Omobrachyiulus geniculatus (Lohmander, 1928)

Vagalinski, Boyan & Golovatch, Sergei I., 2021, The millipede tribe Brachyiulini in the Caucasus (Diplopoda, Julida, Julidae), ZooKeys 1058, pp. 1-127 : 1

Omobrachyiulus geniculatus (Lohmander, 1928)

Chromatoiulus geniculatus Lohmander, 1928: 236-238, figs 12-14.

Chromatoiulus (Omobrachyiulus) geniculatus : Lohmander, 1936: 129-131, figs 108-110; Lang 1959: 1791.

Omobrachyiulus geniculatus : Vagalinski and Lazányi 2018: 97.

Material examined.

Georgia: 1 ♂ (SMNG), Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Stepantsminda: mouth of river Snotskali , 42.6339°N, 44.6258°E, 1750 m a.s.l., 07.X.2012, F. Walther leg. , 1 ♂ (SMNG), Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Darial Gorge at rkm 8/131, 42.7039°N, 44.6264°E, 1480 m a.s.l., 10.VIII.2014, F. Walther leg. ; Russia: 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀, 6 juv. (ZMUM), Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Teberda Nature Reserve, Kizgich Canyon N of Arkhyz, near a riverine, Alnus and Betula wet forests, under bark and stones, 1450-1500 a.s.l., 5.VI.1985 , SIG leg.; 1 ♂ (ZMUM), Chechen Republic, Assa Valley , ca. 9 km SSW of Muzhichi, 800 m, Fagus , Alnus , Carpinus etc. forest, in litter, under bark and stones, 15.VII.1986 , SIG leg.

Diagnosis.

A species of Omobrachyiulus differing from congeners by the following combination of opisthomere characters: basoposterior process in the shape of a strongly pronounced lobe forming a nearly right-angled corner at base, ending with a simple and smooth apical outgrowth with a blunt tip; anterior process shaped as a stout spine; mesomeroidal lobe strongly pronounced; solenomere simple, bent strongly caudad.

Previous records from the Caucasus.

Russia, Karachay-Cherkess Republic, by Bolshoy Zelenchuk River (type locality), "Post Akssaut" [probably on Aksaut River] ( Lohmander 1936); Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Bisinghi [Bezengi] Valley ( Vagalinski and Lazányi 2018).

General distribution.

GRCA.

Remark.

The species is new to the fauna of Georgia.