Polydesmus asturiensis Djursvoll, 2019

Gilgado, José D. & Ortuño, Vicente M., 2023, Polydesmid millipedes in the MSS of the northern Iberian Peninsula (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Polydesmidae), Zoosystema 45 (15), pp. 451-461 : 456

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5252/zoosystema2023v45a15

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D2DA84FF-104C-481E-81EB-CD1991C25424

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8397822

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/673287C8-FFE0-1A7F-FF04-48B8FB17FD9D

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scientific name

Polydesmus asturiensis Djursvoll, 2019
status

 

Polydesmus asturiensis Djursvoll, 2019 View in CoL

( Figs 3C View FIG ; 5 View FIG A-C)

Polydesmus asturiensis Djursvoll, 2019: 57 View in CoL View Cited Treatment .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Spain • 2 ♂; Cantabria, Barrio, monte Casanzo, Llobango , forested scree; 43°03’40”N, 04°39’42”W; 1300 m a.s.l.; 23. VI.2019; V. M. Ortuño, J. D. Gilgado & E. Ledesma leg.; MSS; UAH GoogleMaps 1♂; same data; MNHN GoogleMaps 2 ♂; same data; 27. VI.2017; UAH GoogleMaps .

REMARKS

This species was recently described from nine specimens collected in a cave in Teverga, and in Vega de Enol, both in Asturias Province ( Djursvoll 2019). The present record in Cantabria province is 35 km southeast from the closest locality, so it only slightly extends the known range of the species. The presence of Polydesmus asturiensis in a cave and the MSS, indicate at least a partially subterranean lifestyle. The morphology of the gonopod of the captured specimens corresponds to the original description ( Djursvoll 2019), but the exomere seems to be slightly longer and more twisted. However, observation with different angles of tilt may cause different impressions ( Fig. 5 View FIG A-C).

VI

Mykotektet, National Veterinary Institute

V

Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Diplopoda

Order

Polydesmida

Family

Polydesmidae

Genus

Polydesmus

Loc

Polydesmus asturiensis Djursvoll, 2019

Gilgado, José D. & Ortuño, Vicente M. 2023
2023
Loc

Polydesmus asturiensis

DJURSVOLL P. 2019: 57
2019
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