Published_records_of_Northwestern_Balkans_Leptodirini

Occurrence
Latest version published by Biodiversity Data Journal on Jan 7, 2026 Biodiversity Data Journal
Publication date:
7 January 2026
License:
CC-BY 4.0

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Description

The dataset comprises published records of the predominantly subterranean beetle tribe Leptodirini found in the Northwestern Balkans, mainly the Dinaric Karst and its vicinity.

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 5,533 records.

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Versions

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Delic T, Zagmajster M (2026). Published_records_of_Northwestern_Balkans_Leptodirini. Version 1.8. Biodiversity Data Journal. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.pensoft.net/resource?r=published_records_of_northwestern_balkans_leptodirini&v=1.8

Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Biodiversity Data Journal. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 6286d149-28b8-43eb-ae1c-b4bc4ca4789b.  Biodiversity Data Journal publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.

Keywords

Subterranean beetles; Leptodirini; Northwestern Balkans; Dinaric Karst; species richness; distribution ranges; maximum linear extent

Contacts

Teo Delic
  • Originator
  • User
SubBioLab, Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana
1000 Ljubljana
SI
Maja Zagmajster
  • Originator
SubBioLab, Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana
1000 Ljubljana
SI
Teo Delić
  • Point Of Contact
SubBioLab, Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana
1000 Ljubljana
SI

Geographic Coverage

The dataset covers the area of the Northwestern Balkans, including the area of the Dinaric Karst and limited parts of the neighbouring areas, presented by southeastern parts of the Southern Limestone Alps and the Northern Albanides.

Bounding Coordinates South West [41.43, 13.27], North East [46.5, 20.91]

Taxonomic Coverage

Presented dataset comprises data on 79 genera, 332 species and 179 subspeciesof Leptodirini Lacordaire, 1854. All except one, namely Phaneropella lesinae (Reitter, 1881), which is known from both sides of Adriatic Sea (Casale et al., 1989), are endemic to the study region.

Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Coleoptera
Family Leiodidae

Temporal Coverage

Formation Period Since 1832 to 2025

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 6286d149-28b8-43eb-ae1c-b4bc4ca4789b
https://ipt.pensoft.net/resource?r=published_records_of_northwestern_balkans_leptodirini