Picea (Nomarchus) mediterraneus, Daday, 1889
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6079491 |
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Polydesmus (Nomarchus) mediterraneus Daday, 1889
Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 , Map 1
Polydesmus mediterraneus oertzeni— Talikadze, 1984: 143 (R).
Material examined. 3 males, 9 females ( ZMUM), ABKHAZIA, Sukhumi Distr., Yashtukha , tree nursery, 29.III.1986, leg. A. Markossian ; 2 subadult females ( ZMUM), Sukhumi Botanical Garden , litter, 2.X.1978 ; 1 male (slide only) ( ZMUM), same locality 9.X.1978; all leg. S. Golovatch.
Descriptive notes. Length ca 8 – 16 mm, width of midbody metazonae 1.5 – 2.0 mm (male, female), metazonite to prozonite width ratio <1.6 ( Fig. 5A View FIGURE 5 ). Live coloration usually uniformly light brown to brown, about same as in alcohol ( Fig. 5A View FIGURE 5 ).
All characters as in P. abchasius ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 ), except as follows. Collum much narrower than head, transversely oval in shape ( Fig. 5A View FIGURE 5 ). Paraterga not upturned, subhorizontal, much more strongly rounded laterally, at least until segment 9 obtuse-angled and drawn behind rear tergal margin starting with segment 14 or 15 ( Fig. 5A View FIGURE 5 ). Male prefemora strongly bulging laterad ( Fig. 5B View FIGURE 5 ). Gonopod ( Fig. 5C View FIGURE 5 ) with a stout and stump-shaped endomere (en) and only a slightly curved and apically strongly bifid exomere (ex).
Remarks. The only previous record in the region ( Talikadze 1984) concerned “ Abkhazia ”, without a precise locality. This eastern Mediterranean species/subspecies is quite common in the adjacent Crimea, apparently being introduced to the Caucasus. New illustrations are provided to facilitate recognition ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 ).
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Zoological Museum, University of Amoy |
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Picea (Nomarchus) mediterraneus
Golovatch, Sergei, Evsyukov, Aleksandr & Reip, Hans 2016 |
mediterraneus
Talikadze 1984: 143 |