Glomeris

Golovatch, Sergei, Mauriès, Jean-Paul, Akkari, Nesrine, Stoev, Pavel & Geoffroy, Jean-Jacques, 2009, The millipede genus Glomeris Latreille, 1802 (Diplopoda, Glomerida, Glomeridae) in North Africa, ZooKeys 12 (12), pp. 47-86 : 83

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.12.179

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:40AE4755-F076-4CCD-81CF-F14F318E4FFE

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3792174

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/744987F1-FFBA-441F-A8EC-8DC0FBDDFAAE

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Plazi

scientific name

Glomeris
status

 

Key to the known Glomeris View in CoL species of North Africa

1 Tegument entirely pallid, rarely only ocelli dark. Cavernicoles ................... 2

– Head and terga distinctly pigmented, colour pattern evident, coloration mostly vivid. Epigean................................................................................. 3

2 Collum with a single transverse stria. Syncoxital horns of telopod clearly bifid ( Fig. 2D, E View Figure 2 ). Libya..................................................... G. monostriata View in CoL sp. n.

– Collum with the usual two transverse striae. Syncoxital horns of telopod surmounted with a setoid filament ( Fig. 1F View Figure 1 ). Kabylia, Algeria........................... ............................................................................ G. troglokabyliana View in CoL sp. n.

3 Colour pattern of terga 2-11 without evident, light, paramedian spots, but with alternating light and dark transverse bands (Figs 10, 12, 24) .............. 4

– Colour pattern of terga 2-(6)11 with 1+1 or 2+2 more or less evident light spots ( Figs 3 View Figure 3 , 4 View Figure 4 , 7 View Figure 7 , 15-17 View Figure 15 View Figure 16 View Figure 17 , 20-22, 26, 27) ................................................... 5

4 Coloration of caudal halves of terga distinctly marbled throughout (Figs 10, 12)........................................................................................... G. klugii View in CoL

– Transverse bands on terga at most only slightly marbled in contact zones ( Fig. 24 View Figure 24 ).......................................................................... G. mohamedanica View in CoL

5 Unusually large yellowish to orange spots on tergum 6, following terga 7-11 uniformly blackish ( Figs 20-22 View Figure 20 View Figure 22 ) ...................................... G. carthaginiensis View in CoL

– Spots on tergum 6 of same size as on adjacent terga ................................... 6

6 Median spots on tergum 2 much smaller than lateral ones ..... G. anisosticta View in CoL

– Either both pairs of spots on tergum 2 comparable in size or lateral ones (if present) smaller than median ones ............................................................. 7

7 Coloration uniformly blackish, lighter spots (1+1 or 2+2) very vague, marbled (Figs 15-18)................................................................... G. sublimbata View in CoL

– Background coloration brown to blackish, lighter spots more distinct........ 8

8 Tergum 2 with a single central light spot against a black-brown background. Pygidium uniformly black-brown. Morocco......................... G. brolemanni View in CoL

– Tergum 2 with 2+2 light spots ................................................................... 9

9 Background coloration light to dark brown, drab, pattern as in Figs 26 View Figure 26 , 27 View Figure 27 .................................................................................................... G. punica View in CoL

– Background coloration dark brown to blackish, pattern vivid .................. 10

10 Light axial stripe absent ( Figs 6-8 View Figure 6 View Figure 7 View Figure 8 ).................................... G. flavomaculata View in CoL

– Light axial stripe present ( Figs 3 View Figure 3 , 4 View Figure 4 ).................................. G. colorata View in CoL sp. n.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Diplopoda

Order

Glomerida

Family

Glomeridae

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