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
6B86C6BA-6AFE-4AAD-870D-04794C138D47
Genus
Alloiopus
Attems, 1951
Diagnosis.
Differs from the other Caucasian anthroleucosomatids in the structure of both anterior and posterior gonopods, as well as in the structure of some male legs showing a highly characteristic coxal process on leg-pair 7 with short and thick setae or through the presence of enlarged and somewhat elongated coxae of midbody legs.
Distribution.
Azerbaijan
,
Iran
(
Attems 1951
;
Enghoff & Moravvej 2005
;
Shear 1988
; present study) (
Fig. 166
, green triangle).
Type species.
Alloiopus solitarius
Attems, 1951
, by original designation.