Augustia

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Suborder:Polyphaga
Augustia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Family: Leiodidae
Subfamily: Cholevinae
Tribe: Leptodirini
Subtribe: Bathysciina
Zariquiey, 1927
Genus: Augustia
Zariquiey, 1927

Augustia is a monotypic genus of cave-dwelling leiodid beetle found in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is represented by a single known species, Augustia weiratheri. It was described and named by Ricardo Zariquiey in 1927.[1]

The first specimens of Augustia weiratheri were collected by the biospeleologist Leo Weirather, from a cave in Čvrsnica that he nicknamed "Vuk jama".[2] However, he obscured his collection localities using code names to guard them against less scrupulous collectors.[2]

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