Atlas of European millipedes 2: Order Julida (Class Diplopoda)
Author
Kime, Richard Desmond
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Author
Enghoff, Henrik
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2017
2017-08-29
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journal article
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10.5852/ejt.2017.346
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2118-9773
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49.
Vascoblaniulus cabidochei
Mauriès, 1967
Distribution
FR-FRA (Gouffre de la Pierre-Saint-Martin in the Pyrenees, Basque Region).
Habitat
Cavernicolous.
Cabidoche (1968: 670)
described the unusual habitat of the species in detail: “Among the species living in this cavity,
Vascoblaniuilus
cabidochei
should be especially emphasized; it is localised very differently from the remaining fauna ... and is never found together with … species which come to baits. (This is in contrast to what one can usually see in numerous caves at low altitude in the same region, where diplopods of the genus
Typhloblaniulus
= [
Blaniulus
] litterally swarm on baits. The new genus described by Mauriès is thus quite distinct: in addition to morphological criteria its ecology is quite different because it is the only species which frequents the banks of subterranean watercourses” (translated from French). In the latter respect,
V. cabidochei
is reminiscent of certain
Trogloiulus
and
Typhloiulus
species (
Enghoff 1985b
).
Remarks
Its mouthparts are very different from those of other blaniulids, probably an adaptation to living in very wet places (
Enghoff 1985b
).