Leucogeorgia aff. lobata, Antić & Reip, 2020

Antić, Dragan Ž. & Reip, Hans S., 2020, The millipede genus Leucogeorgia Verhoeff, 1930 in the Caucasus, with descriptions of eleven new species, erection of a new monotypic genus and notes on the tribe Leucogeorgiini (Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 713, pp. 1-106 : 47

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2020.713

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A6CB58F5-1ECC-47F0-AA07-798844AF80A7

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4335816

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A52F58C6-7035-48FA-924D-6F237089CE7C

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:A52F58C6-7035-48FA-924D-6F237089CE7C

treatment provided by

Valdenar

scientific name

Leucogeorgia aff. lobata
status

sp. nov.

Leucogeorgia aff. lobata View in CoL sp. nov.

Figs 27D View Fig , 56 View Fig , 58 View Fig

Material examined

CENTRAL-WEST GEORGIA – Ratscha-Letschchumi • 1 ♂; Ambrolauri District, W of Ambrolauri, Achara, above street SH17, riverside opposite Zeda Ghvardia, Eckis caves , right cave; 42.54° N, 42.89° E; 16 Jun. 2019; H. Reip leg.; SMNG GoogleMaps .

Remarks

This male, collected in Achara, a new cave near Ambrolauri ( Fig. 58 View Fig , violet triangle with a question mark), is characterized by the presence of a lobe (l) on the mesomeral lamella and of a rift between the mesomeral claw and lobe, similar to conditions observed in the typical L. lobata sp. nov. However, this male is slightly different from those of L. lobata sp. nov. in showing a more slender and straight promere, an elongate mesomeral claw, a somewhat reduced mesomeral lamella, as well as an elongate tip of the solenomere. The length of the latter we generally find constant within the species. Further, the locality of this male is slightly separated from the four sites of L. lobata sp. nov. All this may indicate that another new, cryptic taxon might be involved here, but in the absence of more males we do not dare formalize this.

The newly discovered cave was probably part of a larger parted cave system, where the entrance to the second part is just a few meters left of the above cave. Both caves were opened and divided into separate caves during the building of street SH17. We call this small new cave system Eckis Caves after the name of the discoverer, Eckard Göbel.

SMNG

Senckenberg Museum fuer Naturkunde Goerlitz

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Diplopoda

Order

Julida

Family

Julidae

Genus

Leucogeorgia

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