Serbia

Cave-dwelling invertebrates unique to Serbia (overview at Božidar Ćurčić pdf file) include the ground beetles Rascioduvalius zlatiborensis (doiSerbia pdf file) and Javorella javorensis (doiSerbia pdf file), the round fungus beetles Remyella raskae and Remyella javorensis (both at doiSerbia 7 MB pdf file) and Pholeuonopsis cvijici (doiSerbia pdf file) and Magdelainella bozidarcurcici (doiSerbia pdf file), a springtail Protaphorura zlatiborensis (doiSerbia pdf file), a millipede Typhloiulus serborum (doiSerbia pdf file), a spider Harpactea complicata (araneae), a pseudoscorpion Neobisium rajkodimitrijevici (doiSerbia pdf file), and a very unusual harvestman Trojanella serbica (museunacional.ufrj.br pdf file). Also known only from Serbia are Pancic’s Grasshopper Pyrgomorphella serbica (Nacionalni Park Tara) and an earthworm Serbiona serbica (p. 3 of doiSerbia pdf file).

Vascular plants exclusive to Serbia include the Kopaonika Violet Viola kopaonikensis (flickr), the Kopaonika Houseleek Sempervivum kopaonikensis (flickr), a bittercress Cardamine pancicii (BGBM pdf file), a columbine Aquilegia pancicii (Picasa), a catnip Nepeta rtanjensis (Planeta), Achillea alexandri-regis (JSTOR), and the Winged Bellflower Campanula calycialata (KlubPutnika.com). Extinct endemic plants include Scabiosa achaeta (pancic.bio.bg.ac.yu), Althaea kragujevacensis (pancic.bio.bg.ac.yu), the Vranja Marshmallow Althaea vranjensis (Ausgerottete Arten), and the Serbian Water Chestnut Trapa annosa (PGR Forum).