Typhloiulus albanicus Attems, 1929

Antić, Dragan Ž., Dražina, Tvrtko, Rađa, Tonći, Lučić, Luka R. & Makarov, Slobodan E., 2018, Review of the genus Typhloiulus Latzel, 1884 in the Dinaric region, with a description of four new species and the first description of the male of Typhloiulus insularis Strasser, 1938 (Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae), Zootaxa 4455 (2), pp. 258-294 : 259-260

Typhloiulus albanicus Attems, 1929

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Material studied (total: 2 males, 7 females, 1 juvenile).

CROATIA: 2 males, 7 females, 1 juvenile, Metković, Dukat, Vištičina Jama Pit, 24 September 2014, R. Ozimec & G. Polić leg. ( CNHM).

Distribution. Croatia: (present study, see above); Macedonia: Šar Planina Mts., Ljuboten (type locality) ( Attems 1929; Makarov et al. 2004), Makedonski Brod, Ovčarska Peštera Cave ( Ćurčić et al. 2003; Makarov et al. 2004), Skopje, Matka, Propast Srt (pothole) ( Vagalinski et al. 2015); Serbia: Šar Planina Mts., Cviljen (type locality) ( Attems 1929; Strasser 1971; Antić et al. 2013; Makarov et al. 2004), Šar Planina Mts., Kačanik (type locality) ( Attems 1929; Antić et al. 2013; Makarov et al. 2004), Šar Planina Mts., Ljuboten (type locality) ( Attems 1929; Strasser 1971; Antić et al. 2013; Makarov et al. 2004), Ćuprija, Monastery Ravanica, Milkina Pećina Cave ( Strasser 1962; Antić et al. 2013; Makarov et al. 2004). This species has a quite disjunct distribution in eastern and southern Serbia, northern and southwestern Macedonia, and the southernmost part of Croatia. Discovery of T. albanicus in one cave near Dubrovnik, Croatia ( Fig. 19 , yellow circle) represents the first record of this species in the Dinaric region, as well as a new species for the Croatian fauna.

Notes. Typhloiulus albanicus is known both from caves and from forest leaf litter.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Typhloiulus albanicus Attems, 1929 from Vištičina Jama Pit, Croatia. A. Juvenile, habitus, lateral view. B. Female, anterior part of the body, lateral view. C. Female, midbody rings, lateral view. D. Male, body ring 7, lateral view. E.–G. Females, telsons, lateral views. Arrow indicates ventral margin of body ring 7. Scale lines: 1 mm.

FIGURE 18. Some representatives of the genus Typhloiulus Latzel, 1884 inhabiting the Dinaric region. A. Typhloiulus albanicus Attems, 1929, female from Vištičina Jama Pit, Croatia (photo: R. Ozimec). B. Typhloiulus gellianae Makarov & Rađa, 2006, topotype juvenile (photo: H. Bilandžija). C. Typhloiulus insularis Strasser, 1938, topotype male (photo: T. Čuković). D. Typhloiulus lobifer Attems, 1951, topotype male (photo: M. Lukić). E. Typhloiulus parvulus sp. nov., future specimen from the type series (photo: R. Ozimec). F. Typhloiulus psilonotus (Latzel, 1884), female from Galičnjak Cave, Croatia (photo: J. Bedek). Size of specimens and ratios between sizes of specimens are not real.

FIGURE 19. Distribution of Typhloiulus parvulus sp. nov. and representatives of Typhloiulus Latzel, 1884 s.s. in the Dinaric region.