title: New and interesting species of the genus Bryaxis Kugelann, 1794 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) from Croatia.
abstract: New data on the genus Bryaxis Kugelann, 1974 from Croatia are presented. Two new species, Bryaxis bedeki sp. nov. and Bryaxis biokovensis sp. nov. are described and illustrated. Bryaxis issensis (J. Müller, 1909) is redescribed based on six males collected at the type locality, in the cave Špilja kod Vlore on the island of Vis, and the aedeagus of this species is figured for the first time. New distributional data of Bryaxis scapularis (Reitter, 1881), Bryaxis crepsensis crepsensis (J. Müller, 1947), Bryaxis stolzi (Machulka, 1932), and Bryaxis erichsonii erichsonii (Kiesenwetter, 1849) are also provided.
authors.affiliation: National Museum of Natural History, 1 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria.; Email: bekchiev@nmnhs.com.
authors.forename: Rostislav
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bekchiev
authors.affiliation: Czech University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Department of Forest Protection and Game Management , Kamýcká 1176, CZ-165 21 Praha 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic.; Email: peterclaviger@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hlaváč
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D059552:Caves; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D017523:Croatia; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity