Bathyscidius mikati (Udržal, 1995), a new combination from the genus Bathyscia Schiødte, 1848 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae, Leptodirini) Author Čeplík, Dávid Biospeleologica Slovaca, Letná 16, SK- 040 01, Košice, Slovakia. Croatian Biospeleological Society, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia. Author Lakota, Ján 0000-0002-4264-9129 Biospeleologica Slovaca, Letná 16, SK- 040 01, Košice, Slovakia. Slovak Museum of Nature Protection and Speleology, Školská 4, SK- 031 01, Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia. Croatian Biospeleological Society, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia. jan.lakota@gmail.com Author Čeplík, Jaroslav Biospeleologica Slovaca, Letná 16, SK- 040 01, Košice, Slovakia. text Zootaxa 2021 2021-06-03 4981 1 166 176 journal article 5921 10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.9 bf24d1c3-1400-44f6-8365-3fc9d970bee2 1175-5326 4897760 4DAD0989-C7E1-4EF5-BF83-BB64DE985A59 Genus Bathyscidius Jeannel, 1910 Diagnosis. A member of the subterranean tribe Leptodirini , subtribe Bathysciotina , group Théléomorphes, division II sensu Jeannel 1924, defined by: 1) bathysciod body shape, 2) protarsi four segmented in both sexes, 3) protibiae with an incomplete comb (pecten) along the lateral external margin, 4) lacking external apical spurs, 5) pronotum evenly convex, trapezoidal and widest at its base, 6) metendosternite “V”shaped, 7) alacrista (metatergal apparatus) with moderately long basal apophysis, 8) median longitudinal carina (=mesoventral carina) extendeding over the metaventrite and 9) inner sac (endophallus) of median lobe lacking sclerotized structures and basal lamina lacking posterior expansion. Distribution. Albania , Croatia , Montenegro , North Macedonia ( Fig. 11 ).