Hydraena dinarica

Hydraena dinarica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Hydraenidae
Genus:	Hydraena
Species:	H. dinarica
Binomial name
	Hydraena dinarica; Freitag & de Vries, 2021

Last updated November 12, 2025

Hydraena dinarica is a species of minute moss beetle in the family Hydraenidae. It is found in Montenegro.

Distribution

This species is endemic to Montenegro and is known only from its type locality on the northern slopes of Mount Durmitor. It inhabits cold water karst creeks, such as the Skakala stream, where water flow is predominantly subsurface.^[1]

References

↑ Freitag, Hendrik; Vries, Rick de; Paterno, Marta; Maestri, Simone; Delledonne, Massimo; Thompson, Cameron G.; Lamed, Helena; Lambert, Rebekah; Fox, Michael F.; Gonzalez, Mariela C.; Delocado, Emmanuel D.; Sabordo, Marc R.; Pangantihon, Clister V.; Njunjić, Iva (12 January 2021). "Hydraena (s.str.) dinarica, new species (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) along with further records of Hydraena spp. from Durmitor National Park, Montenegro and comments on the DNA barcoding problem with the genus". Biodiversity Data Journal. 9 e59892. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e59892 . PMC 7815695 . PMID 33519262.

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[1] Freitag, Hendrik; Vries, Rick de; Paterno, Marta; Maestri, Simone; Delledonne, Massimo; Thompson, Cameron G.; Lamed, Helena; Lambert, Rebekah; Fox, Michael F.; Gonzalez, Mariela C.; Delocado, Emmanuel D.; Sabordo, Marc R.; Pangantihon, Clister V.; Njunjić, Iva (12 January 2021). "Hydraena (s.str.) dinarica, new species (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) along with further records of Hydraena spp. from Durmitor National Park, Montenegro and comments on the DNA barcoding problem with the genus". Biodiversity Data Journal. 9 e59892. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e59892 . PMC 7815695 . PMID 33519262.

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