Julus lignaui Verhoeff, 1910

Evsyukov, Aleksandr, Golovatch, Sergei & Reip, Hans S., 2018, The millipede genus Julus Linnaeus, 1758 in the Caucasus (Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae), Zootaxa 4461 (1), pp. 89-117 : 104-105

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4461.1.7

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6491512

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Julus lignaui Verhoeff, 1910
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Julus lignaui Verhoeff, 1910 View in CoL

Figs 1E View FIGURE 1 , 2E View FIGURE 2 , 3J–M View FIGURE 3 , 6A–D View FIGURE 6 , 11 View FIGURE 11 , 14E View FIGURE 14 , 15E View FIGURE 15 , 16E View FIGURE 16 , 18A View FIGURE 18 , Map 1

Julus terrestris View in CoL — Lignau, 1903: 113 (R); Muralewicz, 1913: 231 (R).

Julus scandinavius View in CoL — Lignau, 1903: 138 (R).

Julus ligulifer View in CoL — Attems, 1907: 3 (M).

Julus lignaui Verhoeff, 1910: 353 View in CoL (D).

Micropodoiulus lignaui View in CoL — Lignau, 1915: 380 (R).

Julus lignaui View in CoL — Lang, 1959: 1791 (M); Kobakhidze, 1965: 393 (M); Lokšina and Golovatch, 1979: 386 (M); Talikadze, 1984: 143 (M).

Material examined. 1 male, 3 females ( ZMUM), Russia, Krasnodar Prov., 11 km N of Krasnaya Polyana, S spur of Mt Chugush , subalpine meadow, 43°46’29”N, 40°12’30”E, 2000 m a.s.l., 22.VIII.2014, leg. K. Makarov and A GoogleMaps . Matalin; 1 male ( SMNG), Yatyrgvarta Ridge, hut N of Gora Armovka , 43.8908°N, 40.6631°E, 1830 m a.s.l., sparse deciduous forest ( Betula, Sorbus ) with hight vegetation, 19.VIII.2012, leg. F. Walther. GoogleMaps

1 male, 3 females ( ZMUM), Russia, Karachaevo-Cherkessia , Teberda Nature Reserve , Mt Malaya Khatipara above Teberda, alpine meadow, 2700–2800 m a.s.l., VI.–VII.1981, leg. V. Onipchenko.

1 male ( ZMUM), Abkhazia, Arabika Massif, Kamennyi Klad Mt. Range, Trekhusa Grotto , 28.VIII.2014, leg. I. Turbanov ; 1 male, 1 female ( ZMUM), Adante Valley, near Marukh Pass , 1700–1800 m a.s.l., VIII.1984, leg. E. Kvavadze.

3 males, 5 females (ZMUM), Georgia, Mestia, 1500 m a.s.l., Betula and Rhododendron on moraine, litter and under stones, 5 and 16.IX.1986, leg. S. Golovatch.

Diagnosis. Differs from other species of the genus by the following combination of characters. Main process (mp) of male coxa 2 long, with or without a small apical bulb, but always with a small caudal tooth or uncus at apex ( Figs 6A–D View FIGURE 6 ). Gonopodal promere (pr) narrow, round at apex, with an elongated lateral lamella (la) ( Figs 11A, 11C, 11E, 11G View FIGURE 11 ). Flagella (fl) wide basally, gradually attenuating towards apex ( Figs 11A, 11B, 11D, 11F, 11H View FIGURE 11 ). Mesomere (ms) rounded at apex ( Figs 11B, 11D, 11F, 11H View FIGURE 11 ). Opisthomere (op) and lateral outgrowth (lo) sharpened on top ( Figs 11B, 11D View FIGURE 11 , 14E View FIGURE 14 ). Striations on metazonae regular and rough ( Fig. 16E View FIGURE 16 ). Shape and arrangement of ampullae of female vulvae much like in J. colchicus ( Fig. 18A View FIGURE 18 ).

Descriptive notes. Length 23–27 mm, width 1.3–2.5 mm. Number of segments from 44+1+T to 50+1+T. Body grey with a thin, black, dorsal, axial line, venter lighter; legs light brown. Antennae and anal valves brown. Eye patches composed of ca 45 ocelli. Striations on metazonae regular and rough ( Fig. 16E View FIGURE 16 ).

All other characters as in J. alexandrae , except as follows. Antennae in situ reaching back to body segment 3. Antennomeres 5 and 6 each with a corolla of bacilliform sensilla ( Fig. 1E View FIGURE 1 ). Each stipes of gnathochilarium with a large group of setae parabasally below mentum ( Fig. 2E View FIGURE 2 ).

Male leg-pair 1 ( Figs 3J–M View FIGURE 3 ) usually with a well-developed suture between coxa (cx) and 1-segmented telopodite remnant (te), but sometimes the suture is absent ( Figs 3J, 3L View FIGURE 3 ); cx with ( Figs 3J–L View FIGURE 3 ) or without a lateral process ( Fig. 3M View FIGURE 3 ); te round, with a group of thin setae. Male leg-pair 2 with three coxal processes ( Figs 6A–D View FIGURE 6 ). Anterolateral process (alp) short, rounded at apex. Main process (mp) long, usually with a small bulb and a caudal dentiform outgrowth at apex ( Figs 6A, 6C View FIGURE 6 ), but sometimes slender throughout and with a small, apical, caudal uncus ( Fig. 6B View FIGURE 6 ). Posterior process (pp) typically with three setae ( Fig. 6C View FIGURE 6 ). Penes (p) short, emarginate apically ( Figs 6A, 6C View FIGURE 6 ).

Promere (pr) narrow, rounded at apex, with an elongated lateral lamella (la) ( Figs 11A, 11C, 11E, 11G View FIGURE 11 ). Flagella (fl) wide basally, gradually attenuating towards apex ( Figs 11A, 11B, 11D, 11F, 11H View FIGURE 11 ).

Mesomere (ms) rounded at apex ( Figs 11B, 11D, 11F View FIGURE 11 ). Opisthomere (op) and lateral outgrowth (lo) pointed on top ( Figs 11B, 11D View FIGURE 11 , 14E View FIGURE 14 ).

Ventral edge of male segment 7 with small curved lamellae bordering the gonopodal aperture ( Fig. 15E View FIGURE 15 ).

Female vulva (vu) narrow, apices of bursa (bu) rounded; ampullae (am1 and am2) elongated. Each coxa of female leg-pair 2 (l2) with a small pointed process ( Fig. 18A View FIGURE 18 ).

Remarks. A fairly rare, probably high-montane species hitherto recorded only from the Krasnodar Province and Abkhazia ( Lignau 1903; Verhoeff 1910; Lang 1959; Kobakhidze 1965; Talikadze 1984; Lokšina and Golovatch 1979). Based on geographical evidence alone, we cannot exclude the possibility that Lohmander’s (in Kobakhidze 1964) “ J. svaneticus ” nomen nudum actually represented J. lignaui , the only species that Lohmander (1936) failed to revise because of the lack of material. It is for this reason that we illustrate J. lignaui well to show variations.

ZMUM

Zoological Museum, University of Amoy

SMNG

Senckenberg Museum fuer Naturkunde Goerlitz

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Diplopoda

Order

Julida

Family

Julidae

Genus

Julus

Loc

Julus lignaui Verhoeff, 1910

Evsyukov, Aleksandr, Golovatch, Sergei & Reip, Hans S. 2018
2018
Loc

Julus terrestris

Lignau, 1903 : 113
Muralewicz, 1913 : 231
Loc

Julus scandinavius

Lignau, 1903 : 138
Loc

Julus ligulifer

Attems, 1907 : 3
Loc

Julus lignaui

Verhoeff, 1910 : 353
Loc

Micropodoiulus lignaui

Lignau, 1915 : 380
Loc

Julus lignaui

Lang, 1959 : 1791
Kobakhidze, 1965 : 393
Lokšina and Golovatch, 1979 : 386
Talikadze, 1984 : 143
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