Lithobius tatricus monounguis Dobroruka, 1958

Tuf, Ivan Hadrián, Wytwer, Jolanta & Tajovský, Karel, 2008, On the identity of the species described in the genus Lithobius Leach, 1814 by L. J. Dobroruka from the former Czechoslovakia (Czech and Slovak Republics) (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha), Zootaxa 1788, pp. 37-46 : 44

Lithobius tatricus monounguis Dobroruka, 1958

Lithobius (Archilithobius) tatricus monounguis Dobroruka 1958a: 27 –28, tab. II

Type locality. Bukovec Hill near Jezerka, Jizerské hory Mts, Bohemia, Czech Republic.

Type specimens. The original description of L. tatricus monounguis was based solely on the holotype (ɗ), coll. Dobroruka.

Material examined. One ɗ, labeled as “ L. tatricus monounguis spp. n.”, from Dobroruka’s “ type collection”, evidently identical to the holotype in the original description. This specimen was also dried up and mildewed, now in alcohol.

Remarks. Dobroruka (1958a) described this subspecies later the same year as he described L. tatricus , with not a single record of L. t. monounguis ever since. Originally, this subspecies was distinguished based on a single claw on the last legs, the presence of a ventral spine on the 15th tibia and of VpF spines starting from the 5th legs.

The re-examined material was damaged, with the last legs broken off. Nevertheless, we were able to find the rest of a detached 14th leg showing a sulcus on the tibia. If this specimen had truly one claw on the last legs, its spinulation and secondary sexual characters would resemble those of Lithobius latro Meinert, 1872 (cf Koren 1992). The low number of antennomeres and ocelli (5 in examined material) are also typical of immature L. latro (cf Latzel 1880).

Taxonomic note. We consider Lithobius tatricus monounguis Dobroruka, 1958 as junior subjective synonym of Lithobius latro Meinert, 1872 , syn. n.