Caucaseuma elephantum Antić & Makarov, 2016

Antić, Dragan & Makarov, Slobodan, 2022, 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), European Journal of Taxonomy 819 (1), pp. 90-107 : 100

Caucaseuma elephantum Antić & Makarov, 2016

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Caucaseuma elephantum Antić & Makarov, 2016: 29 , figs 18–20.

Remarks and distribution

A troglobiont. So far known only from the holotype described from Yuzhnyj Slon Cave (= “Southern Elephant Cave”), Mt Dzentu, Karachaevo-Cherkessia Republic in Russia ( Antić & Makarov 2016) ( Fig. 1 ).

Figures

Fig. 1. Distribution of the genus Caucaseuma Strasser, 1970.

Fig. 7. Anterior gonopods in the genus Caucaseuma Strasser, 1970, anterior views. A. C. elephantum Antić & Makarov, 2016. B. C. fanagoriyskaya Antić & Makarov, 2016. C. C. minellii Antić & Makarov, 2016. D. C. glabroscutum Antić & Makarov, 2016. E. C. kelasuri Antić & Makarov, 2016. F. C. lohmanderi Strasser, 1970. G. C. variabile Antić & Makarov, 2016. H. C. strasseri Antić sp. nov., paratype, ♂ (IZB). A–E, G after Antić & Makarov (2016), F after Strasser (1970). Scale bar = 0.3 mm for all, except for F (not to scale).