Typhloglomeris caucasica Golovatch, 1975

Golovatch, Sergei & Chumachenko, Yuri A., 2013, The millipede Typhloglomeriscaucasica Golovatch, 1975 found epigeically (Diplopoda, Glomerida, Glomeridellidae), Biodiversity Data Journal 1, pp. 981-981 : 981

Rank: SpeciesType of treatment: Redescription or species observationextantHabitat: terrestrialRoot classification: 8

Typhloglomeris caucasica Golovatch, 1975

Materials

Type status: Other material Occurrence: recordedBy: Y. A. Chumachenko; individualCount: 1; sex: male; Taxon: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Diplopoda; order: Glomerida; family: Glomeridellidae; genus: Typhloglomeris; specificEpithet: caucasica; scientificNameAuthorship: Golovatch, 1975; Location: country: Russia; stateProvince: Sochi; verbatimLocality: Khosta, Caucasian Biosphere Nature Reserve; Event: samplingProtocol: pitfall trapping; eventDate: 14 July - 10 August 2006; habitat: Taxus & Buxus relict forest; Record Level: institutionCode: Zoological Museum, Moscow State University, Russia

Discussion

The recent discovery of Typhloglomeris caucasica in a pitfall trap in forest near Sochi indicates that the ecological status of this species is a troglophile, not a troglobite, when it occurs in caves in the same area. This record emphasizes the need to carefully collect near and outside caves when assessing the degree of cavernicoly of endogean animals.