The first specimens of Augustia weiratheri were collected by the biospeleologist Leo Weirather, from a cave in Čvrsnica that he nicknamed "Vuk jama". Weirather obscured his collection localities using code names to guard them against less scrupulous collectors.
The initial discoveries of Augustia weiratheri were made by biospeleologist Leo Weirather, from a cave in Čvrsnica that he designated as "Vuk jama". To protect his collection sites, Weirather employed coded names to deter unscrupulous collectors.