Typhloiulus ausugi Manfredi, 1953

Typhloiulus Ausugi Manfredi, 1953

Typhloiulus ausugi: Strasser 1962

Typhloiulus (Stygiiulus) ausugi ausugi: Strasser 1971a Typhloiulus ausugi fimbriatus Strasser, 1971a Typhloiulus ausugi gentianae Strasser, 1971a Typhloiulus ausugi ausugi: Minelli 1985 Typhloiulus ausugi: Ceuca 1992

Material. All from Italy, 1 ♂ (incomplete), 1 ♀ (cf. ssp. gentianae/fimbriatus) (EP), Friuli, Cansiglio-Cavallo, Polcenigo, Buse Longhe (474 Fr/PN), 1445 m, 03.VI.2001, E. Piva leg.; 2 ♂, 1 ♀ (cf. ssp. gentianae/fimbriatus) (EP), Friuli, Cansiglio-Cavallo, Barcis, Grotte Vecchia Diga (327 Fr/PN), 484 m, 30.VI.1996, G. Peretto & E. Piva leg.; 2 ♂, 1 ♀ (cf. ssp. gentianae/fimbriatus) (EP), Friuli, Cansiglio-Cavallo, Montereale Valcellina, Grotta La Siviledo (not catalogued), 30.VI.1996, G. Peretto & E. Piva leg.; 1 ♂ ( T. a. ausugi, topotype) (EP), Venez ia Tridentina, Altopiano dei Sette Comuni, Grigno, Grotta della Bigonda (243 VT/TN), 450 m, 10.III.1996, G. Peretto & E. Piva leg.; 1 ♂ ( T. a. gentianae, topotype) (MCSNB), Farra d’Alpago, Bosco del Cansiglio, Bus de la Genziana, V/TV1000, date and collector unknown; several spms (cf. T. a. gentianae) (MCSNB, ZMUC), Montereale Valcellina, Inghiottitotio Val di Pai, fr 469, date and collector unknown.

Distribution. Italy: cave of Bigonda near v. Grigno, Trentino (type locality!; present study); cave S. Giovanni d’Antro, 3 km N of San Pietro al Natisone (type locality of subsp. fimbriatus!); cave Bus de la Genziana (Altopiano del Cansiglio) near Vittorio Veneto (type locality of subsp. gentianae!; present sudy); caves Buse Longhe, Vecchia Diga, La Siviledo in the region of Friuli (present study); Montreale Valcellina, Inghiottitotio Val di Pai (present study).

Remarks. Manfredi (1953) placed her newly described species in the then monotypic subgenus Stygiiulus Verhoeff, emphasizing the similarity between T. ausugi and the type species— T. illyricus . This is one of the few Typhloiulus species in which the mouthparts are modified for a presumed semiaquatic lifestyle, the others being T. edentulus and T. serbani (Enghoff 1985) .