CERATOMEGILLA ALPINA (VILLA & VILLA, 1835) (COLEOPTERA, COCCINELLIDAE) IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA AND THE DINARIC ALPS
Ceratomegilla ( Adaliopsis ) alpina (Villa & Villa, 1835) is a Pleistocene glacial relict with disjunctive distribution in high mountain areas of the Alps, Carpathians and the Bulgarian mountains, where it inhabits mountain meadows from 800 to 2.000 m a.s.l. (Fürsch 1967, Haviar 2003, Kovar 2007). Two ssp. are recognized, Ceratomegilla alpina alpina Villa & Villa, 1835, restricted to the Alps (Austria, France, Italy, Liechtenstein and Switzerland), and Ceratomegilla alpina redtenbacheri Capra, 1928 with a wider distribution, including Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Ukraina (Kovar 2007, Canepari 2013). In comparison with C. a. alpina , C. a. redtenbacheri is characterized by smaller humeral red spot reaching half of elytra width and without sub-humeral black spot; posterior spot roundish or square (never stripe shaped); body more convex and less pointed posteriorly (Capra 1928). Travnik C. a. Sampling site “Travnik