In 1831 Luka Čeč found a curiously shaped beetle at the foot of Great Mountain in Postojna Cave. He presented the beetle to Count Franz Hochenwarth, the curator of Ljubljana Museum, who in turn passed it on to the amateur naturalist Ferdinand Schmidt. In describing the beetle, Schmidt gave it the scientific name Leptodirus hochenwartii, in honour of the Count. His description also included the picturesque Slovene name 'drobnovratnik' meaning 'tiny-necked one'.
The beetle belongs to the Cholevidaefamily of necrophagous beetles, or more precisely to the sub-family Leptodirinae(cavernicolous necrophagous beetles). It has an unusually shaped beetle, with a rounded abdomen, a slender neck and an extended head. It has very long legs and feelers. It feeds on carrion and particles of organic matter.
