Review of the millipede genus Glyphiulus Gervais, 1847, with descriptions of new species from Southeast Asia (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Cambalopsidae). Part 1: the granulatus-group
Author
Golovatch, Sergei I.
Institute for Problems of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky pr. 33, Moscow 119071 (Russia) sgol @ orc. ru
sgol@orc.ru
Author
Geoffroy, Jean-Jacques
Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Département Écologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité, USM 306 Réseaux trophiques du sol, 4 avenue du Petit Château, F- 91800 Brunoy (France) geoffroy @ mnhn. fr
geoffroy@mnhn.fr
Author
Mauriès, Jean-Paul
Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Département Systématique et Évolution, USM 602, case postale 53, 57 rue Cuvier, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) collmill @ mnhn. fr
collmill@mnhn.fr
Author
Spiegel, Didier Van Den
Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B- 3080 Tervuren (Belgium) didier. van. den. spiegel @ africamuseum. be
text
Zoosystema
2007
29
1
7
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5392079
1638-9387
5392079
Glyphiulus semigranulatus
n. sp.
(
Figs 13
;
14
)
TYPE
MATERIAL. —
China
.
Yunnan Prov.
, Meele (= Mile) County, Bai Long Dong Cave (= White Dragon Cave),
FIG. 14. —
Glyphiulus semigranulatus
n. sp.
, ♂ paratype:
A
, antenna;
B
, gnathochilarium, ventral view;
C
, legs 1, caudal view;
D
, leg 3;
E
, anterior gonopods, caudal view;
F
, posterior gonopods, caudal view;
G
, same, frontal view. Scale bar: 0.2 mm.
2.I.1989
, leg.
P. Beron
,
holotype
♂
(
NMNHS
)
;
paratypes
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
(
NMNHS
)
;
1 ♀
(
SEM
)
;
1 ♂
(
MNHN
GA 037
). —
Yunnan Prov.
,
Jianshui County
,
Yan Zi Dong Cave
,
10.I.1989
, leg.
P. Beron
,
paratypes
5 ♂♂
,
3 ♀♀
,
4 juv.
(
NMNHS
)
;
4 ♂♂
,
2 ♀♀
(
MNHN
GA 037
)
;
4 ♂♂
,
2 ♀♀
(
ZMUM
)
;
2♂♂
,
2 ♀♀
(
ZMUC
)
;
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
(
MCSNV
)
;
1 ♂
(
SEM
)
.
ETYMOLOGY. — To emphasize the obvious similarity to
G. granulatus
.
DIAGNOSIS. — Differs by a position somewhat intermediate between the most similar congeners
G. granulatus
and
G. paragranulatus
n. sp.
, i.e. coloration, carinotaxy,
antennae, claws, etc., as in
G. granulatus
, but size, segment shape, leg length and anterior gonopods more like in
G. paragranulatus
n. sp.
DESCRIPTION
Length of adults of both sexes
12-24 mm
, width
0.8-1.2 mm
.
Adults of both sexes with 31-64p+5-1a+T; largest juvenile
♂
with 28p+5a+T, largest juvenile
♀
with 27p+5a+T; two smallest juveniles with 15 or 18 haplopodous segments after 6th, plus 2a+T or 1a+T, respectively.Length of
holotype
about
22 mm
, width 1.0 mm, with 45p+3a+T.
FIG. 15. —
Glyphiulus beroni
n. sp.
, ♀ paratype:
A
, anterior part of body, lateral view;
B
, same, dorsofrontal view;
C
, middle part of body, dorsal view;
D
, same, lateral view;
E
, caudal part of body, dorsal view;
F
, same, ventral view. Scale bars: A-E, 0.5 mm; F, 0.2 mm.
Coloration, carinotaxy (
Fig. 13
A-E), antennae (
Figs 13A
;
14A
), gnathochilarium, claws, etc. (
Fig. 14
B-D, F, G) basically as in
G. granulatus
, but body size (usually much larger), segment shape (slightly compressed laterally) (
Fig. 13C
), telson (
Fig. 13E, F
) with peculiar flaps on paraprocts near hypoproct (
Fig. 13F
), legs (somewhat longer) and anterior gonopods (
Fig. 14E
) more like those of
G. paragranulatus
n. sp.
Adults with 11-15 ocelli.
FIG. 16. —
Glyphiulus beroni
n. sp.
, ♂ paratype:
A
, antenna;
B
, legs 1, caudal view;
C
, legs 2, caudal view;
D
, anterior gonopods, caudal view;
E
, posterior gonopods, caudal view;
F
, same, frontal view. Scale bar: 0.2 mm.
REMARKS
In the absence of any evident troglomorphic traits, this species can only be considered as troglophilic at most. This is supported by
G. semigranulatus
n. sp.
being present in several relatively strongly isolated caves, sometimes in significant numbers.