Typhloiulus lobifer Attems, 1951

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 : 264-270

Typhloiulus lobifer Attems, 1951

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Material studied (total: 34 males, 16 females, 3 juveniles).

CROATIA: Dalmatia : 1 male, 3 females (topotypes), Island of Brač , Osrilke , Selca, Žejava Jama Pit, 23 October 2007, M. Lukić leg. ( CBSS) ; 1 male, Šibenik, Dubrava, Stražbenica Pit, 7 March 2015, T. Dražina leg. (CBSS); 1 male, Šibenik, Oklaj, Nečvanj, Jazinka Pit, 16 December 2012, T. Dražina leg. (CBSS); 1 female, same data except 18 February 2016, K. Miculinić leg. ( CBSS) ; 1 male, Biograd na Moru , Vilišnica (= Badanj) Cave, 18 August 2001, T. Rađa leg. (IZB) ; 1 male, Trnbusi, Jama kod Bilih Laza Pit , 3 June 2002, T. Rađa leg. (IZB) ; 10 males, 5 females, 1 juvenile, Kladnjice, Golubinka kod Vickovića Staje Cave , 5 June 2005, T. Rađa leg. (IZB) ; 3 males, Radošić, Kevina Jama Pit, 6 August 2005, T. Rađa leg. (IZB); 2 males, Island of Brač , Škrip, Bitumen Mine Minjera, 8 January 2011, V. Milutinović leg. (IZB) ; 1 male, 1 female, Moseć, Riđolovka Pit, 14 May 2011, T. Rađa leg. (IZB); 3 males, 1 juvenile, Kladnjice, Jama Golubinka u Kalaševin Dugin Njivaman Pit (= Kalaševa Jama Pit), 26 November 2011, T. Rađa leg. (IZB) ; 3 males, 4 females, Island of Zlarin , Keljina Jama Pit, 17 October 2013, T. Rađa leg. (IZB) ; 1 male, 1 female, 1 juvenile, Island of Brač , Škrip, Bitumen Mine Minjera, 24 September 2014, T. Rađa leg. (IZB) ; 1 male, Nevest, Golubinka kod Nevesta Cave , 30 August 2015, T. Rađa leg. (IZB) ; 5 males, 1 female, 1 juvenile, Brač, Škrip, Bitumen Mine Minjera, 11 September 2015, D. Antić leg. (IZB).

Distribution. Croatia: Island of Brač, Osrilke, Selca, Žejava Jama Pit (type locality) ( Attems 1951, 1959; present study), present study (see above).

Notes. Prior to this study, T. lobifer was known only from its type locality. The species appears to be one of the most common typhloiulinines in Dalmatia ( Fig. 20 , green circles). Known only from caves and pits.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Typhloiulus lobifer Attems, 1951, males from Golubinka kod Vickovića staje Cave, Croatia. A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Anterior part of the body, lateral view. C. Body rings 7–9, lateral view. D. Midbody rings, lateral view. E. Telson, lateral view. Arrow indicates ventral margin of body ring 7. Scale lines: 1 mm.

FIGURE 15. Gonopods of representatives of the subgenus Inversotyphlus Strasser, 1962, mesal view. A. Typhloiulus clavatus sp. nov., holotype male (NHMSC). B. Typhloiulus gracilis sp. nov., paratype male (IZB). C. Typhloiulus opisthonodus sp. nov., holotype male (NHMSC). D. Typhloiulus lobifer Attems, 1951, male from Bitumen mine Minjera, island of Brač. E. Typhloiulus gellianae Makarov & Rađa, 2006, holotype male (ZDR). Scale lines: 0.1 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 20. Distribution of representatives of Inversotyphlus Strasser, 1962 and Typhloiulus edentulus Attems, 1951 (Attemsotyphlus Strasser, 1962).