The Caucasus as a major hotspot of biodiversity: Evidence from the millipede family Anthroleucosomatidae (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida)
Author
Antić, Dragan Ž.
Author
Makarov, Slobodan E.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4211
1
1
205
journal article
37322
10.11646/zootaxa.4211.1.1
7af458af-d56d-44e3-a6f7-af97868175d9
1175-5326
272750
6B86C6BA-6AFE-4AAD-870D-04794C138D47
The
Ratcheuma
complex
This complex includes only the monotypic genus
Ratcheuma
Golovatch, 1985
with 31 body segments in adults (including telson). This is the only genus amongst the Caucasian Anthroelucosomatidae which is characterized by the complete absence of telopodites on the posterior gonopods, a feature shared with some Balkan forms. The genus was placed within the
Caucaseuma
complex by
Ćurčić
et al
. (2008)
together with
Caucaseuma
and
Adshardicus
,
but the absence of telopodites on the posterior gonopods clearly separates this genus from all other Caucasian anthroleucosomatid complexes.