Published November 23, 2025 | Version v2
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First record of a representative of the order Palpigradi (Chelicerata: Arachnida) from Serbia

  • 1. University of Belgrade—Faculty of Biology, Institute of Zoology, Studentski Trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia; Serbian Biospeleological Society, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
  • 2. Department of Zoology, Institute of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Šrobárova 2, 041 54 Košice, Slovakia

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Summary. This contribution refers to the first record of the genus Eukoenenia Börner, 1901 (Arachnida: Palpigradi) in Serbia. One adult male was discovered in Provalija Cave, a part of the Cerjanska Cave System, near Niš in eastern Serbia. Based on diagnostic morphological characters, habitat preferences and the distribution of similar taxa, we conclude that it belongs to the Eukoenenia spelaea species complex.

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