Ommatoiulus andalusius ( Attems, 1927 )

Nesrine Akkari & Henrik Enghoff, 2017, Revision of the genus Ommatoiulus Latzel, 1884 (Julida, Diplopoda) in Portugal, with description of six new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 295, pp. 1-42 : 6-8

Ommatoiulus andalusius ( Attems, 1927)

Fig. 4

Archiulus andalusius Attems, 1927: 282 –283, figs 66–69.

Ommatoiulus andalusius – Mauriès 1978: 585. — Akkari & Enghoff 2012: 5–6, figs 1–2.

Material examined

SPAIN: Archiulus andalusius

(NHMW3164).

holotype ♂, Andalusia, slide

preparation, Latzel don., Peyl leg.

PORTUGAL: 1 ♂, 4 ♀♀, 1 juvenile, Faro District, Aljezur, Pontal (Bordeira), Sandy Dunes, 37.19409 N, 8.91045 W, alt. 50 m, 12 Apr. 2005, P. Cardoso leg. (ZMUC).

Descriptive notes

A small species ( Fig. 4 A). Colour after 11 years in alcohol brownish, dorsum lighter with large middorsal spots, anal valves yellowish and setose, preanal ring with a short projection and an upturned hyaline tip, subanal scale triangular and setose. Male, broken in several parts, with 37 PR+3 AR+Telson, H 1.2 mm, females 35–39 PR+1-2 AR+Telson, H 1.8–2.5 mm. The gonopods ( Figs 4 B–C) perfectly agree with the description of the type by Akkari & Enghoff (2012).

Distribution

South Spain (Andalusia), Southwest Portugal (Aljezur).

Comments

The species was hitherto only known from a slide preparation of the gonopods of the holotype (NHMW) collected at an unspecified locality in Andalusia. The specimens from Portugal represent the first record of the species after its initial description.

Figures

Fig. 4. Ommatoiulus andalusius (Attems, 1927), Aljezur, Portugal. A. ♀, habitus, lateral view. B. Male left posterior gonopod, mesal view. C. Male left posterior gonopod, posterior view.