Acanthophorella chegemi Antić & Makarov, 2016

Antić, Dragan, Šević, Mirko, Barjadze, Shalva & Makarov, Slobodan, 2023, Review of the genus Acanthophorella Antić & Makarov, 2016 (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Anthroleucosomatidae), with descriptions of three new species from the Caucasus, European Journal of Taxonomy 908, pp. 39-76 : 70

Acanthophorella chegemi Antić & Makarov, 2016

Fig. 21C , 22

Acanthophorella chegemi Antić & Makarov, 2016: 147 , figs 121–125.

Remarks and distribution

Epigean species. Russian endemic so far known only from the type series collected at Upper Chegem, Kabardino-Balkaria. The specimens were collected in the litter and under stones at 1700 m a.s.l. in Betula-, Pinus- and Juniperus- vegetation or at timber-line of Betula-, Rhododendron- and Juniperusvegetation, 2100–2200 m a.s.l. ( Antić & Makarov 2016) ( Fig. 22 , red circle).

Figures

Fig. 21. Anterior gonopods in the genera Acanthophorella Antić & Makarov, 2016 and PseudoflagellophorellaAntić & Makarov, 2016, anterior views. A. A. auritaAntić sp. nov. B. A. barjadzei Antić & Makarov, 2016. C. A. chegemi Antić & Makarov, 2016. D. A. devi Antić sp. nov. E. A. irystoni Antić & Makarov, 2016. F. A. valerii Antić sp. nov. G. P. eskovi Antić & Makarov, 2016. H. P. mirabilis Antić & Makarov, 2016. I. P. papilioformis Antić & Makarov, 2016. B–C, E, G–I after Antić & Makarov (2016). Scale bar = 0.2 mm.

Fig. 22. Distribution of the genus Acanthophorella Antić & Makarov, 2016.