Review of the genus Caucaseuma Strasser, 1970, with the description of a new cavernicolous species from the Western Caucasus and an updated key and distribution (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Anthroleucosomatidae)
Author
Antić, Dragan
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University of Belgrade - Faculty of Biology, Institute of Zoology, Studentski Trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia. & Serbian Biospeleological Society, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.
dragan.antic@bio.bg.ac.rs
Author
Makarov, Slobodan
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University of Belgrade - Faculty of Biology, Institute of Zoology, Studentski Trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia. & Serbian Biospeleological Society, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.
slobodan@bio.bg.ac.rs
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2022
2022-05-13
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Caucaseuma lohmanderi
Strasser, 1970
Figs 1
,
7F
Caucaseuma lohmanderi
Strasser, 1970: 200
, figs 1–6.
Caucaseuma lohmanderi
–
Golovatch 1985: 48
. —
Antić & Makarov 2016: 44
, figs 32–34. —
Turbanov
et al
. 2016b: 1311
.
Material examined
(
53 ♂♂
,
71 ♀♀
, 3 juvs)
RUSSIA
•
7 ♂♂
,
5 ♀♀
;
Western Caucasus
,
Krasnodar Province
,
Greater Sochi
,
Khosta
,
Partizanskaya Cave
;
30 Apr.–24 Aug. 1992
;
A.G. Koval
leg.;
Barber pitfall traps
;
ZMUM
•
10 ♂♂
,
13 ♀♀
,
1 juv.
;
Western Caucasus
,
Krasnodar Province
,
Greater Sochi
,
Khosta
,
Mount Akhun
,
Bolshaya Akhunskaya Cave
;
26 Apr.–26 Aug. 1992
;
A.G. Koval
leg.;
Barber pitfall traps
;
ZMUM
•
2 ♂♂
,
14 ♀♀
; same collection data as for preceding but
13 Aug.–24 Sep. 1988
;
pitfall traps
;
ZMUM
•
18 ♂♂
,
22 ♀♀
; same collection data as for preceding but
28 Apr.–23 Aug. 1990
;
IZB
•
15 ♂♂
,
17 ♀♀
,
2 juvs
; same collection data as for preceding but
4 Apr.–22 Jun. 1990
;
ZMUM
•
1 ♂
;
Western Caucasus
,
Krasnodar Province
,
Greater Sochi
,
Akhshtyr Karst Massif
,
Avgust Cave
;
9 Sep. 2015
;
I. Turbanov
leg.;
ZMUM
.
Remarks and distribution
A troglobiont. This is the most abundant of all
Caucaseuma
species.
So far, over
230 specimens
from 11 caves in Sochi District,
Russia
, are known. Here is an updated list of caves from which this species is known, arranged in alphabetic order: Ametist, Akhunskaya (= Bolshaya Akhunskaya), Avgust, “Baribana” (= Grot Baribana) (
type
locality!), Dolgaya, Labirintovaya, Navalishenskaya (= Muzeynaya), Partizanskaya, Shirokopokosskaya (= Bozhyey Materi = “Our Lady“), Vorontsovskaya (= Bolshaya Vorontsovskaya; also includes Khod Kuzmenko) and Zapovednaya (= Tisovaya) (
Fig. 1
).