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
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Genus
Alpinella
gen. nov.
Diagnosis.
Differs from all other Caucasian anthroleucosomatid genera by the presence of one flagelliform coxal process on the posterior gonopods. Distinguished from the obviously particularly similar genus
Heterocaucaseuma
gen. nov.
in the absence of an anterior sternal sac and the presence of a more complex lateral part of the anterior gonopods.
Etymology.
The new genus is named after its habitat, an alpine meadow. The name is a feminine noun.
Description.
See below.
Distribution.
Georgia
(Pass Abano, border btw
Kakheti
and Tusheti regions) (
Fig. 167
, green rhombus).
Type species.
Alpinella waltheri
gen. et sp. nov.
, by present designation.