudinal, median carina; elytra with well-defined humeri and each with two basal foveae; sutural stria of various length present in basal part of elytra, from very short to reaching up to basal third of elytral length; metacoxae widely separated by wide, inwards curved metaventral process. Redescription (based on male of C. motschulskii): Body (Fig. 1) shiny, from light reddish-brown to dark brownish-black, stout, strongly convex, with well-defined humeri, lenght 1.40���2.20 mm. Head capsule divided by occipital constriction into large anterior and smaller posterior (neck region) part, posterior part retracted into pronotum, anterior part about as long as wide or slightly wider, posterior margin oval or with tempora strongly convergent posteriorly, each temple with dense bunch of posteriorly directed setae, eyes large, prominent, anterior margin of frons subtriangular, antennal tubercles each other distant and each other separated in middle by shallow, wide impression, occipital region broad and widened posteriorly. Dorsum of head convex. Labrum (Fig. 2) slightly narrowed anteriorly, transverse, anterior half with setae. Mandibles (Fig. 3) symmetrical, wide at base, apex recurved, pointed, lacking teeth, prostheca with short setae. Maxillae (Fig. 4) with triangular stipes bearing long seta, elongate palpifer, galea longer than lacinia, apex with dense setae, not reaching apex of palpomere II, maxillary palpi long, palpomere I short and curved, II pedunculate, with four setae in apical half, palpomere III pedunculate, at apex about twice as wide as palpomere II, with dense pubescence, terminal palpomere conical, pointed. Antennae relatively long and slender, thickening towards apices, when bent backwards always exceeding base of elytra, scape and pedicel elongate, subequal in length, all antennomeres covered with setae, antenomeres III���VII similar in shape and size, each clearly shorter than pedicel and scape, antennal club 4 -segmented, with strongly modified antennomeres VIII and IX, which are flattened dorso-ventrally and have microserrate internal edge, antennomere X shorter than XI which is pointed apically. Prothorax strongly convex, with lateral carinae and short median carina between two antebasal foveae. Pronotum longer than wide, subconical, slightly narrowing anterad, with dense lateral bunches of long, abristle setae. Metaventrite very long, clearly longer than mesoventrite, with sparse pubescence, mesocoxae separated by narrow median keel, mesanepisternum with dense bunch of setae, metacoxae widely separated by wide, curved metaventral process. Elytra relatively long, finelly pubescent and punctured, strongly convex laterally, each elytron with two basal foveae, humeri well-defined, sutural stria of various length present in basal part of each elytron, from very short to reaching up to basal third of elytral length, apices of elytra rounded. Legs long and slender; pro- and mesotrochanters large, almost oval, metatrochanters small, elongated, femora pedunculate, clavate distally, tibiae slender, stick-like, with dense setae at apex, terminal tarsomeres slightly longer than two previous combined but shorter than three previous combined. Aedeagus elongated, with large basal bulb, apical lobe of various shape, internal structure with distinctly marked armature; parameres with one to three subequal apical setae. Abdomen fully covered by elytra, sternites IV���VI equal in length, VII slightly longer, VIII slightly longer than VII. Sexual dimorphism. Females very similar to males but with simple antennal club, with unmodified antennomeres VIII���IX. Biology. Species of Cladoconnus are usually collected by sifting of leaf litter or moss in forested areas. Distribution. Cladoconnus was recorded from a major part of the Palaearctic region. It is known from the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, central and northern Europe (Sweden, Latvia), Balkan Peninsula (so far not recorded from Bulgaria), Turkey and Caucasus, with two East Palaearctic species, E. ussuriensis Kurbatov, 1988 from the Russian Far East (Southern Primorsky Kray) and E. matsuae Hoshina, 2004 from Japan (Honshu)., Published as part of Hlav����, Peter & Stevanovi��, Miroslav, 2013, A review of the subgenus Cladoconnus Reitter of the genus Euconnus Thomson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) from the Balkan Peninsula, Turkey and Caucasus, pp. 401-425 in Zootaxa 3646 (4) on pages 403-405, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3646.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/219466

Euconnus (Cladoconnus) schlosseri Reitter (Figs. 23���24) Euconnus schlosseri Reitter, 1880: 48. Type lokality: hohen Capella. Euconnus (s.str.) schlosseri Reitter: Ganglbauer, 1899: 50; Reitter, 1882: 575. Euconnus (Cladoconnus) schlosseri Reitter: Franz, 1957: 244 (removed E. heydeni and E. paulinoi from synonymy with E. schlosseri); Franz, 1971 b: 301; Karaman, 1974: 142. Euconnus (s.str.) myrmecophilus Apfelbeck, 1911: 212. Type locality: southern Bosnia and Herzegovina, near Jablanica (with ants), later also near Sarajevo (with ants), synonymyzed by Karaman, 1974: 127. Euconnus (s.str.) paganettii Ganglbauer, 1899: 50. Type locality: Castelnuovo [Herzeg Novi] in Dalmatien, synonymized by Karaman, 1974: 127. Material examined (17 3, 7 ��): CROATIA: 1 3: Plitvicer Seen, 18.8. 1977. (HMGG). 1 3: Plitvitzer Seen, 16��� 23.viii. 1975, leg. Brachat. (PHKS). MONTENEGRO: 1 ��: Cattaro [Kotor], 10.vii. 1916, Dalmatia m., J. Maťcha. (HMGG). 1 3: Krivo��ije, Paganetti. (HMGG). BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: 2 3, 3 ��: Sarajevo, Igman Planina, 1929. xii, leg. Dr. J. Fodor. (HNHM). 2 3: Zvijezda Planina, 1930. vii. 14���18, leg. Dr. J. Fodor. (HNHM). 1 3: Visočina Planina, 1927. x. 20, leg. Dr. J. Fodor. (HNHM). 1 3: Sarajevo, Ko��evo, 1930. iii. 17, leg. Dr. J. Fodor. (HNHM). 1 3: Jablanica, 1935. iv. 29, coll. Dr. J. Fodor. (HNHM). 1 ��: Jablanica, Paganetti 1935. iv. 29, coll. Dr. J. Fodor. (HMGG). 1 3: Bosn. Pazariċ, 1931 Fodor. (HNHM). 1 3: Umg. Mostar, Pass b. Gornji Vakuf, 16.viii. 1977. (HMGG). 2 3: Umg. Mostar, Bjela��nica, 14.viii. 1977. (HMGG). 1 3: Bosnien, Umg. Bihac, 17.8. 1977. (HMGG). SERBIA: 2 3, 1 ��: eastern Serbia, Zvonačka Banja env, sifting, 28.iv. 2002, Hlav��č. (PHKS, PJWP). 1 3: Kopaonik, Brzeċe, 840m, 6.vi. 2009, M. Stevanoviċ. (PHKS). Description: Body shiny, lighter reddish-brown, body length 1.55���1.60 mm, body width about 0.65 mm; with long, golden pubescence, sparse on elytral and pronotal disc, dense and erect on sides of pronotum and posterior part of head. Head slightly wider than long, oval; eyes very large, protuberant; supra-antennal tubercles strongly protuberant. Antennae (Fig. 23) 0.80���0.85 mm long; antennomeres III subquadrate, 1.10 times as wide as long; IV���VI transverse, subequal in length and width; VII subtrapezoidal, 1.55 time as wide as long; slightly larger and wider than VI; antennomere VIII about as long as wide; IX slightly wider than long; antennomere X subtrapezoidal, about 1.20 times as wide as long and only 0.85 times as long as IX; terminal antennomere 1.50 times as long as wide and about twice as long as X. Pronotum slightly longer than wide. Elytra about 1.3 times as long as wide, sutural striae reaching basal fourth of elytra. Aedeagus 0.33 mm in length, as in Fig. 24. Distribution: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy, Montenegro, Slovenia, Serbia. Differential diagnosis: Euconnus schlosseri differs from other species of schlosseri group by small body, 1.55���1.60 mm long, antennomere III subquadrate, slightly transverse, antennomere X which is only 1.20 times as wide as long and mainly by very unique shape of aedeagus with truncate apex. E. schlosseri is similar to E. anatolicus and E. meybohmi, but readily distinguished from both by subtrapezoidal antennomere X, which is about 1.20 times as wide as long, the head slightly wider than long and longer sutural striae, reaching basal fourth of elytra., Published as part of Hlav����, Peter & Stevanovi��, Miroslav, 2013, A review of the subgenus Cladoconnus Reitter of the genus Euconnus Thomson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) from the Balkan Peninsula, Turkey and Caucasus, pp. 401-425 in Zootaxa 3646 (4) on page 413, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3646.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/219466

Euconnus (Cladoconnus) gagranicus sp. nov. (Figs. 13–14) Euconnus (Cladoconnus) robustus Reitter: Franz, 1975: 33 (misidentification). Etymology: named after Gagra, village in Abkhazia, Georgia, where the species was discovered. Material examined (1 3): HOLOTYPE, 1 3: GEORGIA: ABKHAZIA: white label (p) CAUCASUS, Gagra env. - VI.R. Rous lgt. 1971. / white label (h) Euconnus robustus Rtt. 3, (p) det. H. Franz / red label (p) HOLOTYPE, EUCONNUS sbg. Cladoconnus gagranicus n. sp., Hlaváč & Stevanoviċ det., 2011 (NHMW). Description: Body shiny, reddish-brown, legs and maxillary palpi lighter, body length 1.65 mm, body width 0.70 mm; pubescence very sparse and visible mainly on sides of head and pronotum, almost absent on dorsum of head, pronotum and elytra. Head slightly wider than long, tempora evenly convergent posteriorly; eyes slightly protuberant; supra-antennal tubercles weakly protuberant. Antennae (Fig. 13) 0.73 mm long; antennomere III slightly longer than wide; IV–VI transverse, subequal in length and width; VII transverse, 1.90 times as wide as long; antennomere VIII about as long as wide; IX transverse, about 1.50 times as wide as long; antennomere X strongly transverse, about 1.60 times as wide as long and about 1.25 times as short as IX; terminal antennomere 1.60 as long as wide and about 2.55 times as long as X. Pronotum slightly longer than wide. Elytra about 1.35 times as long as wide, sutural striae long, reaching basal third of elytra. Aedeagus 0.34 mm in length, as in Fig. 14. Distribution: Georgia (Abkhazia). Differential diagnosis: Euconnus gagranicus differs from other species of schlosseri group by small body, about 1.65 mm long, transverse antennomere IX, 1.50 as wide as long, and transverse antennomere X, about 1.60 times as wide as long. E. gagranicus is most similar to E. ispartaensis but it differs from the latter by having terminal antennomere XI 1.60 times as long as wide, only 1.35 times as long as wide in E. ispartaensis and by different aedegus. Note: The specimen from Gagra used by Franz (1975) for the redescription of E. robustus is not conspecific with this species and it represents a new species which is described here above.

Euconnus (Cladoconnus) pseudorobustus Franz (Figs. 33���34) Euconnus (Cladoconnus) pseudorobustus Franz, 1986: 41. Type locality: Schio Mquime s��dlich des Kuratales und ��stlich von Tbilisi in etwa 1000 m H��he. Material examined (3 3): HOLOTYPE, 1 3: GEORGIA: white label (p) Umg. Tiflis [=Tbilisi], Kaukasusvorberge, 1000���1200m / red label (h) Holotypus / white label (h) E. (Cladoconnus) pseudorobustus m. (p) det. H. Franz / red label (p) HOLOTYPE Euconnus (Cladoconnus) pseudorobustus Franz, P. Hlav��č det., 2012. (NHMW). Additional material: TURKEY: (2 3): (p) 23.06. 2003, NE Turkey, N Ikizdere, S Rize, leg. P. Bialooki., (PJWP, PHKS). Description: Body shiny, dark reddish-brown, pronotum pitchy black, body length 1.75 mm, body width 0.75; with long, golden pubescence, sparse on sides of elytra becoming less towards elytral disc where it is completely absent, erect on sides of pronotum and posterior part of head. Head slightly wider than long, tempora evenly convergent posteriorly; eyes protuberant; supra-antennal tubercles gently protuberant. Antennae (Fig. 33) 0.85 mm long; antennomere III aboutv as long as wide; antennomeres IV���VI transverse, subequal, antennomere VII transverse 1.45 times as wider as long and slightly wider than VI; antennomere VIII about 1.85 times as long as wide, about 3.75 times as long as VII and 1.65 times as long as IX; terminal antennomere 1.85 times as long as wide and twice as long as transverse antennomere X. Pronotum 1.10 times as long as wide. Elytra about 1.30 times as long as wide, sutural striae reaching basal third of elytral length. Aedeagus 0.40 mm in length, as in Fig. 34. Distribution: Georgia, Turkey (Rize Province). Differential diagnosis: Euconnus pseudorobustus differs from other species of the denticornis group by small body, 1.75 mm long and by having transverse antennomeres IX and X, antennomere IX 1.20 times as wide as long and X 1.40 times as wide as long. Note: The aedeagus of this species is very similar (almost identical) to that of E. denticornis. We decided to maintain it as a separate species due to a clearly different structure of the antennal club, especially the antennomere VIII which is much longer and more slender than that in E. denticornis., Published as part of Hlav����, Peter & Stevanovi��, Miroslav, 2013, A review of the subgenus Cladoconnus Reitter of the genus Euconnus Thomson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) from the Balkan Peninsula, Turkey and Caucasus, pp. 401-425 in Zootaxa 3646 (4) on pages 420-421, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3646.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/219466

genus Euconnus Thomson, Published as part of Hlav����, Peter & Stevanovi��, Miroslav, 2013, A review of the subgenus Cladoconnus Reitter of the genus Euconnus Thomson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) from the Balkan Peninsula, Turkey and Caucasus, pp. 401-425 in Zootaxa 3646 (4) on page 403, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3646.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/219466

Euconnus (Cladoconnus) similis Weise (Figs. 37–38) Scydmaenus similis Weise, 1875: 124. Type locality: Styria [Steiermark]. Euconnus (Cladoconnus) similis Weise: Ganglbauer, 1899: 50; Karaman, 1974: 138, Fig. 27 a. Euconnus (s. str.) similis Weise: Reitter, 1882: 575. Euconnus similis Weise: Castellini, 2006: 103. Euconnus (s.str.) scabripennis Ganglbauer, 1896: 172. Type locality: Karawanken, synonymy in Daves, 2004: 207. Material examined (4 3): AUSTRIA: 1 3: Karawanken, [illegible text]. (NHHM). 1 3: Mixnitz, 22.7.0 3. (NHHM). 1 3: Austria mer, 1350, Seetaler Alpen, Jacobsberg 14.8. 2000. (PHKS). SLOVENIA: 1 3: Luče env, Pečovnik, 10.7. 2000, evening, J. Vávra leg. (JVOC). Description: Body shiny, pitchy brownish-black, body length 2.00– 2.10 mm, body width 0.85–0.90 mm; with long, golden pubescence, sparser on elytra, dense and erect on sides of pronotum and posterior part of head and lateral part of elytra. Head about as long as wide, tempora evenly convergent posteriorly; eyes protuberant; supraantennal tubercles strongly protuberant. Antennae (Fig. 37) 1.15–1.22 mm long; antennomeres III–V subspherical; VI–VII transverse, subequal in length and width, antennomere VII slightly wider than VI, ventrally prolonged by tooth; antennomere VIII 1.20 times as long as wide; IX slightly wider than long; antennomere X strongly transverse, twice as wide as long and about 0.60 times as long as IX; terminal antennomere 2.30 times as long as wide and about 3.90 times as long as X. Pronotum about as long as wide. Elytra about 1.40 times as long as wide, sutural striae reaching one fourth of elytral length. Aedeagus 0.46 mm in length, as in Fig. 38. Distribution: Austria, France, Italy, Slovenia. Differential diagnosis: Euconnus similis differs from other species of the denticornis group by large body, 2.00– 2.10 mm long and strongly transverse antennomere VII which is twice as wide as long., Published as part of Hlaváč, Peter & Stevanović, Miroslav, 2013, A review of the subgenus Cladoconnus Reitter of the genus Euconnus Thomson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) from the Balkan Peninsula, Turkey and Caucasus, pp. 401-425 in Zootaxa 3646 (4) on page 422, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3646.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/219466

Euconnus schlosseri species group Key to species of the schlosseri species group of Cladoconnus of the Balkans, Turkey and Caucasus based on males (E. (Cladoconnus) pararobustus Franz excluded from the key). 1 Colour pitchy-black, antennomere VII strongly transverse, 2.2 times as wide as long, body length 1.8���1.9 mm.............................................................................. E. (Cladoconnus) carinthiacus Ganglbauer - Colour reddish-broun of variable shade, antennomere VII les than twice as wide as long............................. 2 2 Terminal antennomere twice as long as wide, antennomeres IX and X slightly longer than wide, body length 2.0 mm................................................................................. E. (Cladoconnus) pulcher Reitter - Terminal antennomere not more than 1.7 times as long as wide, antennomeres IX and X transverse or subquadrate........ 3 3 Antennomere III subquadrate........................................................................... 4 - Antennomere III clearly transverse, at least 1.3 times as wide as long............................................ 9 4 Antennomere VIII elongate, 1.15 times as long as wide, body length 1.95 mm......... E. (Cladoconnus) goerzensis Reitter - Antennomere VIII subquadrate or transverse................................................................ 5 5 Antennomere X strongly transverse, 1.7���2.2 times as wide as long............................................. 6 - Antennomere X less transverse, les than 1.5 times as wide as long.............................................. 8 6 Head oval, antennomere X 2.2 times as wide as long, body length 1.4���1.5 mm........ E. (Cladoconnus) dodecanicus Franz - Head with tempora evenly convergent posteriorly, antennomere X 1.6���1.7 times as wide as long..................... 7 7 Terminal antennomere 1.6 times as long as wide, antennomere VIII subquadrate, VII strongly transverse, 1.9 times as wide as long, body length 1.65 mm................................................ E. (Cladoconnus) gagranicus sp. nov. - Terminal antennomere 1.35 times as long as wide, antennomere VIII transverse, 1.15 times as wide as long, VII more trans- verse, 1.45 times as wide as long, body length 1.65 mm.......................... E. (Cladoconnus) ispartensis sp. nov. 8 Antennomere IX elongate, 1.2 times as long as wide, head oval, body length 1.55���1.60 mm................................................................................................... E. (Cladoconnus) schlosseri Reitter - Antennomere IX transverse, 1.3 times as wide as long, head with tempora evenly convergent posteriorly, body length 1.50��� 1.60 mm................................................................ E. (Cladoconnus) meybohmi sp. nov. 9 Antennomere IX 1.4 times as wide as long, elytral sutural striae longer, reaching �� of elytral length, body size 1.65 mm.............................................................................. E. (Cladoconnus) robustus Reitter - Antennomere IX 1.15 times as wide as long, elytral sutural striae short, just at the base of elytra, body size 1.50���1.55 mm........................................................................... E. (Cladoconnus) anatolicus Franz, Published as part of Hlav����, Peter & Stevanovi��, Miroslav, 2013, A review of the subgenus Cladoconnus Reitter of the genus Euconnus Thomson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) from the Balkan Peninsula, Turkey and Caucasus, pp. 401-425 in Zootaxa 3646 (4) on page 405, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3646.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/219466

Euconnus (Cladoconnus) carinthiacus Ganglbauer (Figs. 9���10) Euconnus (Cladoconnus) carinthiacus Ganglbauer, 1896: 172. Type locality: Carinthia, Carniola, In der Waldregion der Karawanken, also from Julischen Alpen (Wochein). Euconnus (s.str.) carinthiacus Ganglbauer: Ganglbauer, 1899: 51. Euconnus (Cladoconnus) carinthiacus Ganglbauer: Franz, 1971 b: 300. Euconnus (Cladoconnus) caranthiacus [sic] Ganglbauer: Karaman, 1974: 140, Fig. 27. Material examined (3 3): AUSTRIA: 1 3: K��rtnen, Koschua oberhalb Zell-Pfarre, NW Koschutnik-Turm, 1750m, 46 �� 26 ' 53 ''N, 14 �� 24 ' 13 ''E / Pinus mugo, Rhododendron hirsutum Rasen, 13.vii. 2005, leg. Zerche (PHKS). SLOVENIA: 1 3: Luče env., Pečovnik, 10.7. 2000, evening, J. V��vra leg. (JVOC); 1 3: Slovenia VM- 34, Karavanke-Stol, 2000 m, 6.7. 1999, leg. Broder (JBKS). Redescription: Body shiny, pitchy black, body length 1.80���1.90 mm, body width 0.75���0.80 mm; with pubescence long and golden, short but even pubescence on elytral disc, longer, dense and erect on sides of pronotum and posterior part of head. Head slightly wider than long, tempora evenly convergent posteriorly; eyes protuberant; supra-antennal prominences gently protuberant. Antennae (Fig. 9) 0.90���0.95 mm long; antennomeres III about as long as wide; IV���VI transverse, subequal in length and width, about 1.75 times as wide as long; antennomere VII modified, with internal protuberance, 2.20 times as wide as long; antennomeres VIII and IX slightly wider than long; antennomere X transverse, 1.65 times as wide as long; terminal antennomere very long, 1.95 times as long as wide and more than 3 times as long as X. Pronotum slightly longer than wide. Elytra about 1.35 times as long as wide, sutural striae longer, reaching to basal fifth of elytra. Aedeagus 0.39 mm in length, as in Fig. 10. Distribution: Austria, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland. Differential diagnosis: Euconnus carinthiacus differs from other species of schlosseri group by large, pitchy black body, terminal antennomere more than 3 times longer than antennomere X, modified antennomere VII with internal protuberance and antennomere X 1.65 times as wide as long. E. carinthiacus can be readily separated from all other species by its shiny, pitchy black coloured body, unique for Cladoconnus of the studied area., Published as part of Hlav����, Peter & Stevanovi��, Miroslav, 2013, A review of the subgenus Cladoconnus Reitter of the genus Euconnus Thomson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) from the Balkan Peninsula, Turkey and Caucasus, pp. 401-425 in Zootaxa 3646 (4) on page 406, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3646.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/219466

Euconnus (Cladoconnus) ispartaensis sp. nov. (Figs. 17–18) Etymology: named after Isparta, region in Turkey where the species was discovered. Material examined (1 3): HOLOTYPE, 1 3: TURKEY: white label (p) TR. Isparta, Sutculer, nw Kasimlar, 1540 m, 37 ° 35 ' 15 ''N, 06°07' 12 ''E, Brachat & Meybohm, 14.04. 2008 / red label (p) HOLOTYPE, EUCONNUS sbg. Cladoconnus ispartaensis n. sp., Hlaváč & Stevanoviċ det., 2011. (HMGG). Description: Body shiny, lighter reddish-brown, legs and maxillary palpi only slightly lighter, body length 1.65 mm, body width 0.70 mm; with dense pubescence on sides and posterior part of head and pronotum and sides and posterior part of elytra, absent on elytral disc. Head slightly wider than long, tempora evenly convergent posteriorly; eyes protuberant; supra-antennal tubercles strongly protuberant. Antennae (Fig. 17) 0.70 mm long; antennomeres III subquadrate, IV–VII transverse, IV 1.25 times as wide as long, V 1.20 times as wide as long, VI 1.15 times as wide as long and 1.15 times shorter than V, VII 1.45 times as wide as long; antennomere VIII 1.20 times wider than long; IX transverse, about 1.45 times as wide as long; antennomere X strongly transverse, 1.70 times as wide as long; terminal antennomere 1.40 times as long as wide and about 2.20 times as long as X. Pronotum about 1.20 times as long as wide. Elytra about 1.35 times as long as wide, sutural striae reaching basal fourth of elytra. Aedeagus 0.26 mm in length, as in Fig. 18. Distribution: South-western Turkey (Isparta Province). Differential diagnosis: Euconnus ispartaensis differs from other species of schlosseri group by small body, 1.63 mm long, transverse antennomere IX which is about 1.45 times as wide as long and strongly transverse antennomere X which is 1.70 times as wide as long. See also differential diagnosis for E. gagranicus.

Euconnus (Cladoconnus) meybohmi sp. nov. (Figs. 19–20) Etymology: named after Henrich Meybohm, a specialist on Scydmaeninae and a co-collector of the type material. Material examined (22 3, 11 Ƥ): HOLOTYPE, 1 3: TURKEY: white label (p) 37 ° 33 ' 28 ''N, 36 ° 25 ' 54 ''E, TR Kahramanmaras Torlar 1110m (41), 8 km sö Andirin / (p) Streu, Steine (41), leg. 30.4./ 2.5.2000, Brachat & Meybohm / red label (p) " HOLOTYPE EUCONNUS sbg. Cladoconnus meybohmi n. sp., Hlaváč & Stevanoviċ det., 2011. (NMPC). PARATYPES (21 3, 11 Ƥ): 1 3, 1 Ƥ: the same data as holotype. (HMGG, PJWP). 3 3: white label (p) 37 ° 39 ' 14 ''N, 36 ° 26 ' 27 ''E, TR Kahramanmaras Andrin, 12.5 km NE; S Geben, 1500m, Brachat & Meybohm, 27.4. 2007. 1 3, 1 Ƥ: white label (p) 37 ° 33 ' 56 ''N, 36 ° 33 ' 39 ''E, (10), TR Kahramanmaras Baskonus Yaylasi 1250m, Brachat & Meybohm, 24.4. 2007. (HMGG, MSNS). 2 3, 2 Ƥ: white label (p) TR-Antakya, Nur Dagl., WSW Ye?ilkent, 990m, 36 ° 54 ' 59 ''N, 36 ° 18 ' 54 ''E, mixed decid. forest, N. 14, 28.12. 2000, V. Assing. (HMGG, PHKS). 1 3, 2 Ƥ: white label (p) TR – Umg. Osmaniye, Nur Dagl, östl. Erzin (Ye?ilkent), 390m, 36 ° 57 'N, 36 ° 15 'E / Süd-Türkei, leg. 30.4. 2002, Brachat & Meybohm. (HMGG). 1 3: white label (p) TR – Umg. Osmaniye, Nur Dagl, Stra?e nach Zorkum, 550–900m, 37 ° 1 'N, 36 ° 16 'E / Süd-Türkei, leg. 25.4. 2002, Brachat & Meybohm. (PHKS). 1 3: white label (p) 37 ° 33 ' 56 ''N, 036° 33 ' 37 ''E, TR Kahramanmaras 1250m, Baskonus Yaylasi 24.4. 2009, Brachat & Meybohm (32). (HMGG). 1 3: white label (p) 37 ° 33 ' 28 ''N, 36 ° 25 ' 54 ''E, TR Kahramanmaras, Torlar 1100m, 23.4. 2009, Brachat & Meybohm (32). (HMGG). 1 3: white label (p) 37 ° 39 ' 14 ''N, 36 ° 26 ' 27 ''E, TR Kahramanmaras, Andirin-Geben 1500m, 12,5 km von Andirin (45)Felswand, Tannen, leg. 3.5. 2005 (45), Brachat & Meybohm (32). (PHKS). 1 3: white label (p) 36 ° 41 ' 34 ''N, 036° 14 ' 33 ''E, TR Hatay Nur Dag, E Yakacik 520m 15.4. 2009, Brachat & Meybohm (16). (MSNS). 1 3, 1 Ƥ: white label (p) 37 ° 39 ' 14 ''N, 36 ° 26 ' 27 ''E, TR Kahramanmaras, Andirin, 12,5 km NE; S Geben 1500m, Brachat & Meybohm 27.4. 2007. (HMGG). 1 3, 1 Ƥ: white label (p) 36 ° 57 ' 58 ''N, 36 ° 15 ' 37 ''E, Osmaniye Erzin, 600–650m, 7 km E Erzin, Brachat & Meybohm 4.5. 2007. (PHKS). 1 3: white label (p) 37 ° 32 ' 42 ''N, 36 ° 26 ' 52 ''E (12), TR Kahramanmaras, Andirin, 15 km SE; 810m, Brachat & Meybohm, 24.4. 2007. (PJWP). 1 3: white label (p) 37 ° 15 ' 53 ''N, 36 ° 36 'E, (2), TR Osmaniye; n Bahce Bekdemir, 1200m, Brachat & Meybohm, 21.4. 2007. (HMGG). 1 3, 1 Ƥ: white label (p) 36 ° 58 ' 49 ''N, 36 ° 17 ' 43 ''E, (39), TR Osmaniye, Erzin-Zorkun 960m, Brachat & Meybohm, 5.5. 2007. (NHMW). 1 3, 2 Ƥ: white label (p) TR Osmaniye Nur Dagl, Yesilkent, 990m, p. Wunderle 28.12.2000, 36° 54 ' 59 ''N, 36 ° 18 ' 54 ''E. (HMGG). 2 3: white label (p) 36 ° 50 ' 37 ''N, 36 ° 17 ' 15 ''E, TR-Hatay Nur Dag, E Dörtyol & Meybohm (23). (HMGG, PJWP). All paratypes are bearing the following red printed label: PARATYPE EUCONNUS sbg. Cladoconnus meybohmi n. sp., Hlaváč & Stevanoviċ det., 2011. Description: Body shiny, reddish-brown, body length 1.50–1.60 mm, body width 0.60–0.65 mm; with long, golden pubescence, sparse on anterior part of head, elytral and pronotal disc, dense and erect on sides of pronotum and posterior part of head. Head about as long as wide, tempora evenly convergent posteriorly; eyes protuberant; supra-antennal tubercles weakly protuberant. Antennae (Fig. 19) 0.70–0.76 mm long; antennomeres III subquadrate; IV oval, slightly wider than long; V almost quadrate; VI–VII asymmetrical, transverse and about 1.35 times as wide as long; antennomere VIII 1.30 times as wide as long; IX 1.30 times as wide as long and slightly wider than VIII; antennomere X transverse, 1.45 times as wide as long; terminal antennomere 1.50 times as long as wide and about slightly more than twice as long as X. Pronotum slightly longer than wide. Elytra about 1.30 times as long as wide, sutural striae very short, marked just at base of elytra. Aedeagus 0.29 mm in length, as in Fig. 20. Distribution: South-eastern Turkey (provinces Kahramanmaraş, Osmaniye, Hatay). Differential diagnosis: Euconnus meybohmi differs from other species of schlosseri group by small body, 1.50–1.60 mm long, slightly transverse antennomere IX and X which are about 1.30 times as wide as long, transverse antennomere X which is 1.45 times as wide as long. E. meybohmi is very similar to E. anatolicus, but it differs by slightly darker colour, subquadrate antennomere III which is 1.70 times as wide as long for E. anatolicus and with longer antennae, 0.70–0.76 mm against only 0.65 mm in E. anatolicus.

Euconnus (Cladoconnus) kiesenwetteri kiesenwetteri Kiesenwetter (Figs. 31���32) Scydmaenus kiesenwetteri Kiesenwetter, 1851: 399. Type locality: Carniole. Euconnus (Cladoconnus) kiesenwetteri Kiesenwetter: Ganglbauer, 1899: 48. Euconnus (Cladoconnus) kiesenwetteri Kiesenwetter: Franz, 1971 a: 74, Figs. 10���15; Franz, 1971 b: 300; Karaman, 1974: 136, Figs. 18. Material examined (4 3, 1 �� ): AUSTRIA: 1 3, 1 ��: Oberdrauburg, Sittnitz, 2.9. 1941, leg. Franz. (NHMW). SLOVENIA: 1 3: Wochein [= Bohinjska Bistrica], Diener, 1898, coll. Dr. J. Fodor, (HNMH). CROATIA: 1 3: Istria, Cernizza, 1915. X. 16, coll. Dr. J. Fodor, (HNMH). ITALY: 1 3: 9.6. 85 PN [Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia], Meduno 650 m, Pu Alpi Carniche, leg. Serlani M. (NHMW). Description: Body shiny, reddish-brown, legs and maxillary palpi lighter, body length 1.95 mm, body width about 0.85 mm; pubescence dense and long on head and pronotum, sparse on sides of elytra becoming less towards elytral disc where it is completely absent. Head slightly wider than long, tempora evenly convergent posteriorly; eyes strongly protuberant; supra-antennal tubercles strongly protuberant. Antennae (Fig. 31) 1.15 mm long; antennomeres III���VI subequal and subquadrate, VII transverse, 1.30 time as wide as long; antennomere VIII 2.10 times as long as wide and 1.25 times as long as IX; IX 1.70 times as long as wide; antennomere X elongate, 1.20 times as long as wide; terminal antennomere 1.90 times as long as wide and about 1.60 times as long as X. Pronotum slightly longer than wide. Elytra about 1.33 times as long as wide, sutural striae reaching basal fifth of elytra. Aedeagus 0.50 mm in length, as in Fig. 32. Distribution: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy, Slovenia, Serbia or Montenegro. Differential diagnosis: Euconnus kiesenwetteri kiesenwetteri differs from other species of the denticornis group by large body, 1.95 mm long, antennomeres III���VI subquadrate and subequal, antennomere VIII 2.10 times as long as wide, X 1.20 times as long as wide. Note: This species was reported from Yugoslavia in Davies (2004: 207). Later this country was split to Serbia and Montenegro and it is not known to us to which of these two countries this record referred to., Published as part of Hlav����, Peter & Stevanovi��, Miroslav, 2013, A review of the subgenus Cladoconnus Reitter of the genus Euconnus Thomson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) from the Balkan Peninsula, Turkey and Caucasus, pp. 401-425 in Zootaxa 3646 (4) on pages 417-419, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3646.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/219466

Euconnus (Cladoconnus) brachati sp. nov. (Figs. 25–26) Etymology: named after Volker Brachat, a specialist on Pselaphinae and collector of most specimens of the type series. Material examined (14 3, 5 Ƥ): HOLOTYPE, 1 3: GREECE: white label (p) GR., Ipiros, bez: Ioanina, s. Vrosina, Eichenwald, bei Zalongo, 8.VI. 2002, leg. Brachat / red label (p) HOLOTYPE EUCONNUS sbg. Cladoconnus brachati n. sp., Hlaváč & Stevanoviċ det., 2011. (NMPC). PARATYPES (13 3, 5 Ƥ): 1 3: white label (p) GR-Ipiros, Bez: Ioanina, Str. Miliotades, Tristeno, bei Ambelos, 7.6. 99. leg. Brachat. (PJWP). 1 3: white label (p) GR-Ipiros, Bez: Ioanina, s. Vrossina, eichenwald, M. 6.92, leg. Brachat. (HMGG). 1 3: white label (p) GR-Ipiros, Bez: Ioanina, Umg. Vrossina, s/w Eichenwald, 23.5. 98, leg. Brachat. (HMGG). 1 3: white label (p) GR-Ipiros, Bez: Ioanina, s/w Smolikas-Gebiet, Umgeb. Aristi, 15.5. 97, leg. Brachat. (HMGG). 1 3: white label (p) GR-Ipiros, Bez: Ioanina, Umg. Metsovon, 1400–1500m, 25 – 27.5.87, leg. Brachat. (HMGG). 2 3: white label (p) GR-Ipiros, Bez: Ioanina, ca 33km westl. V. Ioanina Umg. Soulópoulo, 28.v. 1987, leg. Brachat. (HMGG, PHKS). 1 3,1 Ƥ: white label (p) GR-Bez. Kastoria, zw. Pendalofon u. Eptakhori, 7km östl. Eptakhori, 20.5.– 5.6.1988, leg. Brachat. (HMGG, PJWP). 1 3,1 Ƥ: white label (p) Graecia-Epirus, Bez, Joannina, Str. Thesprotiko ⊣ Kopani, Umgeb. Derviziana, 18.5. 1994, leg. Brachat. (MSNS). 1 3: white label (p) GR. Levkas, 450m, Umg. Vafkeri, Bachschlucht. Nr. 8, 26.ix. 1993 Assing leg. (HMGG). 1 3: white label (p) GR – Ipiros, Bez: Arta Xerovouni-Geb., Rodavgi, 25.04. 95, leg. Brachat. (PHKS). 2 Ƥ: white label (p) GR. Levkas, 100m, Ferswand, Apolpena, Streugesibe, Nr. 15, 29.IX. 1993, Assing leg. (HMGG, PHKS). ALBANIA: 2 3, 2 Ƥ: white label (p) Albania [13], Korçe, 10 km S Korçe, Mali i Gramozit, 1550m, Buchenwald, 40 ° 31 '09''N, 20 ° 47 ' 40 ''E, 27.v. 2010, M. Schülke. (MSBG, PHKS). All paratypes are bearing the following red label: PARATYPE EUCONNUS sbg. Cladoconnus brachati n. sp., Hlaváč & Stevanoviċ det., 2011. Description: Body shiny, lighter or darker reddish-brown, body length 1.95–2.05 mm, body width 0.85–0.90 mm; with long, golden pubescence, sparse on sides of elytra becoming less towards disc where it is completely absent, erect on sides of pronotum and posterior part of head. Head slightly wider than long, tempora evenly convergent posteriorly; eyes protuberant; supra-antennal tubercles weakly protuberant. Antennae (Fig. 25) 1.12– 1.14 mm long; antennomeres III–VI subquadrate, subequal in length and width, VII subquadrate, 1.10 times as wide as long; antennomere VIII 1.20 times as long as wide, slightly more than twice as long as VII and slightly shorter than IX; IX 1.10 times as long as wide; antennomere X 1.05 times as long as wide and slightly shorter as IX; terminal antennomere 2.40 times as long as wide and about 1.90 times as long as X. Pronotum 1.15–1.25 as long as wide. Elytra about 1.40–1.45 times as long as wide, sutural striae reaching basal fourth of elytral length. Aedeagus 0.46 mm in length (Fig. 26). Distribution: Greece (western Pelopónnisos, Island Levkas), Albania (Korçe). Differential diagnosis: Euconnus brachati differs from other species of denticornis group by large body, 1.95–2.05 mm long, antennomere IX and X about same length and especially by slender and long terminal antennomere which is 2.40 times as long as wide.

Key to species of the denticornis species group of Cladoconnus of the Balkans, Turkey and Caucasus based on males 1 Antennomere X strongly transverse, 1.4 ���2.0 as wide as long.................................................. 2 - Antennomere X slightly (1.1) as wide as long, as long as wide or longer than wide................................ 3 2 Large species, body length 2.00��� 2.10 mm, antennomere VII and X twice as wide as long, antennomere IX 1.05 times as long as wide, terminal antennomere 2.3 times as long as wide............................. E. (Cladoconnus) similis Weisse - Small species, body length 1.75 mm, antennomere VII about 1.45 times as wide as long, X 1.4 times as wide as long, antenno- mere IX 1.2 times as wide as long, terminal antennomere 1.85 times as long as wide E. (Cladoconnus) pseudorobustus Franz 3 Antennomeres IX and X transverse, IX 1.2 and X 1.15 times as wide as long, body length 1.75���1.85 mm............................................................................... E. (Cladoconnus) denticornis M��ller et Kunze - Antennomeres IX and X always longer than wide........................................................... 4 4 Terminal antennomeres very long, 2.4 times as long as wide, body length 1.95���2.05 mm. E. (Cladoconnus) brachati sp. nov. - Terminal antennomeres shorter, 1.8 ��� 2.0 times as long as wide................................................. 5 5 Sutural elytral striae very short, just at base of elytra, antennomere IX slightly, 1.05 times as long as wide, body length 2.00 mm.................................................................... E. (Cladoconnus) croaticus sp. nov. - Sutural elytral striae longer, reaching 1 / 5 ��� 1 / 3 of elytral length, antennomere IX 1.3���1.7 times as long as wide........... 6 6 Antennomere VII subquadrate, body length 2.00��� 2.15 mm..................... E. (Cladoconnus) winneguthi Apfelbeck - Antennomere VII transverse, about 1.3 times as wide as long................................................. 7 7 Antennomere X 1.2 times as long as wide, antennomere VIII 2.1 times as long as wide, body length 1.95 mm.................................................................. E. (Cladoconnus) kiesenwetteri kiesenwetteri Kiesenwetter - Antennomere X about as long as wide, antennomere VIII 1.3���1.7 times as long as wide............................. 8 8 Body length 2.1���2.2 mm, antennomere VIII 1.7 times as long as wide........ E. (Cladoconnus) motschulskii Motschulsky - Body length 1.85���1.90 mm, antennomere VIII 1.3 times as long as wide.............. E. (Cladoconnus) puniceus Reitter, Published as part of Hlav����, Peter & Stevanovi��, Miroslav, 2013, A review of the subgenus Cladoconnus Reitter of the genus Euconnus Thomson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) from the Balkan Peninsula, Turkey and Caucasus, pp. 401-425 in Zootaxa 3646 (4) on page 415, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3646.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/219466

Key to species groups of Cladoconnus of the Balkans, Turkey and Caucasus based on males The subgenus Cladoconnus within the studied area forms two well-defined groups of species which can be easily distinguished on the basis of the structure of antennal club: 1 Antennomere VIII slightly wider than long, about as long as wide or only slightly longer (max. 1.5 times) than wide............................................................................................... group schlosseri - Antennomere VIII more than 1.25 times as long as wide......................................... group denticornis

Euconnus (Cladoconnus) dodecanicus Franz (Figs. 11���12) Material examined (3 3): LECTOTYPE, 1 3, present designation: GREECE: white label (p) Insel Rhodos, leg. H. Franz / white label (h) Euconnus (Cladoconnus) dodecanicus m. / red label (p) LECTOTYPE, Euconnus (Cladoconnus) dodecanicus Franz, P. Hlav��č & M. Stevanoviċ des., 2011 (NHMW). PARALECTOTYPE, 1 3: same data as for the lectotype (NHMW ). Lectotype designation: Redescription of this species given below is based on two specimens deposited in NHMW having a status of syntypes. Franz (1966) mentioned two males in his original description. One male is here designated lectotype and another one paralectotype, in order to ensure the stability of nomenclature and provide a unique name-bearing type for Euconnus (Cladoconnus) dodecanicus. Other material: 1 3: GR Rhodos (6) Epta Piges 70m, 36 �� 15 ' 22 ''N, 28 ��06' 50 ''E, leg. Meybohm 3.4. 2012 (PHKS). Redescription: Body shiny, lighter reddish-brown, body length 1.40���1.50 mm, body width 0.60���0.65 mm; with long, golden pubescence, sparse on sides of elytra becoming less towards elytral disc where it is completely absent, dense and erect on sides of pronotum and head. Head about as long as wide, oval; eyes protuberant; supraantennal tubercles weakly protuberant. Antenae (Fig. 11) 0.65 mm long; antennomere III subquadrate; antennomere IV slightly smaller than III; V���VII transverse, VII 1.70 times as wide as long and larger and wider than VI; antennomere VIII about 1.20 times as wide as long; IX transverse, about 1.40 times as wide as long; antennomere X strongly transverse, about 2.20 times as wide as long and about 1.70 times as short as IX; terminal antennomere 1.40 times as long as wide and almost 3 times as long as X. Pronotum slightly longer than wide. Elytra about 1.30 times as long as wide, sutural striae long, reaching basal fourth of elytra. Aedeagus 0.27 mm, as in Fig. 12. Distribution: Greece (island Rhodos). Differential diagnosis: Euconnus dodecanicus differs from other species of schlosseri group by very small body, 1.40���1.50 mm long, transverse antennomere IX, 1.35 times as wide as long and strongly transverse antennomere X, about 2.20 times as wide as long., Published as part of Hlav����, Peter & Stevanovi��, Miroslav, 2013, A review of the subgenus Cladoconnus Reitter of the genus Euconnus Thomson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) from the Balkan Peninsula, Turkey and Caucasus, pp. 401-425 in Zootaxa 3646 (4) on page 408, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3646.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/219466

Euconnus (Cladoconnus) croaticus sp. nov. (Figs. 27–28) Etymology: named after Croatia, country of its discovery. Material examined (1 3): HOLOTYPE, 13: white label (p) CROATIA: Istra, Dane, Ćiċarija, Novačka špilja, 28: VII.01, R. Ozimec lgt. / red label (p) HOLOTYPE EUCONNUS sbg. Cladoconnus croaticus n. sp., Hlaváč & Stevanoviċ det., 2011. (CNHM). Description: Body shiny, reddish-brown, legs and maxillary palpi lighter, body length 2.00 mm, body width 0.81 mm; with sparse, long pubescence, denser on tempora and sides of pronotum, present also on pronotal and elytral disc. Head slightly wider than long, tempora evenly convergent posteriorly; eyes strongly protuberant; supra-antennal tubercles weakly protuberant. Antennae (Fig. 27) 1.0 mm long; antennomeres III 1.10 times as long as wide; IV–VII transverse, IV small, V–VI subequal, VII 1.50 times as wide as long; antennomere VIII about 1.70 times as long as wide, about 3.15 times as long as VII and 1.25 times as long as IX; antennomere IX 1.05 times as long as wide; X 1.20 times as long as wide; terminal antennomere 2.00 times as long as wide and about 1.65 times as long as X. Pronotum 1.15 as long as wide. Elytra about 1.45 times as long as wide, sutural striae very short, marked just at base of elytra. Aedeagus 0.47 mm in length, as in Fig. 28. Distribution: Croatia (Istra). Differential diagnosis: Euconnus croaticus differs from other species of denticornis group by very short sutural striae, just at base of elytra, by large body, 2.00 mm long, antennomere III 1.15 times as long as wide, very long antennomere VIII which is 1.70 times as long as wide, terminal antennomere twice as long as wide. E. croaticus is similar to E. kiesenwetteri, it differs from late by longer antennomere VIII which is 1.70 times as long as wide, about twice as long as wide for E. kiesenwetteri.