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<figureCitation id="07E5126A18B7DC0059E691D7464E41AF" captionStart="Figure 17" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 17. Gonopods of cavernicolous Trichopolydesmidae from the Carpathian-Balkan arch and Rhodopes A-C Bacillidesmus filiformis (Latzel, 1884) lectotype ♂ (NHWM MY 3754) A after Attems (1898) B? left gonopod,? mesal view, after Attems (1940) C? left gonopod,? mesal view, present study D Banatodesmus jeanneli (Tabacaru, 1980) syntype ♂, right gonopod, mesal view, after Tabacaru (1980) E, F Napocodesmus florentzae Tabacaru, 1975 holotype ♂, right gonopod, mesal and anterior views, respectively, after Tabacaru (1975) G, H Trichopolydesmus eremitis Verhoeff, 1898 ♂ from Closani cave, right gonopod, antero-mesal and mesal views, respectively, after Ceuca (1958) I Balkanodesminus bulgaricus (Strasser, 1962) gen. nov., comb. nov. ♂ from Ponora Cave (NMNHS- 10813), left gonopod, mesal view J Balkanodesminus serbicus gen. nov. et sp. nov. paratype ♂ (NHMW MY 10263), left gonopod, mesal view K Rhodopodesmus niveus gen. nov. et sp. nov. holotype ♂ (NMNHS- 10823), left gonopod, mesal view L Balkanodesminus dentatus (Strasser, 1966 a) gen. nov., comb. nov., stat. nov. syntype ♂, right gonopod, mesal view, after Strasser (1966 a) M Balkanodesminus dentatoides gen. nov. et sp. nov. paratype ♂ (NHMW MY 10258), right gonopod, mesal view N Balkanodesminus dentatoides gen. nov. et sp. nov. ♂ from Sopotska Cave (NHMW MY 10267), left gonopod, mesal view. Scale bars: 0.05 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1097.83916.figure17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/674295" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 17A-C</figureCitation>
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Latzel, 1884: 128, 129.
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: 481, figs 97, 98;
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: 170, fig. 244;
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: 443, 444;
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: 341-343;
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: 72.
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<paragraph id="635BE1AE921C73E2A1331AE0073A403C" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Material examined.</paragraph>
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(NHWM MY3754), designated herewith, &quot;SO
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, don. Latzel 1919. One microslide with only one gonopod. Body in two pieces in ethanol: head with rings 1-6 and rings 8-19; second gonopod, antennae and ring 7 missing.
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.
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(NHWM MY10266), whole body in ethanol, same data as for lectotype
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.
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<paragraph id="CF08422227E719B476EEB50BB999C0F1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="719D18844866535ECFED2D6DBE57ECDA" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Unknown.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="BC3748E81BCCDD7F45A6B89F111A475B" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Remarks.</paragraph>
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In the original description,
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stated that he analyzed one pair (1 ♂, 1 ♀) that he had collected personally in
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Ungarn&quot; (= southeastern part of the Kingdom of Hungary). Later,
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assumed that the species came from &quot;present-day Yugoslavia north of the Danube&quot;. This refers to
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Vojvodina, northern Serbia. However, the southeastern part of the Kingdom of Hungary included both Banat Mountains and Southern Carpathians (= Transylvanian Alps) in present-day Romania. Bearing in mind that this area is already inhabited by three trichopolydesmid genera, it seems more plausible that
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could have originated from present-day Romania, rather than northern Serbia which is characterized mainly by agricultural fields. It also remains unknown if this species is cavernicolous or epigean.
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This taxon was originally described as
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Latzel, 1884.
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analyzed both
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specimens of
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, and based on numerous differences with the genus
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Heller, 1858, he correctly established a new genus,
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. At the same time,
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gave the first gonopod drawing of this taxon (Fig.
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). Later, in his famous &quot;
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III&quot;,
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provided a new drawing of the
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gonopod (Fig.
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), which is slightly different from his 1898 drawing. After studying
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microslide with only one gonopod in poor condition (Figs
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,
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) we can confirm that it coincides a bit more with his schematic drawing from 1940. Unfortunately, the second gonopod, as well as ring 7 and both antennae of the lectotype, are most likely lost. It remains unclear whether Attems could have used the now-lost gonopod for the first drawing, or in both cases he used this one, which is still present today, but over time there have been partial changes in its position on the microslide or a partial deformation. Given that
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also made a drawing of the antenna, which is missing today, it is very possible that there was another microslide with the second gonopod and antenna/antennae, which we failed to find. However, based on
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(1898
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,
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) drawings and the newly examined type material of the gonopod, some conclusions could be drawn here.
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The genus
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had remained monospecific until
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provisionally included therein a new taxon from Bulgaria, based on a single female. Just a few years later, and this time with males in the hands,
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confirmed that two more taxa belonged to the genus
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, viz.,
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Strasser, 1962 and
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Strasser, 1966a. However, after a detailed examination of the type material of
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, as well as material of
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and
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, and two related new species from Serbia and Bulgaria, we believe that
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should include only
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, while the remaining aforementioned taxa should be assigned to a new genus,
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gen. nov., which we describe below. The new genus differs significantly from
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both in somatic and gonopodal characters. The most striking difference in the gonopod structure is that in
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the solenomeral branch is simple, without a distal solenomeral process, while in
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,
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and the two new species it is transversely bifid. In addition, these two genera differ significantly in several somatic traits:
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<emphasis id="4BF94C3ED7AF9E67F90F2AD9867C3656" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Bacillidesmus</emphasis>
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has regular rows of metatergal setae, mainly four, whereas
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<emphasis id="5A0F78CC0362B910618EDCDDA33A3C63" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Balkanodesminus</emphasis>
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gen. nov. shows 4-8 irregular rows; sensilla basiconica on antennomere 6: completely enclosed inside the pit in
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<emphasis id="BECB15A60B96E729FD1C95B47C7F3581" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Bacillidesmus</emphasis>
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, vs. partially exposed outside the pit in
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<emphasis id="005B98CAE3836D4ECC2FE008A95B306F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Balkanodesminus</emphasis>
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gen. nov.; setae on paraprocts: 2+2 long setae in
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<emphasis id="4AA2F0E8C36161E61577EC08192E06A6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Bacillidesmus</emphasis>
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, vs. 2+2 long and ca. 10+10 shorter ones in
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<emphasis id="1DD2024452AA916AE748E780ADD8D5EC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Balkanodesminus</emphasis>
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gen. nov.; setae on hypoproct: 1+1 long distal setae in
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<emphasis id="E5E81F78AC25D52A276A7CF51893ED0A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Bacillidesmus</emphasis>
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, vs. densely setose, including two long distal setae in
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<emphasis id="216D95CD71740B8401A8A5AA1BF87607" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Balkanodesminus</emphasis>
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gen. nov.; femora of all male legs swollen in
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<emphasis id="5B58D90123160EFFB6BD72EE0917FABE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Bacillidesmus</emphasis>
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, vs. only femora of legs 1-3 swollen in
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<emphasis id="10F626B5E8FCCFD0B67F43287893CAA5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Balkanodesminus</emphasis>
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gen. nov.; anterior male legs in
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<emphasis id="AA1F9DCEE733119E9168FF72E4224B10" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Bacillidesmus</emphasis>
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with ventral denticles, vs. denticles absent in
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<emphasis id="EF43C28A213B45A9A6D17EC4DFFD555E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Balkanodesminus</emphasis>
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gen. nov. These diferences are sound enough to propose a new genus for the taxa described by Strasser (
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<emphasis id="E5EE3C1ECE0B879D868603F04708F8C4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B. bulgaricus bulgaricus</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="9B947F05399A10B799921B45F422C405" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B. bulgaricus dentatus</emphasis>
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) and the two newly described species. Moreover,
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<emphasis id="FC76241981B76E2E284A556ADD2C5ADF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Bacillidesmus filiformis</emphasis>
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seems to show more affinity to some of the Carpathian genera (which is another proof that this genus could be from the Carpathians, see under
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<emphasis id="FB6E96D6F54A75952BAA4238D3749BC5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Banatodesmus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="BB4AB9FA99A2120CAFCBBC7D1369311A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Trichopolydesmus</emphasis>
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), while
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<emphasis id="F7CED29688CFCF56C559CA2968200E61" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Balkanodesminus</emphasis>
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gen. nov., from the Balkan Mountains, shares many similarities with
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<emphasis id="FFD73F5CD8161A462534AB4A24119E55" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Rhodopodesmus</emphasis>
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gen. nov. (see below).
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