Haasea fonticulorum ( Verhoeff, 1910a )

Antić, Dragan & Akkari, Nesrine, 2020, Haasea Verhoeff, 1895 - a genus of tumultuous history and chaotic recordsredefinition, revision of taxonomy and geographic distributions, with descriptions of two new species from Austria and Serbia (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Haaseidae), Zootaxa 4798 (1), pp. 1-77 : 25-28

Haasea fonticulorum ( Verhoeff, 1910a)

Figs 11 , 12 , 38 , 39

Orobainosoma fonticulorum Verhoeff, 1910a

Orobainosoma flavescens— Attems (1949) (misidentification)

Diagnosis. H. fonticulorum differs from congeners by some gonopodal structures, viz., 1) presence of simple, earshaped posterior lamella bent down in an extension (vs. bilobed posterior lamella in H. faucium , H. filicis , H. inflata and H. gruberi sp. nov.; posterior lamella with distal notch in H. flavescens and H. hungarica or posterior lamella rounded, not bent down in an extensions in H. musimontium and H. pretneri ), 2) presence of denticulated anterodistal lobe of mesal process (vs. saw-like mesal process in H. germanica or mesal process knife-like with posterobasal tooth in H. vidinensis ) 3) absence of anterior lateral process (vs. developed in H. cyanopida , H. lacusnigri , H. inter- media, H. microcorna , H. makarovi sp. nov., and H. plasana ).

Etymology. Verhoeff (1910a) stated he found this species in a very wet, fibered moss sprinkled with springwater. A very unusual habitat for millipedes, after which he named the new species (fonticulus =little fountain or spring). Since fonticulorum is Latin genitive plural, it should remain as such although Haasea is feminine gender.

Type material examined: Lectotype: ♂ slide preparation ( ZSM-A 20032158) includes anterior and posterior gonopods, spermatophore, leg-pairs 10 and 11, leg-pairs?6 and?7, “Weissenfelser Seeen” [ Laghi di Fusine Inferiore , Valromana], here designated . Paralectotypes: ZSM: ♂ slide preparation ( ZSM-A 20032159) includes anterior and posterior gonopods, spermatophore, leg-pairs 7, 10 and 11,“Kerschbaumalpe” [ Kerschbaumalpe near Lienz]. NHMW: 1 ♂, “Krain”, [Fusine in Valromana], leg. Verhoeff 1907 ( NHMW6509 ). ZMB: 1 ♀ ( ZMB4842 ); ♂ slide preparation ( ZMB 13585) includes anterior and posterior gonopods, leg-pairs 10–12, “Fusine lake” .

Other material examined: AUSTRIA-HUNGARY: 1 ♂, without precise locality, Attems misidentified Orobainosoma flavescens ( Latzel, 1884), 1919 , J. Gruber rev. 2007, R. Latzel leg. ( NHMW9547 ) ; AUSTRIA: Tyrol: 2 ♂♂, Attems misidentified Orobainosoma flavescens ( Latzel, 1884) , Hochsölden Ötztaler, 1947, Schweiger leg., J. Gruber rev. 2007 ( NHMW9551 ) ; Salzburg: 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Attems misidentified Orobainosoma flavescens ( Latzel, 1884) , Gastein Rathausberg, Kollar leg., J. Gruber rev. 2007 ( NHMW9552 ) ; Carinthia: 1 ♂, Attems misidentifica- tion Orobainosoma flavescens ( Latzel, 1884) , Königstuhlgebiet, Leobengraben, 1920, Holdhaus leg., J. Gruber rev. 2006 ( NHMW9553 ) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Glockner, 05.06.1979, I. Kurnik don. ( NHMW9550 ) ; ITALY: Trentino : 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Pragser Wildsee, Attems det. ( NHMW9555 ) ; 1 ♂, 2 juveniles, Attems det., Flatschspitze Zillertaler, 1950, Schmöl- zer leg. ( NHMW9556 ) ; 1 ♂, Attems det. Flatschspitze, 1951, Schmölzer leg.; Croatia: 5 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, Fužine, Attems det. ( NHMW9557 ) . SLOVENIA: 1 ♂, Snežnik, Vrh Mraziščna dolina, 23.11.2003, S. Polak leg. ( IZB) ; 1 ♂ (used for SEM), 3 ♀♀, near Zvirče, Tržič, Gorenjska, 04.10.2015, H. Reip leg. (Reip collection).

Distribution ( Figs 38 , 39 ). Austria: Kerschbaumer Alpe, Lienz ( Verhoeff 1910a); Oswaldiberg, Villach (Verhoeff 1930); Möllschlucht, Heiligenblut ( Verhoeff 1939a); Obergurgl ( Meyer 1977); Stubnerkogel, Bad Gastein (Meyer in Thaler et al. 1978); Gastein Rathausberg (present study); Ötztal Alps ( Attems 1949; present study); Maria Waldrast ( Hensler & Thaler 1980); Zillertal Alps ( Christandl-Peskoller & Janetschek 1976); Königstuhlgebiet (present study); Glockner (present study). Croatia: Fužine, Gorski kotar ( Attems 1929); Modruš ( Attems 1949) Italy: Weissenfels (= Fusine in Valromana) ( Verhoeff 1910a); Lecco ( Verhoeff 1913); Bergamo Alps ( Verhoeff 1931b); Omegna ( Verhoeff 1936b); Pragser Wildsee (= Lake Prags) ( Attems 1949); Brennerbad ( Schmölzer 1962; Verhoeff 1929a), Villanuova sul Clisi ( Strasser 1973b); Cima Undici ( Hensler & Thaler 1980), Zillertal Alps (Christandl- Peskoller & Janetschek 1976; present study) Slovenia: Veldes (= Bled) (Verhoeff 1930); Breznik, Goričane ( Strasser 1940); Snežnik (present study); Tržič (present study). Switzerland: Bellinzona ( Verhoeff 1913).

Type locality. Laghi di Fusine Inferiore in Valromana , Italy .

Comments. One of the two males in Latzel’s type series of Craspedosoma flavescens housed in NHMW (see Wirkner et al. 2002: 13) is H. fonticulorum .

Attems (1949: 129) misidentified specimens from Königstuhlgebiet and Gastein Rathausberg as Orobainosoma flavescens . In the same paper, Attems (1949: 130) recorded Orobainosoma fonticulorum from “Ötztal Alps”, probably referring to specimens from “Hochsölden Ötztaler” he previously misidentified as Orobainosoma flavescens as stated on the original label.

Figures

FIGURE 11. Haasea fonticulorum (Verhoeff, 1910a). A. Male from Tržič, Slovenia, habitus, lateral view. B. Male from Zillertaler, Austria, spermatophore transfer between anterior gonopods and coxal sacks of leg-pair 11. C. Lectotype male slide (ZSM- A20032158). D. Lectotype male (ZSM-A20032158), left anterior gonopod, mesal view. E. Lectotype male (ZSM-A20032158), posterior gonopods, anterior view. Abbreviation: sph—spermatophore. Scale bars: 1 mm (A), 0.1 mm (B, D, E). Photos credit: C. Roland Meier, D, E. Ulla Biener-Miller.

FIGURE 12. Haasea fonticulorum (Verhoeff, 1910a), male from Tržič, Slovenia. A. Left anterior gonopod, mesal view. B. Left anterior gonopod, lateral view. C. Right posterior gonopod, mesal view. D. Right posterior gonopod, mesal view. E. Right posterior gonopod, posterior view. Abbreviations: a—angiocoxite; ab—anterior branch; asl—anterior sternal lobe; cp—coxal process; dp—distal part; mb—medial branch; mdl—mesodistal lobe; ml—“Opuntia-like” membranous lobe; mp—mesal process; pb—posterior branch; pc—papillated cone; pl—posterior lamella; plp—posterior lateral process; t—telopodite. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.

FIGURE 38. Distribution of the genus Haasea.

FIGURE 39. Distribution of H. flavescens (Latzel, 1884) and H. fonticulorum (Verhoeff, 1910a).