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
295
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42
journal article
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Ommatoiulus andalusius
(
Attems, 1927
)
Fig. 4
Archiulus andalusius
Attems, 1927
: 282
–283, figs 66–69.
Ommatoiulus andalusius
–
Mauriès 1978
: 585. —
Akkari & Enghoff 2012
: 5–6, figs 1–2.
Material examined
SPAIN:
Archiulus andalusius
(NHMW3164).
holotype ♂, Andalusia, slide
preparation, Latzel don., Peyl leg.
PORTUGAL: 1 ♂, 4 ♀♀, 1 juvenile, Faro District, Aljezur, Pontal (Bordeira), Sandy Dunes, 37.19409 N, 8.91045 W, alt. 50 m, 12 Apr. 2005, P. Cardoso leg. (ZMUC).
Descriptive notes
A small species (
Fig. 4
A). Colour after 11 years in alcohol brownish, dorsum lighter with large middorsal spots, anal valves yellowish and setose, preanal ring with a short projection and an upturned hyaline tip, subanal scale triangular and setose. Male, broken in several parts, with 37 PR+3 AR+Telson, H 1.2 mm, females 35–39 PR+1-2 AR+Telson, H 1.8–2.5 mm. The gonopods (
Figs 4
B–C) perfectly agree with the description of the type by
Akkari & Enghoff (2012)
.
Distribution
South Spain (Andalusia), Southwest Portugal (Aljezur).
Fig. 4.
Ommatoiulus andalusius
(Attems, 1927)
, Aljezur, Portugal.
A
. ♀, habitus, lateral view.
B
. Male left posterior gonopod, mesal view.
C
. Male left posterior gonopod, posterior view.
Comments
The species was hitherto only known from a slide preparation of the gonopods of the holotype (NHMW) collected at an unspecified locality in Andalusia. The specimens from Portugal represent the first record of the species after its initial description.