Dobroruka 1971 : 262
On the identity of the species described in the genus Lithobius Leach, 1814 by L. J. Dobroruka from the former Czechoslovakia (Czech and Slovak Republics) (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha)
Tuf, Ivan Hadrián
Wytwer, Jolanta
Tajovský, Karel
Zootaxa
2008
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Dobroruka, 1971
Dobroruka
1971
[151,673,351,377]
Chilopoda
Lithobiidae
Monotarsobius
Animalia
Lithobiomorpha
4
41
Arthropoda
species
homolaci
Monotarsobius homolaci Dobroruka 1971: 262, fig. 2
Typelocality.Spišská Magura Mts, 1100–1200 ma.s.l., beech leaf litter, Slovak Republic. Typespecimens.The original description of M. homolaciwas based on the holotype(ɗ) and 1 paratype(Ψ), NMPcollection. Material examined. Holotypefrom the NMPcollection.
Remarks.Material of M. homolaciwas collected by Dobroruka in different places of Slovakia. Beside the typematerial, Dobroruka (1971)referred to this species another 37 specimens(22 ɗ, 15 Ψ) from some other localities in the Spišská Magura Mts, as well as from the Belanské Tatry Mts. He also mentioned 1 ɗ from the Little Carpathians and 1 Ψ from the environs of the town of Bardejov, suggesting an even wider distribution of M. homolaciin Slovakia. This species was established based on the combination of the low number of ocelli (2–4), the antennae with a high number of articles (28–35), the last legs with the spinulation pattern of D: 0,0,2,0,0 and V: 0,1,2,1,0, and with doubled claws. However, the re-examined holotypeshowed 5 ocelli. The last 2 pairs of legs are thickened. The spinulation of the 14th legs was D: 0,0,2,0,0 and V: 0,1,2,1,0, this being identical to the pattern observed in Lithobius burzenlandicus Verhoeff, 1931(cf Matic 1966). L. burzenladicusdiffers in the presence of the 15th DC spine, but this character appears to be variable in some populations, for example in Lithobius burzenlandicus carinthiacus Koren, 1992( Koren 1992). Since L. burzenlandicushas 3–6 ocelli and 24–38 antennomeres, both Dobroruka’s description and all the characters noted by us during the re-examination of the holotypeare in accordance with the diagnosis of L.( S.) burzenladicus Verhoeff, 1931. Taxonomic note. Monotarsobius homolaci Dobroruka, 1971is a junior subjective synonym of Lithobius( Sigibius) burzenladicus Verhoeff, 1931, syn. n.