Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://biore.bio.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/7166
Title: The Diversity of Subterranean Terrestrial Arthropods in Resava Cave (Eastern Serbia)
Authors: Vesović, Nikola 
Deltshev, Christo
Mitov, Plamen
Antić, Dragan 
Stojanović, Dalibor Z. 
Stojanović, Dejan V.
Stojanović, Katarina 
Božanić, Milenka 
Ignjatović-Ćupina, Aleksandra
Ćurčić, Srećko 
Keywords: Arthropoda;;Subterranean fauna;;Troglobite;;Troglophile;;Trogloxene;;Karst;;Limestone;;Biospeleology;;Balkans.
Issue Date: 2024
Rank: M22
Publisher: MPDI
Journal: Diversity
Volume: 16
Issue: 4
Start page: 234
Abstract: 
The Balkan region is rich in limestone deposits, which have created one of the largest
hotspots of subterranean biodiversity. This paper gives an overview of the diversity of subterranean
terrestrial arthropods in Resava Cave in eastern Serbia. This cave is protected and has the status of a
natural monument. At the same time, it is one of the most visited caves in Serbia and its surroundings.
Our study comprises the results of three years of biospeleological investigations of the famous
Serbian cave in combination with data from the few available literature sources on the arthropod
fauna of the cave. The arthropod samples were collected both manually and with pitfall traps. A
total of 107 arthropod species from the four major subphyla were registered in the cave: 66 species of
Hexapoda, 27 species of Chelicerata, 11 species of Myriapoda and three species of Crustacea. For
four troglobitic, 16 troglophilic and 87 trogloxenic species recorded in the cave, descriptions of their
microhabitats and information on their distribution in the cave are given. Considering the medium
size of Resava Cave and the lack of permanent water flow in the two main levels on the one hand, and
the large number of arthropod species recorded on the other, the cave is relatively rich in hypogean
terrestrial arthropod fauna compared to other caves in Serbia that have been biospeleologically
studied so far.
URI: https://biore.bio.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/7166
ISSN: 1424-2818
DOI: 10.3390/d16040234
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