Haasia Bollman, 1893

Antić, Dragan, Dražina, Tvrtko, Raða, Tonći, Tomić, Vladimir T. & Makarov, Slobodan E., 2015, Review of the family Anthogonidae (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida), with descriptions of three new species from the Balkan Peninsula, Zootaxa 3948 (2), pp. 151-181 : 158

Haasia Bollman, 1893

Figs 19–51 , 87, 88

(syns. Olotyphlops Silvestri, 1898 ; Acherosoma Verhoeff, 1929 ; Macrotelosoma Strasser, 1935 ; Likasoma Strasser, 1966 )

Diagnosis. Pleurotergites with lateral keels and without metazonal warts; macrochaetae long and trichoid ( Figs 19, 20 , 30–32 , 42–44 ). Posterior gonopods with well-developed shield-like uniramous lateral processes and with uni-, bi-, or triramous medial sternal process ( Figs 29 , 40 , and 51).

Type species: Haasia troglodytes (Latzel, 1884) (syns. Craspedosoma (Scotherpes) troglodytes Latzel, 1884 ; Acherosoma troglodytes Verhoeff, 1929 ; Acherosoma circoniense Strasser, 1935 ; A. verhoeffi Manfredi, 1935 ), by subsequent designation.

Further included species: H. carinifera ( Strasser, 1935) ; H. cornuata ( Strasser, 1940) ; H. falsa (Strasser, 1971) ; H. hadzii (Strasser, 1966) ; H. largescutata ( Strasser, 1935) ; H. likana (Strasser, 1966) ; H. pretneri ( Strasser, 1940) ; H. stenopodium (Strasser, 1966) ; H. tridentis (Verhoeff, 1931) .

Figures

FIGURES 19 – 22. Haasia jalzici sp. n., paratype male from the Ponor Sušik Cave, Gorski Kotar. 19: body segments XIV and XV, dorsal view; 20: macrochaetal knobs of body segment XV; 21: scale-like structures of metazonite XV; 22: cross-section of body segment XV, posterior view.

FIGURES 23 – 26. Haasia jalzici sp. n., paratype male from the Ponor Sušik Cave, Gorski Kotar, anterior gonopods. 23: anterior view; 24: lateral view; 25: posterior view; 26: postero-distal view. Designations: a: anterior shield-like coxal processes, d: apical posterior denticles, p: postero-mesal protrusion, t: triangulum, ar: arch, b 1: inner bristles apparatus, b 2: posterior bristles apparatus, h 1: outer horn, h 2: inner horn, h 3: lateral horn, lp: lateral parts of syncoxite, sp: basal sternal plate, sco: syncoxite. Scale line: 0.4 mm.

FIGURES 27 – 29. Haasia jalzici sp. n., paratype male from the Ponor Sušik Cave, Gorski Kotar, gonopods. 27: anterior gonopods, anterior view; 28: anterior gonopods, posterior view; 29: posterior gonopods, anterior view. Designations: m: biramous medial sternal process, lcp: lateral coxal process. Scale line: 0.4 mm for Figs 27 and 28, 0.2 mm for Fig. 29.

FIGURES 30 – 35. Haasia likana (Strasser, 1966), topotype male from the Pčelina Špilja Cave, Velebit Mt. 30: cross-section of body segments XV and XVI, posterior view; 31: body segments XV and XVI, postero-lateral view; 32: body segments XV and XVI, dorsal view; 33: middle area of metazonite XVI; 34: limbus of metazonite XVI; 35: prozonite XV, dorsal view.

FIGURES 36 – 41. Haasia likana (Strasser, 1966), topotype male from the Pčelina Špilja Cave, Velebit Mt., gonopodal block. 36: anterior view; 37: antero-lateral view; 38: lateral view; 39: postero-lateral view; 40: posterior view; 41: distal view. Designations: a: anterior coxal process; b: bristles apparatus; m: medial sternal process of posterior gonopods; lp: lateral syncoxal process; lcp: lateral coxal process of posterior gonopods; sco: syncoxite.

FIGURES 42 – 47. Haasia stenopodium (Strasser, 1966), male from the Klementina 21 Pit, Velebit Mt. 42: body segment XV, dorsal view; 43: body segment XV, lateral view; 44: cross-section of body segment XV, posterior view; 45 and 46: limbus of body segment XV; 47: leg pair VII.

FIGURES 48 – 51. Haasia stenopodium (Strasser, 1966), male from the Klementina 21 Pit, Velebit Mt., gonopodal block. 48: anterior view; 49: antero-lateral view; 50: lateral view; 51: posterior view. Designations: a: anterior coxal process; b: bristles apparatus; d: denticle; l: lamella; m: medial sternal process of posterior gonopods; lcp: lateral coxal process of posterior gonopods; sco: syncoxite.

FIGURES 85 – 88. Balkan anthogonids in their natural habitats. 85: Egonpretneria sp., female from the Ponor na Štirovači Cave, Velebit Mt. (photo by A. Kirin); 86: Macrochaetosoma troglomontanum Absolon & Lang, 1933, male from the Kuna Špilja Cave, Biokovo (photo by R. Ozimec); 87: Haasia likana (Strasser, 1966), female from the Manita Peć Cave, Velebit Mt. (photo by T. Dražina); 88: Haasia stenopodium (Strasser, 1966), female from the Lukina Jama Pit, Velebit Mt. (photo by M. Pavlek). Without scale. Size of specimens and ratios between sizes of specimens are not real.