Martvilia parva, Antić & Reip, 2020

Antić, Dragan Ž. & Reip, Hans S., 2020, The millipede genus Leucogeorgia Verhoeff, 1930 in the Caucasus, with descriptions of eleven new species, erection of a new monotypic genus and notes on the tribe Leucogeorgiini (Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 713, pp. 1-106 : 81-84

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2020.713

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4335828

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8EDFD6FB-21FA-4C5D-8B56-89EE5EAEFC74

taxon LSID

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Valdenar

scientific name

Martvilia parva
status

gen. et sp. nov.

Martvilia parva View in CoL gen. et sp. nov.

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Figs 50–51 View Fig View Fig , 56 View Fig , 58 View Fig

Diagnosis

As for the genus.

Etymology

From the Latin ʻ parvus ʼ (= ʻsmallʼ), reflecting the small size of the species. Adjective.

Material examined

Holotype

CENTRAL-WEST GEORGIA – Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti • ♂; Askhi karst Massif , near Martvili, Jortsku Cave ; 42.51° N, 42.42° E; 2 Feb. 2017; D.M. Palatov and A.M. Sokolova leg.; ZMUM.

GoogleMaps

Paratypes

CENTRAL-WEST GEORGIA – Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; ZMUM GoogleMaps .

Other material

CENTRAL-WEST GEORGIA – Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti 1 ♀; Martvili District, Askhi karst Massif , near Balda village, Motena Cave ; 42.47° N, 42.39° E; 30 Jan. 2017; D.M. Palatov leg.; IZB GoogleMaps .

Description

SIZE AND NUMBER OF BODY RINGS. Holotype male 12 mm long, vertical diameter of largest body ring 1.15 mm, body with 27 podous rings + 1 apodous ring + telson. Paratype male 15 mm long, vertical diameter of largest body ring 1.2 mm, body with 30 podous rings + 2 apodous rings + telson. Paratype female 11.5 mm long, vertical diameter of largest body ring 1.15 mm, body with 25 podous rings + 1 apodous ring + telson. Non-type female 15 mm long, vertical diameter of largest body ring 1.5 mm, body with 33 podous rings + 0 apodous ring + telson.

COLOUR ( Fig. 50 View Fig ). Yellowish white in alcohol.

HEAD ( Fig. 50B View Fig ). Without ommatidia. Frontal setae absent. Mouthparts modified. Labrum without labral teeth, with five supralabral setae in holotype and paratype males, and 24 labral setae in paratype male. Gnathochilarium (paratype male) with a subtriangular promentum; lamellae linguales with 2+2 long distal setae; stipites with 2+2 long distolateral setae; no other setae. Antennae 1.7 mm long in holotype male, their length ca 150% of vertical diameter of largest body ring. Lengths of antennomeres I–VIII (in mm): 0.11 (I), 0.43 (II), 0.33 (III), 0.3 (IV), 0.29 (V), 0.16 (VI), 0.06 (VII) and 0.02 (VIII). Length/width ratio of antennomeres I–VII: 0.8 (I), 2.8 (II), 2.2 (III), 2 (IV), 1.7 (V), 0.9 (VI) and 0.57 (VII).Antennomeres V and VI each with a terminal corolla of large sensilla basiconica bacilliformia; antennomere VII with a terminal corolla of small sensilla basiconica bacilliformia.

BODY RINGS ( Fig. 50D View Fig ). Ventral and ventrolateral sides of metazonal areas with longitudinal striations. Dorsal side with poorly visible striations. Midbody setae short, barely visible, ca 4% of vertical diameter of rings.

TELSON ( Fig. 50C, F View Fig ). Epiproct with a short and blunt caudal process. Paraprocts rounded, with a few setae. Hypoproct subtrapezoid, with two long apical setae. Setae on telson mainly broken off.

LEGS IN MALES. First pair of legs modified, hook-shaped ( Fig. 51D View Fig ), with three podomeres; coxa with one seta; prefemur with two setae; femora, postfemora and tibiotarsi coalesced; femur with two setae, postfemur with one seta. Tip slightly tuberculate. Postfemoral and tibial ventral pads poorly developed on pregonopodal legs, then gradually disappearing on postgonopodal legs.

VENTRAL MARGIN OF MALE BODY RING 7 ( Fig. 50E View Fig ). Poorly developed, low, subquadrangular in lateral view.

PENES ( Fig. 51E View Fig ). More or less elongate, subquadrangular, apically with short subtriangular lobes.

GONOPODS ( Fig. 51 View Fig A–C). Promere (p) long and slender, straight, wider at base in anteroposterior view, with a flagellum (f); apical part excavate, with denticulate margins; basal half with two ridges. Mesomere (m) with a slender, straight, columnar anterior part, apically with a denticulate mesomeral claw (mc); mesomeral lamella (ml) reduced in size, directed posteriad, anterior margin smooth, posterodistal margin fimbriate, entire lamella covered with fimbriae. Opisthomere (o) bipartite. Anterior branch of o with a solenomere (s) with a medium-sized tip and a fimbriate velum (v). Posterior branch of o in form of a shield-like protective lamella (pl). Mesomere and opisthomere connected basally with an accessory membrane (am).

Distribution

Known only from two caves in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti ( Fig. 56 View Fig , green triangles; Fig. 58 View Fig , red circles).

Remarks

In both caves, this species has been found together with Leucogeorgia lobata sp. nov.

ZMUM

Zoological Museum, University of Amoy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Diplopoda

Order

Julida

Family

Julidae

Genus

Martvilia

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