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Lohmander, 1932: 178-180, fig. 9.
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:
<bibRefCitation author="Lohmander, H" journalOrPublisher="Zoologischer Anzeiger" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B63" refString="Lohmander, H, 1936. Ueber die Diplopoden des Kaukasusgebietes. Goeteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps- och Vitterhets-Samhaelles Handlingar, Ser. 5B, 5(1): 1-196." title="Ueber die Diplopoden des Kaukasusgebietes. Goeteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps- och Vitterhets-Samhaelles Handlingar, Ser. 5 B, 5 (1): 1 - 196." year="1936">Lohmander 1936</bibRefCitation>
: 146, figs 123-125;
<bibRefCitation author="Lang, J" journalOrPublisher="Zoologicheskii zhurnal" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1790 - 1796" refId="B54" refString="Lang, J, 1959. [To the knowledge of millipedes (Diplopoda) of the USSR territory]. Zoologicheskii zhurnal 38 (12): 1790 - 1796" title="[To the knowledge of millipedes (Diplopoda) of the USSR territory]." volume="38" year="1959">Lang 1959</bibRefCitation>
: 1791.
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:
<bibRefCitation author="Enghoff, H" journalOrPublisher="Steenstrupia" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="175 - 198" refId="B19" refString="Enghoff, H, 2006. The millipedes of Turkey (Diplopoda). Steenstrupia 29 (2): 175 - 198" title="The millipedes of Turkey (Diplopoda)." volume="29" year="2006">Enghoff 2006</bibRefCitation>
: 184.
</paragraph>
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&quot;
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&quot;
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:
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4421.1.1" author="Vagalinski, B" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="001 - 142" refId="B85" refString="Vagalinski, B, Lazanyi, E, 2018. Revision of the millipede tribe Brachyiulini Verhoeff, 1909 (Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae), with descriptions of new taxa. Zootaxa 4421 (1): 001 - 142, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4421.1.1" title="Revision of the millipede tribe Brachyiulini Verhoeff, 1909 (Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae), with descriptions of new taxa." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4421.1.1" volume="4421" year="2018">
Vagalinski and
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2018
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: 121.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Material examined.</paragraph>
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<collectingCountry name="Armenia">Armenia</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
:
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BD441442676D5FF987B36DC206601CDE:353B71D4AA7A63F5C02CF2D12B66379F" country="Armenia" name="Elenovka">Elenovka</location>
[Sevan],
<specimenCount type="male">2 ♂♂</specimenCount>
(ZIN) (gonopods dissected, not in the vial),
<specimenCount type="female">4 ♀♀</specimenCount>
(vulvae dissected, not in the vial),
<collectingDate value="1932-08-10">10.VIII.1932</collectingDate>
,
<collectorName>A. Schelkovnikov</collectorName>
leg.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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A species of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Omobrachyiulus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
most simillar to
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">O. kvavadzei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.,
<taxonomicName class="Diplopoda" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="O. ponticus" order="Julida" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ponticus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">O. ponticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">O. trochiloides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. in gonopod structure, as well as in the shape of the male telson. Differs from these species mostly by details of the opisthomere: from
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">O. kvavadzei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. by the significantly lower position of the mesomeroidal lobe devoid of a distinct apicolateral part; from
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">O. ponticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. by both the anterior process and the apical outgrowth of the basoposterior process being subequal to, rather than considerably exceeded by, the solenomere; and from
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">O. trochiloides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. by having a much more obscure, poorly differentiated basoposterior process ending in an unciform, rather than a fine rod-like, apical outgrowth.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Previous records from the Caucasus.</paragraph>
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: Sevan (type locality);?
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: vil. Artvin, above
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(
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">General distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">LECA.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="remarks">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Until now, the systematic position of this species has been doubtful.
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treated it as the sole member of
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Lohmander, 1936, a subgenus of
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(=
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Chromatoiulus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
auct.). In that same publication he emphasised the similarity of the gonopod conformation in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Megaphyllum sevangense</emphasis>
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to that of members of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Omobrachyiulus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(at that time a subgenus of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Megaphyllum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), which implied that the two subgenera were closely related.
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Vagalinski and
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elevated
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</taxonomicName>
to a full genus and stated that examination of material of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Megaphyllum sevangense</emphasis>
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was necessary in order to reveal its generic affiliation.
</paragraph>
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Unfortunately, the presently examined material has previously been dissected and lacks both male and female copulatory organs. However, the newly described species
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Omobrachyiulus kvavadzei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">O. ponticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., and
<taxonomicName class="Diplopoda" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="O. trochiloides" order="Julida" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="trochiloides">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">O. trochiloides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. undoubtedly belong to the same species group, together with
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Megaphyllum sevangense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Thus, the latter is treated here as a member of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Omobrachyiulus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. We refrain from the usage of the subgenus
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for reasons explained in the Remarks section under
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sp. nov.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Given the general trend for narrow endemism within the
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group and the big distance between Sevan, Armenia (the type locality of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">O. sevangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and the province of Artvin, Turkey, the latter record of &quot;
<taxonomicName authorityName="Vagalinski &amp; Golovatch" authorityYear="2021" baseAuthorityName="Vagalinski &amp; Golovatch" baseAuthorityYear="2021" class="Diplopoda" family="Julidae" genus="Megaphyllum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megaphyllum sevangense" order="Julida" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sevangense">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Megaphyllum cf. sevangense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
&quot; (Enghoff, 2006) may also refer to another closely related, yet undescribed species.
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