Typhloiulus albanicus Attems, 1929

Figs 1, 18A

Material studied (total: 2 males, 7 females, 1 juvenile).

CROATIA: 2 males, 7 females, 1 juvenile, Metković, Dukat, Vištičina Jama Pit, 24 September 2014, R. Ozimec & G. Polić leg. (CNHM).

Distribution. Croatia: (present study, see above); Macedonia: Šar Planina Mts., Ljuboten (type locality) (Attems 1929; Makarov et al. 2004), Makedonski Brod, Ovčarska Peštera Cave (Ćurčić et al. 2003; Makarov et al. 2004), Skopje, Matka, Propast Srt (pothole) (Vagalinski et al. 2015); Serbia: Šar Planina Mts., Cviljen (type locality) (Attems 1929; Strasser 1971; Antić et al. 2013; Makarov et al. 2004), Šar Planina Mts., Kačanik (type locality) (Attems 1929; Antić et al. 2013; Makarov et al. 2004), Šar Planina Mts., Ljuboten (type locality) (Attems 1929; Strasser 1971; Antić et al. 2013; Makarov et al. 2004), Ćuprija, Monastery Ravanica, Milkina Pećina Cave (Strasser 1962; Antić et al. 2013; Makarov et al. 2004). This species has a quite disjunct distribution in eastern and southern Serbia, northern and southwestern Macedonia, and the southernmost part of Croatia. Discovery of T. albanicus in one cave near Dubrovnik, Croatia (Fig. 19, yellow circle) represents the first record of this species in the Dinaric region, as well as a new species for the Croatian fauna.

Notes. Typhloiulus albanicus is known both from caves and from forest leaf litter.