The millipede Typhloglomeriscaucasica Golovatch, 1975 found epigeically (Diplopoda, Glomerida, Glomeridellidae)
Author
Golovatch, Sergei
Author
Chumachenko, Yuri A.
text
Biodiversity Data Journal
2013
1
981
981
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.1.e981
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.1.e981
1314-2828--981
Rank: SpeciesType of treatment: Redescription or species observationextantHabitat: terrestrialRoot classification: 8
Typhloglomeris caucasica Golovatch, 1975
Materials
Type status: Other material
Occurrence: recordedBy:
Y. A. Chumachenko
; individualCount:
1
; sex:
male
; Taxon: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Diplopoda; order: Glomerida; family: Glomeridellidae; genus: Typhloglomeris; specificEpithet: caucasica; scientificNameAuthorship: Golovatch, 1975; Location: country:
Russia
; stateProvince: Sochi; verbatimLocality: Khosta, Caucasian Biosphere Nature Reserve; Event: samplingProtocol:
pitfall trapping
; eventDate:
14 July - 10 August 2006
; habitat: Taxus & Buxus relict forest; Record Level: institutionCode:
Zoological Museum, Moscow State University, Russia
Discussion
The recent discovery of
Typhloglomeris caucasica
in a pitfall trap in forest near Sochi indicates that the ecological status of this species is a troglophile, not a troglobite, when it occurs in caves in the same area. This record emphasizes the need to carefully collect near and outside caves when assessing the degree of cavernicoly of endogean animals.