Caucaseuma Strasser, 1970: 199
Caucaseuma
Antić & Makarov 2016: 28
Caucaseuma elephantum Antić & Makarov, 2016
Caucaseuma fanagoriyskaya Antić & Makarov, 2016
Caucaseuma glabroscutum Antić & Makarov, 2016
Caucaseuma kelasuri Antić & Makarov, 2016
Caucaseuma minellii Antić & Makarov, 2016
Caucaseuma strasseri Antić
Caucaseuma variabile Antić & Makarov, 2016
Review of the genus Caucaseuma Strasser, 1970, with the description of a new cavernicolous species from the Western Caucasus and an updated key and distribution (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Anthroleucosomatidae)
Antić, Dragan
Makarov, Slobodan
European Journal of Taxonomy
2022
2022-05-13
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Antić & Makarov 2016: 28
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Strasser, 1970
Strasser
1970
[670,1000,1103,1129]
Diplopoda
Anthroleucosomatidae
Caucaseuma
Animalia
Chordeumatida
2
92
Arthropoda
genus
Caucaseuma Strasser, 1970: 199. Caucaseuma– Antić & Makarov 2016: 28.
Typespecies Caucaseuma lohmanderi Strasser, 1970, by original designation.
Other included species Caucaseuma elephantum Antić & Makarov, 2016 Caucaseuma fanagoriyskaya Antić & Makarov, 2016 Caucaseuma glabroscutum Antić & Makarov, 2016 Caucaseuma kelasuri Antić & Makarov, 2016 Caucaseuma minellii Antić & Makarov, 2016 Caucaseuma strasseriAntić sp. nov. Caucaseuma variabile Antić & Makarov, 2016
Diagnosis Differs from all other genera of the family Anthroleucosomatidae, except the genus Heterocaucaseuma Antić & Makarov, 2016, by the presence of two pairs of flagelliform processes originating from the base of the angiocoxites of the posterior gonopods. From the genus Heterocaucaseuma, it differs by the presence of more complicated anterior gonopods, characterized by angiocoxites clearly differentiated into anterior and posterior parts. The anterior parts are shield-like, separated, partially fused or completely fused, with a visible furrow. The genus Heterocaucaseumais characterized by somewhat simplified anterior gonopods with angiocoxites differentiated into a medial part, fully fused, and two lateral parts.
Distribution The genus Caucaseumaincludes mainly narrow endemics confined to the Western and North Western Caucasus, with the exception of C. variabilewith a rather disjunct distribution in the western, northern and central Caucasus ( Fig. 1).