Glomeris mohamedanica Attems, 1900

Golovatch, Sergei, Mauriès, Jean-Paul, Akkari, Nesrine, Stoev, Pavel & Geoffroy, Jean-Jacques, 2009, The millipede genus Glomeris Latreille, 1802 (Diplopoda, Glomerida, Glomeridae) in North Africa, ZooKeys 12 (12), pp. 47-86 : 75-76

Glomeris mohamedanica Attems, 1900

Figs 24 , 25

Glomeris europaea striata var. mohamedanica Attems, 1900: 303 (D).

Glomeris mohamedanica – Schubart 1953: 218 (L).

Type material: Tunisia, Béja Gov., Medjez El Bab (now Mejez El Bab), date?, leg.?, ♁ lectotype (here designated) ( NHMW 3913), paralectotypes: 3 ♁, 2 ♀ ( NHMW 3913), 1 ♁ ( MNHN CC 153). The designation of a lectotype (from 350 syntypes, see Attems 1900) seems advisable in order to ensure that the name-bearing type shows the diagnostically important characteristics of the male sex .

Other material: Tunisia, Béja Gov., Nefza (30 km of Béja), 2003, leg. N. Akkari, 1 ♁, 1 ♀ ( MNHN CC 153). Same locality, 36°57′61″N, 8°56′51″E, open area with scattered vegetation, under stones, 27.II.2004, leg. N. Akkari, 3 ♁, 5 ♀, 3 juv. ( MNHN CC 153). Same locality, 2.X.2005, leg. N. Akkari, 1 ♁, 3 ♀ ( NMNH) . Tunisia, Jen-

douba Gov., Beni Mtir (8 km S of Aïn Draham), mixed oak forest dominated by Quercus suber , slope, under stones, 19.II.2007, leg. N. Akkari, 10 ♁ ( MNHN CC 153), 3 ♁ ( ZMUM), 2 ♁ ( NMNH), 2 # ( FMNH). Same locality, alt. approx. 500 m, 19.II.2007, leg. N. Akkari, 2 ♁, 2 ♀ ( ZMUC 200113). Tunisia, Jendouba Gov., Tabarka , 10.XII.2003, leg. N. Akkari, 1 ♀ ( FMNH). Tunisia, Jendouba Gov., 40 km of Jendouba, near frontier, 17.V.1988, leg. Z. M. Cop. Exp., 2 M ( ZMUC 200108) .

Short description: Length up to 12 mm, width up to 6.0 mm. Coloration dark brown to blackish, with contrasting yellow bands, pattern as in Figs 24A, B . ♁ legs 17, 18 and 19 (telopods) as in Figs 25 A-D.

Remarks: This species is unusual among the presumably native North African Glomeris in belonging to the “ Eurypleuromeris ” type.

Figures

Figure 24. Glomeris mohamedanica Attems, 1900, ♁ from Tunisia, Nefza; A, habitus, dorsal view; B, pygidium, caudal view. A schematic, slightly too bright presentation of the colour pattern (del. J.-P. Mauriès).

Figure 25. Glomeris mohamedanica Attems, 1900, ♁ lectotype; A, leg 17; B, leg 18; C, leg 19 (telopod), frontal view; D, distal part of telopod, caudal view. – Scale bar: 0.5 mm.