Revision of the genus Ommatoiulus Latzel, 1884 (Julida, Diplopoda) in Portugal, with description of six new species
Author
Nesrine Akkari
Author
Henrik Enghoff
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2017
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Ommatoiulus oliveirae
(
Verhoeff, 1893
)
Fig. 17
Julus oliveirae
Verhoeff, 1893b
: 161
–163, figs 27–28.
Palaioiulus oliveirae
–
Verhoeff 1894
: 156, fig. III
Ommatoiulus oliveirae
–
Vicente 1985
: 324. —
Bailey & De Mendonça 1990
: 104.
Material examined
PORTUGAL: Syntype, gonopods, slide preparation (ZMB13086) herewith designated as lectotype of
Julus oliveirae
; 3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, 1 slide preparation, undetermined locality, Paulino d’Oliveira leg. (NHMW 8044); 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Setúbal District, Grândola, under stones, in grassland, 3 Nov. 1986, P. Bailey leg. (ZMUC).
Diagnosis
Most similar to
O. armatus
and
O. dorsovittatus
in the voluminous solenomerite with lobes and a serrated furrow, the presence of a lateral notch on the promerite and the reduced paracoxite. Different in the distal part of the mesomerite, promerite and a more slender shape of the solenomerite and paracoxite.
Descriptive notes
Promerite simple, in posterior view gradually narrowing in its distal half, apex rounded and lateral margin shallowly incised (
Fig. 17
A, C); mesomerite (Ms) large, extending beyond the rest of the processes, curved laterad and distally expanding into two oppositely directed processes (
Fig. 17
B, D); solenomerite (S) with a main process reaching ¾rd of mesomerite length, marginally strongly serrated, apically with a rounded lobe covered with short spines and a small pointed accessory process (
Fig. 17
D), paracoxite (Px) slender, almost as long as solenomerite (
Fig. 17
B, D) and emerging from a broad coxa (Cx).
Distribution
PORTUGAL: Coimbra (
Verhoeff 1893b
); Setubal Province, Grândola where it is sympatric with
O. moreleti
and
O. lusitanus
(
Bailey & De Mendonça 1990
)
.
Additional records (Kime, pers. comm.): Faro Province, West of Monchique, in cork litter, 29 Sep. 1987, P.T Bailey.
Habitat
Abundant in
Quercus
litter but also found in
Cistus
litter, also occurring in grasslands (
Bailey & De Mendonça 1990
), syntopic with
O. moreleti
and
O. lusitanus
.