FURTHER STUDIES OF GENUS NIPHARGUS SCHIÖDTE, 1849 (FAM. NIPHARGIDAE) FROM WESTERN BALKAN PENINSULA (CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE AMPHIPODA 274)

The new data of some species of the family Niphargidae (Crustacea Amphipoda Gammaroidea) from Balkan are presented. The species Niphargus borkanus S. Karaman, 1960, known and poorly described from springs in Boračko jezero Lake (Borke) only (Bosnia and Herzegovina), is redescribed and figured based on material from new locality, spring of torrent Pješčar, NW from Konjic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and its taxonomical position is discussed. Niphargus salonitanus S. Karaman, 1950, known from Dalmatia and Herzegovina, is cited from Vilina pećina Cave near source of Ombla River by Dubrovnik, Croatia, and some taxonomical characters of this species are given. Niphargus abavus G. Karaman, 2011, known from Markov Rt in Boka Kotorska is discovered in new locality of Boka Kotorska, Crna Gora (Montenegro). Niphargus valachicus Dobreanu Manolache, 1933, known from Pontocaspian basin till Iran, is cited at the first time for Bosnia and Herzegovina.