Haasea inflata ( Verhoeff, 1907 )

Antić, Dragan & Akkari, Nesrine, 2020, Haasea Verhoeff, 1895 - a genus of tumultuous history and chaotic recordsredefinition, revision of taxonomy and geographic distributions, with descriptions of two new species from Austria and Serbia (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Haaseidae), Zootaxa 4798 (1), pp. 1-77 : 36-39

Haasea inflata ( Verhoeff, 1907)

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Orobainosoma (Orobainosoma) inflatum Verhoeff, 1907

Orobainosoma flavescens— Attems (1929) (misidentification)

Orobainosoma inflatum var. aspidiorum Verhoeff, 1929 syn. nov.

Diagnosis. Differs from the other congeners, except H. faucium , H. filicis and H. gruberi sp. nov., by the presence of bilobed posterior lamella on angiocoxites. From these three species, it differs by the presence of hand-like mesal process with distal teeth (vs. saw-like mesal process in H. faucium and H. filicis or simple mesal process without teeth in H. gruberi sp. nov.)

Type material examined: Lectotype ♂, here designated, Krain [Gottschee= Kočevje in Slovenia], 1907, don. Verhoeff 1935 ( NHMW9825 ) . Paralectotypes: 1 ♀ in 3 pieces, same data as lectotype ( NHMW3614 ) ; 1 ♂ slide preparation ( ZSM-A 20032163) includes anterior and posterior gonopods, head, antennae, leg-pairs 1–12, “Gottschee” [Kočevje]. Other examined types: Orobainosoma inflatum var. aspidiorum Verh. syntype ♂ slide preparation ( ZSM-A 20032162) includes anterior and posterior gonopods, several leg-pairs, “ Leoben ” .

Other material examined: AUSTRIA: Styria: 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, Kurnik det. Posruck, ( Schlossberg S 2 km), ca 380 m, 1985, 27.10.1967, J. Gruber leg. ( NHMW2884 ) ; 1 ♀, same area, ca 420 m, 27.10.1967, J. Gruber leg. ( NHMW9723 ) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Schloss Trautenburg , ca 345 m, 28.10.1967, J. Gruber leg. ( NHMW9724 ) ; 3 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, Kurnik det. 1985, same area, ca 350 m, 27.10.1967, J. Gruber leg. ( NHMW2885 ) ; 1 ♂, Leibnitz: Fötschach (E Leutschach), ca 365 m, 28.10.1967, J. Gruber leg. ( NHMW9719 ) ; 1 ♀, same area, ca 350 m, 28.10.1967, J. Gruber leg. ( NHMW9721 ) ; 4 ♂♂, 1 ♀♀, same area (1.5 km E Leutschach ), ca 350 m, 28.10.1967, J. Gruber leg. ( NHMW9720 ) ; Leibnitz: 1 ♂, Schloss Ehrenhausen 1.4 km SW, ca 280 m, 26.10.1967, J. Gruber leg. ( NHMW9718 ) ; 1 ♂, Karnerberg ( Windisch Büheln ), ca 430 m, 27.10.1967, J. Gruber leg. ( NHMW9722 ) ; CROATIA: 1 juvenile, Attems det., Jalžabet near Varaždin ( NHMW9800 ) ; 1 ♂, 1 juvenile, Attems det., Tužno near Varaždin ( NHMW9799 ) ; 1 ♂, Attems det., Oštri Medveđak, Plitvice ( NHMW9806 ) ; 7 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀, Attems det., Šatorina, Velebit Mt. ( NHMW9802 ) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, At- tems det., Mali Rajinac, Velebit Mt. ( NHMW9804 ) ; 7 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀, 1 juvenile, Attems det., Štirovača, Velebit Mt. ( NHMW9801 ) ; 1 ♂, Attems det., Dundović Padež, Velebit Mt. ( NHMW9803 ) ; 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Attems det., Delnice ( NHMW9805 ) ; 4 ♂♂, 10 ♀♀, Attems det., Železnica (= railway station near Vidovec) ( NHMW9797 ) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Attems det., Belatal (= Dolina Bele near Vidovec) ( NHMW9798 ) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Plitvička jezera, Plitvice , 12.10.2012, H. Reip leg. and det. (Reip collection) . SLOVENIA: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Gottschee (= Kočevje), Verhoeff det. and don. 01.07.1940 ( NHMW9809 ) ; 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, Gottschee (= Kočevje), Verhoeff det. and don. 1935 ( NHMW9810 ) ; 1 ♀, Attems det., same area, 01.10.1907 ( NHMW9799 ) ; 1 ♂, 4 juveniles, Attems det., Burg Friedrichstein, Gottschee (= Kočevje), 29.09.1907 ( NHMW9807 ) ; Maribor Commune: 19 juveniles, Attems det. Orobainosoma flavescens ( Latzel, 1884) . 10.09.1893 - 22.09.1893, ( NHMW9497 ) .

Distribution ( Figs 38 , 40 ). Austria: Schweizeben, Bruck an der Mur (Verhoeff 1930); Leoben (Verhoeff 1930); near Schlossberg (Leibnitz) ( Kurnik 1988, present study); near Eckberg, Gamlitz (Voigtläder et al. 1997); Fötschach; Ehrenhausen; Kranach (present study). Croatia: Vidovec; Delnice; Plitvice (including present study); Mali Rajinac, Velebit Mt.; Šatorina, Velebit Mt.; Štirovača, Velebit Mt. ( Attems 1929); Dundović Padež, Velebit Mt.; Belatal (Do- lina Bele), near Vidovec; Jalžabet; Tužno (present study). Slovenia: Gottschee (= Kočevje) ( Verhoeff 1907; Attems 1929); Brimšca Pit, near Brezovica ( Strasser 1966); Čuk near Rodik, Herpelje ( Strasser 1966), Maribor (present study).

Type locality. Kočevje in Slovenia .

Comments. Since the gonopod structures mounted in the slide preparations from ZMB collection do not correspond to the drawings of the original description of the species we preferred to chose a lectotype from the well preserved and complete type specimens housed in the NHMW.

Verhoeff (1929) described Orobainosoma inflatum var. aspidiorum from Bruck an der Mur and Leoben. How- ever, the differences between this variety and the nominal species are minimal, consisting only in the presence of a small triangular tooth (medial branch?) on the coxal process of the posterior gonopods in aspidiorum, therefore we prefer to consider the latter as a junior subjective synonym of H. inflata .

Attems (1929: 318) stated localities Belatal, Železnica, Tužno and Jalžabet as new localities for Orobainosoma flavescens . However, a look at Attems catalogue in NHMW ( Fig. 10 ) of Craspedosoma / Orobainosoma flavescens revealed that he actually crossed these localities out after the publication ( Attems 1929). Next to some of them he wrote “ inflatum ”, recognizing he misidentified this species with H. flavescens . Later, Attems correctly identified these specimens and designated them as “ Orobainosoma inflatum ” in the NHMW material. As stated above, the record of O. flavescens from near Maribor by Attems (1949) is probably erroneous, due to the misidentification of H. inflata . Now, we consider these localities as a part of the distribution area of Haasea inflata .

Kurnik (1988) erroneously stated “ Bosnien; Belatal” for H. inflata . The locality Belatal (= Dolina Bele, near Vidovec) is in Croatia. H. inflata does not occur in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Figures

FIGURE 10. Attems personal collections catalogue in NHMW (photo NHMW).

FIGURE 17. Haasea inflata (Verhoeff, 1907), males from Posruck, Schlossberg, Austria. A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Left anterior gonopod, lateral view. C. Left anterior gonopod, mesal view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A), 0.1 mm (B, C).

FIGURE 18. Haasea inflata (Verhoeff, 1907), males from Posruck, Schlossberg, Austria. A. Right anterior gonopod, lateral view. B. Left anterior gonopod, mesal view. C. Right anterior gonopod, posterodistal view. D. Right anterior gonopod, detail of distal part, lateral view. E. Left anterior gonopod, lateral view. F. Right posterior gonopod, mesal view. G. Right posterior gonopod, mesal view. H. Right posterior gonopod, anterior view. Abbreviations: a—angiocoxite; ab—anterior branch; asl—anterior sternal lobe; cp—coxal process; dp—distal part; f—furrow; mdl—mesodistal lobe; ml—“Opuntia-like” membranous lobe; mp—mesal process; pb—posterior branch; pc—papillated cone; pl1, pl2—posterior lamellae; plp—posterior lateral process; so—seminal opening; sph—spermatophore; t—telopodite. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A–C, E–H), 0.05 mm (D).

FIGURE 38. Distribution of the genus Haasea.

FIGURE 40. Distribution of H. germanica (Verhoeff, 1901), H. hungarica (Verhoeff, 1928) and H. inflata (Verhoeff, 1907).