Graciliella

Graciliella
G. apfelbecki and G. metohijensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Leiodidae
Subfamily:	Cholevinae
Tribe:	Leptodirini
Subtribe:	Anthroherponina
Genus:	Graciliella Njunjić et al., 2016
Type species
Graciliella apfelbecki apfelbecki (Müller, 1910)
Species
See text

Graciliella is a genus of cave beetle in the family Leiodidae. It was previously included in the genus Anthroherpon but DNA evidence showed that it is actually a more distantly related group of species. The paper in which Graciliella was published gained some media attention, with several stories picking up on the spider-like appearance of these beetles. Graciliella currently consists of six species, including the newly discovered Graciliella kosovaci and Graciliella ozimeci All species occur in subterranean habitats of the Dinaric Mountains, from Crvanj mountain (Bosnia and Herzegovina) in the north, to Trnovo (Montenegro) in the south, and from Žaba mountain (Croatia) in the west to Prokletije mountain (Montenegro) in the east.

Species

• Graciliella absoloni (Guéorguiev, 1990)
• Graciliella apfelbecki (Müller, 1910)
  • Graciliella apfelbecki apfelbecki (Müller, 1910)
  • Graciliella apfelbecki scutulatum (Giachino & Guéorguiev, 1993)
  • Graciliella apfelbecki schwienbacheri (Giachino & Vailati, 2005)
  • Graciliella apfelbecki sculptifrons (Winkler, 1925)
• Graciliella kosovaci Njunjić et al., 2016
• Graciliella lahneri (Matcha, 1916)
• Graciliella metohijensis (Zariquiey, 1927)
• Graciliella ozimeci Njunjić et al., 2016