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
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1175-5326
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Ratcheuma excorne
Golovatch, 1985
Fig. 160
Type
locality.
GEORGIA
:
Racha
Mt.
Ridge,
Ambrolauri District
,
Cave Nikortsminda
, near village Nikortsminda.
Material studied
(total: 1 male).
Topotype
(total: 1 male).
GEORGIA
:
1 male
,
Racha
Mt.
Ridge,
Ambrolauri District
,
Cave Nikortsminda
, near village
Nikortsminda
,
40–50 m
deep,
22 Oct. 1981
,
S. Golovatch
leg. (
ZMUM
ρ3231).
Distribution.
Georgia
(known only from Cave Nikortsminda (= Meliis)) (
Fig. 170
, violet diamond).
Notes.
Golovatch (1985: 42)
stated the presence of “…a hinder pair of parabasal long and wide flagelloid projections…” on the anterior gonopods, but actually this was a pair of lamellae. Male leg-pair 7 with a wide, posterior, coxal lamella with setae,
Golovatch (1985: 45, fig 2, 2)
illustrated, but failed to describe this in the text. Golovatch also erred in allotting 30, not 31, body segments to this genus and species.