Taxonomy of Alpioniscus (Illyrionethes): A. magnus and three new species from the Dinaric Karst (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Trichoniscidae)
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Bedek, Jana
Author
Gottstein, Sanja
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Taiti, Stefano
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-08-20
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Alpioniscus
(
Illyrionethes
)
drazinai
n. sp.
(
Figs 9–11
,
15
)
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Alpioniscus
(
Illyrionethes
)
sp. 4.—
Bedek
et al.
2019
: figs 3, 5.
Material examined.
Croatia
,
Dalmatia
,
Dugi
otok Island
:
Holotype
male,
Luka
,
Kamiškarta
,
Strašna
peć (cave
CCC
HR00563
),
44.0048°N
,
15.0386°E
,
29 July 2011
, leg.
J. Bedek
(
CBSSC
IT4298
).
FIGURE 7.
Alpioniscus
(
Illyrionethes
)
lossinii
n. sp.
Paratype male CBSSC IT2379 from Medvjeđa špilja. A, pereopod 1 with enlargment of dactylus; B, pereopod 7 rostral view with enlargement of merus; C, pereopod 7 merus caudal view with enlargment of hook. Scale bars: A, B = 1 mm; C, = 0.1 mm.
FIGURE 8.
Alpioniscus
(
Illyrionethes
)
lossinii
n. sp.
Paratype male CBSSC IT2379 from Medvjeđa špilja. A, genital papilla and pleopod 1; B, pleopod 2 with enlargement of endopod tip; C, pleopod 3 exopod; D, pleopod 4 exopod; E, pleopod 5 exopod. Scale bar: 0.1 mm.
Paratypes
.
1 male
,
14 females
, sama data as holotype, (
CBSSC
IT2390
)
;
1 male
, same locality and date, leg.
J. Bedek
,
T. Dražina
(
CBSSC
IT2391
)
;
1 male
,
2 females
, same locality,
11 October 2003
, leg.
J. Bedek
(
MZUF 9845
)
;
1 male
,
3 females
, same locality and date, leg.
B. Jalžić
(
CBSSC
IT279
)
;
4 females
,
2 females
juv., same locality,
30 September 2006
, leg.
H. Bilandžija
(
CBSSC
IT4229
)
;
1 male
,
Sali
,
Ćirova
jama (cave),
43.9250°N
,
15.1674°E
,
9 May 2017
, leg.
K. Cindrić
(
CBSSC
IT4207
)
;
3 males
,
5 females
, 3 juvs,
Sali
,
Jamnjak
,
Jama na Jamnjaku
(cave),
43.9396°N
,
15.1461°E
,
5 May 2002
, leg.
A. Katalinić
,
T. Dražina
,
M. Lukić
,
J. Bedek
,
A. Sudar
,
H. Bilandžija
,
L. Katušić
(
CBSSC
IT4234
)
;
2 males
,
2 females
,
1 juv.
, same locality,
25 September 2017
, leg.
K. Cindrić
(
CBSSC
IT4204
)
;
2 males
,
3 females
,
Sali
,
Čušćica
,
Jama
u
Čuščici
(cave),
43.8990°N
,
15.2121°E
,
2 May 2002
, leg.
A. Katalinić
,
T. Dražina
,
M. Lukić
,
J. Bedek
,
A. Sudar
,
H. Bilandžija
,
L. Katušić
(
CBSSC
IT4232
)
;
1 male
,
2 females
,
1 juv.
, same locality,
9 May 2017
, leg.
L. Kauf
(
CBSSC
IT4200
)
;
1 male
,
1 male
juv.,
2 females
,
1 juv.
, same data (
CBSSC
IT4201
)
;
1 male
, same locality and date, leg.
K. Cindrić
(
MZUF 9893
)
;
2 males
,
5 females
,
1 juv.
,
Žman
,
Slotnjak
,
Podslotnjak
(cave),
43.9577°N
,
15.1175°E
,
29 September 2017
, leg.
T. Dražina
(
CBSSC
IT4195
)
;
1 male
,
1 male
juv.,
3 females
, same locality and date, leg.
K. Cindrić
(
CBSSC
IT4196
)
;
2 males
,
2 females
, same locality,
11 May 2017
, leg.
T. Dražina
(
CBSSC
IT4197
)
;
1 female
, same data (
CBSSC
IT4198
)
;
1 male
juv.,
3 females
, 2 juvs, same locality and date, leg.
P. Novina
(
CBSSC
IT4199
).
Other material.
Croatia
, Dalmatia, Kornati archipelago, Piškera Island:
2 males
,
1 male
juv.,
5 females
,
Blitvica
(cave),
43.7652°N
,
15.3526°E
,
2 October 2017
, leg.
A. Kirin
(
CBSSC
IT4141
)
;
2 males
,
1 female
juv., same locality and date, leg.
V. Sudar
(
CBSSC
IT4144
)
;
2 males
,
3 females
, same locality,
21 April 2018
, leg.
T. Rožman
(
CBSSC
IT4249
)
;
1 female
,
Petra Stijene
(cave),
43.7662°N
,
15.3485°E
,
2 October 2017
, leg.
L. Ružanović
(
CBSSC
IT4124
)
;
4 males
,
4 females
, same locality,
21 April 2018
, leg.
T. Čuković
,
H. Cvitanović
(
CBSSC
IT4236
)
;
1 female
, same locality and date, leg.
T. Čuković
(
CBSSC
IT4237
)
;
1 male
,
1 female
, same locality and date, leg.
H. Cvitanović
(
CBSSC
IT4240
)
;
1 male
,
4 females
, same locality,
19 April 2018
, leg.
H. Cvitanović
(
CBSSC
IT4241
)
;
1 male
,
1 female
, same locality and date, leg.
T. Rožman
(
CBSSC
IT4243
)
.
FIGURE 9.
Alpioniscus
(
Illyrionethes
)
drazinai
n. sp.
A, paratype female CBSSC IT2390 from Strašna peć. B–F, paratype male CBSSC IT2390 from Strašna peć. A, specimen in dorsal view; B, dorsal scale-seta; C, cephalon, dorsal; D, pleonites 4, 5, telson and uropods; E, antennula; F, antenna with enlargment of flagellum. Scale bars: A, C, D, F = 1 mm; B = 0.01 mm; E = 0.1 mm.
FIGURE 10.
Alpioniscus
(
Illyrionethes
)
drazinai
n. sp.
Paratype male CBSSC IT2390 from Strašna peć. A, pereopod 1 with enlargment of dactylus; B, pereopod 7 rostral view with enlargements of merus and hook. Scale bar: 1 mm.
Description.
Maximum length: male,
5.2 mm
; female,
6.4 mm
. Colourless
body
,
pereon
with almost parallel sides,
pleon
narrower than pereon (
Fig. 9A
). Back smooth to slightly granulated, with ridges near posterior margins of cephalon and pereonites 1–6 (
Fig. 9A
), and some triangular scale-setae (
Fig. 9B
). Some gland pores on lateral margins of pleonites 4 and 5, telson and uropodal protopods (
Fig. 9D
).
Cephalon
(
Fig. 9C
) with suprantennal line bent down in middle; antennal lobes quadrangular, dorsally concave.
Eyes
absent. Posterior margin of pereonites 1, 2 convex, of pereonite 3 straight, and of pereonites 4–7 progressively more concave (
Fig. 9A
). Pleonites 3–5 with small posterior points visible in dorsal view (
Fig. 9D
). Distal part of telson with concave sides and rounded apex (
Fig. 9D
).
Antennula
(
Fig. 9E
) of three articles, distal article flattened with five to eight aesthetascs.
Antenna
(
Fig. 9F
) with peduncle granulated; flagellum of eight to 10 articles with one row of aesthetascs on three to five different articles, always on second and third.
Buccal pieces
as in
A. magnus
.
Pereopods
similar in shape, ungual seta simple, dactylar seta bifid and setose (
Fig. 10A
).
Uropod
(
Fig. 9D
) with protopod slightly grooved on outer margin; endopod distinctly shorter than exopod, proximally inserted.
Male
:
Pereopod 1
(
Fig. 10A
) carpus bearing five to seven setae.
Pereopod 1 and 2
with propodus and carpus bearing numerous short scales on rostral surface.
Pereopods 4–6
merus with small lobe proximally on sternal margin.
Pereopod 7
(
Fig. 10B
) ischium with straight sternal margin; merus with slightly concave sternal margin and large hook-shaped lobe bearing scales and one seta; carpus with straight sternal and tergal margins.
Genital papilla
(
Fig. 11A
) with rounded apical part.
Pleopod 1
(
Fig. 11A
) exopod with thickset subquadrangular distal part, apex broadly rounded, sinuous outer margin, slightly convex inner margin; endopod triangular, narrow, armed with long apical plumose seta.
Pleopod 2
(
Fig. 11B
) exopod triangular with slightly concave outer margin and apical seta; endopod of two articles, distinctly longer than exopod, distal article with posterior part narrower with strong seta subapically bifid.
Pleopod 3–5
exopods as in
A. lossinii
.
Etymology.
The new species is named after Dr. Tvrtko Dražina, team coordinator of the Dugi otok biospele- ological research.
Remarks.
Alpioniscus drazinai
n. sp.
differs from all the other species lacking a tergal hump on the male pereopod 7 carpus by the subquadrangular distal part of the male pleopod 1 exopod and the large and protruding hook on the male pereopod 7 merus.