Macrochaetosoma Absolon & Lang, 1933

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 : 165-166

Macrochaetosoma Absolon & Lang, 1933

Figs 52–84 , 86

(syn. Antroremya Verhoeff, 1942 , unavailable) Diagnosis. See diagnosis for subfamily.

Type species: Macrochaetosoma troglomontanum Absolon & Lang, 1933 (syns. Antroremya aristofer Verhoeff, 1942 ; A. fritzii Verhoeff, 1942 ; A. gracilipes Verhoeff, 1942 ; Macrochaetosoma troglomontanum deelemanorum Gulička, 1964 ; Macrochaetosoma troglomontanum biokovense Mršić, 1987 ; Macrochaetosoma bifurcatum Ćurčić & Makarov, 2001 syn. n.), by original designation.

Further included species: Macrochaetosoma drinae Strasser, 1962

Figures

FIGURES 52 – 55. Macrochaetosoma bertiscea sp. n., holotype male from the Jama Gorniča Pit, Prokletije Mt. 52: body segment XV, dorsal view; 53: middle area of prozonite XV, dorsal view; 54: cross-section of body segment XV, posterior view; 55: macrochaeta of body segment XV.

FIGURES 56 – 61. Macrochaetosoma bertiscea sp. n., holotype male from the Jama Gorniča Pit, Prokletije Mt., gonopodal block. 56: anterior view; 57: antero-lateral view; 58: antero-lateral and distal view; 59: lateral view; 60: posterior view; 61: postero-lateral and distal view. Designations: a: shield-like coxal process, d: triangular denticles, f: fissure, h: posterior subtriangular horn, m: medial sternal process of posterior gonopods, r: postero-mesal ribs, bb: bilobed basal bulge, b 1: lateral bristles apparatus, b 2: mesal bristles apparatus, cv: coxal vesicle; cip: inner part of lateral coxal process, cop: outer part of lateral coxal process; lcp: lateral coxal process of posterior gonopods.

FIGURES 62 – 66. Macrochaetosoma bertiscea sp. n., holotype male from the Jama Gorniča Pit, Prokletije Mt., gonopodal block. 62: distal view; 63: bristles apparatuses, antero-distal view; 64: lateral bristles apparatus, lateral view; 65: mesal bristles apparatus, posterior view; 66: posterior view.

FIGURES 67 – 74. Macrochaetosoma troglomontanum Absolon & Lang, 1930. Male from the Jama u Borovima Pit, Kučke Planine Mts. (67 – 73): 67: body segment XV, dorsal view; 68: lateral keel of body segment XV, dorsal view; 69: cross-section of body segment XV, posterior view; 70: lateral keel of body segment XV, posterior view; 71: coxal processes of leg pair 13, antero-distal view; 72: coxal processes of leg pair 13, distal view; 73: head, ventral view. Female from the Kišna Jama Pit, Kučke Planine Mts., 74: head, ventral view.

FIGURES 75 – 84. Macrochaetosoma troglomontanum Absolon & Lang, 1933, gonopodal block. Male from the Jama u Borovima Pit, Kučke Planine Mts. (75 – 79): 75: anterior view; 76: lateral view; 77: posterior view; 78: telopodal remnant; 79: distal view. Male from the Ćolića Jama Pit, Biokovo (80 – 84): 80: anterior view; 81: lateral view; 82: posterior view; 83: telopodal remnant; 84: distal view. Designations: a: anterior coxal process; m: medial sternal process of posterior gonopods; t: telopodal remnant; bb: basal bulge; b 1: lateral bristles apparatus; b 2: mesal bristles apparatus; cv: coxal vesicle; cip: inner part of lateral coxal process, cop: outer part of lateral coxal process; lcp: lateral coxal process of posterior gonopods. Note: Fig. 76 is rotated due to the position of the gonopods (scale line 100 µm).

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.