The millipede family Polydesmidae in the Caucasus (Diplopoda: Polydesmida)
Author
Golovatch, Sergei
Author
Evsyukov, Aleksandr
Author
Reip, Hans
text
Zootaxa
2016
2016-03-01
4085
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4085.1.1
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Polydesmus
(s. str.)
muralewiczi
Lohmander, 1936
Figs 3A, 3H
–
3J
,
4C, 4D
, Map 1
Polydesmus
complanatus
—
Muralewicz, 1927
: 7
(R).
Polydesmus
(
Polydesmus
)
muralewiczi
Lohmander, 1936
: 9
(D).
Polydesmus
(
Polydesmus
)
lignaui
muralewiczi—
Attems, 1940
: 21
(D).
Polydesmus muralewiczi—
Lang, 1959
: 1790 (M);
Kobakhidze, 1965
: 391 (R);
Lokšina and Golovatch, 1979
: 384 (M);
Talikadze, 1984
: 143 (R);
Zuev, 2014
: 348 (R, D).
Material examined.
1 male (lectotype, designated herewith), 1 female (paralectotype, designated herewith), “Typen” (ZISP),
RUSSIA
, Kuban Region, Station Psebai, under stones during ascent to Hill Gerisgel,
20.V.1911
, leg. D. Volnukhin; 4 juv. (ZMUM), Krasnodar Prov., Mostovskoy Distr., Shedok, N of Psebai, karst funnel, wet
Fagus
,
Acer
,
Quercus
etc. forest,
650 m
a.s.l.,
4.VIII.1986
; 1 male (ZMUM), Stavropol Prov., E of Georgievsk,
Quercus
,
Carpinus
etc. forest, litter and under bark,
28 and 31.V.1982
; 1 male, 2 females (ZMUM), Stavropol Prov., Kursavska,
Robinia
and
Rosa
hedge along road,
30.V.1982
, all leg. S. Golovatch.
Descriptive notes.
Length ca
11
–
12 mm
, width of midbody metazonae
1.2
–
1.25 mm
(male, female), metazonite to prozonite width ratio <1.7 (
Fig. 3A, 3H
–
3J
). Live coloration usually uniformly light brown, not reddish, about same as in alcohol (
Fig. 3A
).
All characters as in
P. abchasius
(
Figs 3A, 3H
–
3J
,
4C, 4D
), except as follows. Collum clearly narrower than head (
Fig. 3A, 3H
). Paraterga not upturned, subhorizontal, mostly acute-angled and drawn behind rear tergal margin starting with segment 14 or 15 (
Fig. 3A, 3H
–
3J
). Gonopod (
Fig. 4C
–
4D
) with a shorter endomere rod and a less heavily spinulate exomere tip.
Remarks.
Although the original description was clearly based only on the male (
Lohmander, 1936
), the
type
series, “
Typen
”, actually consists of two specimens (male and female) which are to be considered as
syntypes
. To secure that the species is based on male material, the male is designated herewith as
lectotype
, the female as
paralectotype
.