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<mods:title>A review of the genus Micropachyiulus Verhoeff, 1899 and description of the related Armeniopachyiulus gen. nov. (Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae: Pachyiulini)</mods:title>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,476,1626,1653]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="235">Micropachyiulus filiformis</emphasis>
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<figureCitation box="[151,274,1663,1689]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1532,1556]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,558,1506]" captionTargetId="figure-176@2.[151,1436,558,1506]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Micropachyiulus spp., habitus. A. Micropachyiulus paucioculatus (Verhoeff, 1899), living female from Cloşani, Romania. B. and C. Micropachyiulus filiformis sp. nov., living ♂ (NMNHS) and ♀ paratypes, respectively. D. and E. Micropachyiulus caucasicus sp. nov., ♂ and ♀ paratypes (ZMUM), respectively. Scale bars: 0.5 mm. AC taken not to scale. Photo credit: A. H. Reip, B. and C. D. Antić." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7624209" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7624209/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="235">Figs 1B, C</figureCitation>
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etc., in thick leaf litter,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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, and
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leg.
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:
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1 ♂ (in 4 pieces, head plus collum, leg-pair 1 and gonopods prepared for
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, leg pair 2, right leg 3, and right flange of pleurotergum 7 in microtube), 4 (supposedly)
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adult
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(one in two pieces with left vulva in microtube, the others unbroken),
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female (in head plus collum and rest of body) (
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), same collecting data as for holotype
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;
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1 ♂ (unbroken),
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(unbroken) (
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), same data as for holotype
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.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,322,150,176]" pageId="15" pageNumber="236">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
A species of
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with ommatidia. Most similar to
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<emphasis box="[1019,1336,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="236">Micropachyiulus caucasicus</emphasis>
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, both being characterized by a very long and thin solenomere of the opisthomere, without apical bulge or projection, a minute, spike-like outgrowth of the mesomeral process, and an opisthomeral posterior lamella expanding in a mesal ridge partly concealing the distal section of the sperm channel.
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Differs from
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[517,607,295,321]" pageId="15" pageNumber="236" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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by a flat vs. bulging anterior surface of the opisthomere, by the posterior lamella being overgrown with seti-/spiniform filaments, vs. same being smooth, by the promere being abruptly constricted in the middle, vs. same gradually narrowing towards apex, by the shorter and more finely serrated distal ridge of the latter, as well as by the shape of male leg-pair 1: tarsal remnants present as micropapillate bulges, vs. the latter absent, and with broad and flattened vs. slender tibial outgrowths.
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Also resembles
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by the very long solenomere of the opisthomere, but differs clearly from it by the solenomere lacking an apical bulge or projection and by the minute, spike-like (vs. well-developed, slender) outgrowth of the mesomeral process.
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<paragraph blockId="15.[151,1436,1881,1978]" pageId="15" pageNumber="236">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,275,1881,1905]" pageId="15" pageNumber="236">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authority="Vagalinski &amp; Evsyukov &amp; Chumachenko &amp; Zabiyaka, 2023" authorityName="Vagalinski &amp; Evsyukov &amp; Chumachenko &amp; Zabiyaka" authorityYear="2023" box="[282,552,1882,1906]" class="Diplopoda" family="Julidae" genus="Micropachyiulus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Julida" pageId="15" pageNumber="236" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="filiformis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[282,552,1882,1906]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="236">Micropachyiulus filiformis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" box="[558,639,1882,1906]" pageId="15" pageNumber="236">
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[558,639,1882,1906]" pageId="15" pageNumber="236" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, ♂ paratype (NMNHS).
<emphasis bold="true" box="[892,917,1881,1905]" pageId="15" pageNumber="236">A.</emphasis>
Head, ventral view.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1127,1150,1882,1906]" pageId="15" pageNumber="236">B.</emphasis>
Distal part of right antenna, ventral view.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[287,312,1917,1941]" pageId="15" pageNumber="236">C.</emphasis>
Leg-pair 1, anterior view.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[581,605,1918,1942]" pageId="15" pageNumber="236">D.</emphasis>
Left leg 1, anterior view.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[866,1047,1917,1941]" pageId="15" pageNumber="236">
Abbreviations:
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1033,1047,1917,1941]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="236">h</emphasis>
</emphasis>
: verrucose hump.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1235,1353,1917,1942]" pageId="15" pageNumber="236">Scale bars:</emphasis>
0.2 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" box="[160,178,1953,1977]" pageId="15" pageNumber="236">A</emphasis>
), 0.1 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" box="[291,339,1953,1978]" pageId="15" pageNumber="236">B, C</emphasis>
), 0.05 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" box="[465,483,1954,1978]" pageId="15" pageNumber="236">D</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7624229" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7624229" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7624229/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="237" startId="16.[151,250,1808,1832]" targetBox="[249,1339,181,1784]" targetPageId="16">
<paragraph blockId="16.[151,1436,1808,2013]" pageId="16" pageNumber="237">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,277,1808,1832]" pageId="16" pageNumber="237">FIGURE 9.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authority="Vagalinski &amp; Evsyukov &amp; Chumachenko &amp; Zabiyaka, 2023" authorityName="Vagalinski &amp; Evsyukov &amp; Chumachenko &amp; Zabiyaka" authorityYear="2023" box="[286,558,1809,1833]" class="Diplopoda" family="Julidae" genus="Micropachyiulus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Julida" pageId="16" pageNumber="237" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="filiformis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[286,558,1809,1833]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="237">Micropachyiulus filiformis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" box="[566,649,1809,1833]" pageId="16" pageNumber="237">
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[566,649,1809,1833]" pageId="16" pageNumber="237" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, ♂ paratype (NMNHS).
<emphasis bold="true" box="[910,935,1808,1832]" pageId="16" pageNumber="237">A.</emphasis>
Left gonopods, mesal view (mesomeral process partly ruptured).
<emphasis bold="true" box="[326,349,1845,1869]" pageId="16" pageNumber="237">B.</emphasis>
Right promere, posterior view.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[677,701,1844,1868]" pageId="16" pageNumber="237">C.</emphasis>
Distal part of the same.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[956,981,1845,1869]" pageId="16" pageNumber="237">D.</emphasis>
Right opisthomere, postero-lateral view (tip of solenomere broken off).
<emphasis bold="true" box="[429,453,1881,1905]" pageId="16" pageNumber="237">E.</emphasis>
Distal part of the same.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[702,721,1881,1905]" pageId="16" pageNumber="237">F.</emphasis>
Distal part of left opisthomere, mesal view (mesomeral process partly ruptured).
<emphasis bold="true" box="[258,448,1916,1940]" pageId="16" pageNumber="237">
Abbreviations:
<emphasis bold="true" box="[425,448,1916,1940]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="237">dr</emphasis>
</emphasis>
: distal ridge,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[585,592,1916,1940]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="237">l</emphasis>
: posterior lamella,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[788,805,1916,1940]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="237">lr</emphasis>
: lateral ridge,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[951,971,1917,1940]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="237">m</emphasis>
: mesomeral process,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1189,1221,1917,1940]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="237">mg</emphasis>
: median groove,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1397,1429,1917,1940]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="237">mp</emphasis>
: apical outgrowth of mesomeral process,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[572,602,1953,1976]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="237">mr</emphasis>
: mesal ridge,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[751,769,1953,1977]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="237">O</emphasis>
: opisthomere,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[924,939,1953,1976]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="237">P</emphasis>
: promere,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1054,1064,1953,1976]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="237">s</emphasis>
: solenomere,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1211,1232,1953,1976]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="237">sc</emphasis>
: sperm channel,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1411,1429,1952,1976]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="237">sf</emphasis>
: setiform filaments.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[349,468,1988,2013]" pageId="16" pageNumber="237">Scale bars:</emphasis>
0.1 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" box="[566,615,1988,2013]" pageId="16" pageNumber="237">A, D</emphasis>
), 0.05 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" box="[742,847,1988,2013]" pageId="16" pageNumber="237">B, C, E, F</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7624231" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7624231" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7624231/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="238" startId="17.[151,250,1490,1514]" targetBox="[169,1427,191,1453]" targetPageId="17">
<paragraph blockId="17.[151,1436,1490,1658]" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,287,1490,1514]" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">FIGURE 10.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authority="Vagalinski &amp; Evsyukov &amp; Chumachenko &amp; Zabiyaka, 2023" authorityName="Vagalinski &amp; Evsyukov &amp; Chumachenko &amp; Zabiyaka" authorityYear="2023" box="[292,561,1490,1514]" class="Diplopoda" family="Julidae" genus="Micropachyiulus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Julida" pageId="17" pageNumber="238" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="filiformis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[292,561,1490,1514]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">Micropachyiulus filiformis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" box="[567,646,1490,1514]" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[567,646,1490,1514]" pageId="17" pageNumber="238" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, ♂ (
<emphasis bold="true" box="[692,741,1490,1514]" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">AD</emphasis>
) and ♀ (
<emphasis bold="true" box="[830,847,1490,1514]" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">E</emphasis>
) paratypes (NMNHS).
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1083,1108,1490,1514]" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">A.</emphasis>
Left leg 2, anterior view.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1365,1388,1490,1514]" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">B.</emphasis>
Left leg 3, anterior view.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[354,379,1526,1550]" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">C.</emphasis>
Right flange of pleurotergum 7, ventro-lateral view.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[906,931,1526,1550]" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">D.</emphasis>
Right gonopods, mesal view.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1231,1254,1526,1550]" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">E.</emphasis>
Left vulva, mesoposterior view.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[307,498,1562,1586]" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">
Abbreviations:
<emphasis bold="true" box="[474,498,1562,1585]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">ca</emphasis>
</emphasis>
: central ampulla,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[680,698,1562,1585]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">ct</emphasis>
: central tube,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[841,864,1562,1586]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">dr</emphasis>
: distal ridge,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1002,1009,1562,1586]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">l</emphasis>
: posterior lamella,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1204,1224,1562,1585]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">m</emphasis>
: mesomeral process,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,179,1598,1622]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">mf</emphasis>
: median field,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[330,362,1598,1621]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">mp</emphasis>
: apical outgrowth of mesomeral process,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[782,812,1598,1621]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">mr</emphasis>
: mesal ridge,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[953,971,1598,1622]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">O</emphasis>
: opisthomere,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1121,1146,1598,1621]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">op</emphasis>
: operculum,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1279,1294,1598,1621]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">P</emphasis>
: promere,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1404,1429,1598,1621]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">pa</emphasis>
: posterior ampulla,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[342,362,1634,1657]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">pt</emphasis>
: posterior tube,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[528,538,1634,1657]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">s</emphasis>
: solenomere,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[680,698,1634,1658]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">sf</emphasis>
: setiform filaments.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[910,1029,1634,1658]" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">Scale bars:</emphasis>
0.1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection pageId="17" pageNumber="238" type="etymology">
<paragraph blockId="17.[151,1437,1704,2019]" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,334,1704,1730]" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">Etymology.</emphasis>
Meaning thread-like in Latin, after the long and very fine solenomere, characteristic of this new species. Adjective.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection lastPageId="18" lastPageNumber="239" pageId="17" pageNumber="238" type="description">
<paragraph blockId="17.[151,1437,1704,2019]" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,345,1776,1802]" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">Description.</emphasis>
Measurements:
<typeStatus box="[529,627,1776,1802]" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">holotype</typeStatus>
with BRF 44 + 2 + T, L =
<quantity box="[926,1014,1776,1803]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.6" pageId="17" pageNumber="238" unit="mm" value="8.6">8.6 mm</quantity>
, H =
<quantity box="[1075,1163,1776,1803]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" pageId="17" pageNumber="238" unit="mm" value="0.5">0.5 mm</quantity>
;
<typeStatus box="[1175,1271,1777,1803]" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">paratype</typeStatus>
♂♂ with BRF 38 + 3 + T, L =
<quantity box="[328,416,1812,1839]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.7" pageId="17" pageNumber="238" unit="mm" value="6.7">6.7 mm</quantity>
, H =
<quantity box="[477,579,1812,1839]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.5" pageId="17" pageNumber="238" unit="mm" value="0.45">0.45 mm</quantity>
, and BRF 46 + 1 + T, H =
<quantity box="[879,981,1812,1839]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.3" pageId="17" pageNumber="238" unit="mm" value="0.53">0.53 mm</quantity>
, L impossible to be accurately measured due to the strongly coiled body;
<typeStatus box="[514,610,1849,1875]" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">paratype</typeStatus>
<specimenCount box="[617,659,1849,1875]" pageId="17" pageNumber="238" type="female">♀♀</specimenCount>
with BRF 3648 + 13 + T, L =
<quantity box="[1029,1180,1848,1875]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.45" metricValueMax="10.6" metricValueMin="8.3" pageId="17" pageNumber="238" unit="mm" value="9.45" valueMax="10.6" valueMin="8.3">8.310.6 mm</quantity>
, H =
<quantity box="[1241,1407,1848,1875]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.15" metricValueMax="6.5" metricValueMin="5.8" pageId="17" pageNumber="238" unit="mm" value="0.615" valueMax="0.65" valueMin="0.58">0.580.65 mm</quantity>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="17.[151,1437,1704,2019]" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">
Colouration: Beige to brown in ethanol; living specimens (
<figureCitation box="[857,976,1884,1910]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1532,1556]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,558,1506]" captionTargetId="figure-176@2.[151,1436,558,1506]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Micropachyiulus spp., habitus. A. Micropachyiulus paucioculatus (Verhoeff, 1899), living female from Cloşani, Romania. B. and C. Micropachyiulus filiformis sp. nov., living ♂ (NMNHS) and ♀ paratypes, respectively. D. and E. Micropachyiulus caucasicus sp. nov., ♂ and ♀ paratypes (ZMUM), respectively. Scale bars: 0.5 mm. AC taken not to scale. Photo credit: A. H. Reip, B. and C. D. Antić." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7624209" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7624209/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">Fig. 1B, C</figureCitation>
) whitish to very light grey-beige; the gut partly visible by transparency, the orange to light red repugnatorial glands clearly visible under the cuticle.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="17.[151,1437,1704,2019]" lastBlockId="18.[151,1437,150,1509]" lastPageId="18" lastPageNumber="239" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">
Head (
<figureCitation box="[272,363,1956,1982]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1881,1905]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,597,1858]" captionTargetId="figure-203@15.[151,1436,597,1858]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 8. Micropachyiulus filiformis sp. nov., ♂ paratype (NMNHS). A. Head, ventral view. B. Distal part of right antenna, ventral view. C. Leg-pair 1, anterior view. D. Left leg 1, anterior view. Abbreviations: h: verrucose hump. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A), 0.1 mm (B, C), 0.05 mm (D)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7624227" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7624227/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">Fig. 8A</figureCitation>
): With 25 pigmented ommatidia arranged in one or two rows on each side. Vertigial, supralabral and labral setae: 2, 4 and 1316, respectively. Antennae (
<figureCitation box="[806,894,1992,2018]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1881,1905]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,597,1858]" captionTargetId="figure-203@15.[151,1436,597,1858]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 8. Micropachyiulus filiformis sp. nov., ♂ paratype (NMNHS). A. Head, ventral view. B. Distal part of right antenna, ventral view. C. Leg-pair 1, anterior view. D. Left leg 1, anterior view. Abbreviations: h: verrucose hump. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A), 0.1 mm (B, C), 0.05 mm (D)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7624227" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7624227/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="238">Fig. 8B</figureCitation>
) ca 1.35 times as long as head in males and ca 1.25 times in females; antennomere 5 ≥ 2&gt; 4 ≥ 3&gt; 6; 5 ca 1.6 times as long as broad and 1.89 times as broad as 2; sensilla basiconica of similar conformation as in
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Verhoeff" baseAuthorityYear="1899" box="[734,929,187,213]" class="Diplopoda" family="Julidae" genus="Micropachyiulus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Julida" pageId="18" pageNumber="239" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paucioculatus">
<emphasis box="[734,929,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="239">M. paucioculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but with a denser whorl of better developed sensilla on antenomere 7. Mandibular stipites in males not expanded. Labrum tridentate. Gnathochilarium with 3 (usually) or 4 (in some specimens) distal setae and with a very short medial seta on each stipes; stipital palps as in
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Verhoeff" baseAuthorityYear="1899" box="[151,347,295,321]" class="Diplopoda" family="Julidae" genus="Micropachyiulus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Julida" pageId="18" pageNumber="239" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paucioculatus">
<emphasis box="[151,347,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="239">M. paucioculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; promentum as in
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Verhoeff" baseAuthorityYear="1899" box="[563,759,295,321]" class="Diplopoda" family="Julidae" genus="Micropachyiulus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Julida" pageId="18" pageNumber="239" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paucioculatus">
<emphasis box="[563,759,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="239">M. paucioculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but setae on lingual lamella clearly grouped in 2 proximal and 1 distal seta rather than nearly equally spaced.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="18.[151,1437,150,1509]" pageId="18" pageNumber="239">
Trunk and legs: Walking legs (
<figureCitation box="[557,697,367,393]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="17.[151,250,1490,1514]" captionTargetBox="[169,1427,191,1453]" captionTargetId="figure-19@17.[151,1436,181,1466]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="FIGURE 10. Micropachyiulus filiformis sp. nov., ♂ (AD) and ♀ (E) paratypes (NMNHS). A. Left leg 2, anterior view. B. Left leg 3, anterior view. C. Right flange of pleurotergum 7, ventro-lateral view. D. Right gonopods, mesal view. E. Left vulva, mesoposterior view. Abbreviations: ca: central ampulla, ct: central tube, dr: distal ridge, l: posterior lamella, m: mesomeral process, mf: median field, mp: apical outgrowth of mesomeral process, mr: mesal ridge, O: opisthomere, op: operculum, P: promere, pa: posterior ampulla, pt: posterior tube, s: solenomere, sf: setiform filaments. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7624231" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7624231/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="239">Fig. 10A, B</figureCitation>
) relatively short: ML 0.650.7 times as long as H in males and 0.450.55 times in females. Tarsus of ML ca 1.31.45 times as long as tibia and ca 22.5 times as long as apical claw. Accessory claws absent from all legs in both sexes.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="18.[151,1437,150,1509]" pageId="18" pageNumber="239">
Telson: Pre-anal ring evenly and rather densely setose. Epiproct long (usually somewhat exceeding, rarely reaching level of tip of longest paraproctal setae), gradually bent ventrad, ending with a pointed hyaline tip. Other trunk and leg characters as in
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Verhoeff" baseAuthorityYear="1899" box="[494,692,547,573]" class="Diplopoda" family="Julidae" genus="Micropachyiulus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Julida" pageId="18" pageNumber="239" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paucioculatus">
<emphasis box="[494,692,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="239">M. paucioculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="18.[151,1437,150,1509]" pageId="18" pageNumber="239">
Male sexual characters: Leg-pair 1 (
<figureCitation box="[632,764,583,609]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1881,1905]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,597,1858]" captionTargetId="figure-203@15.[151,1436,597,1858]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 8. Micropachyiulus filiformis sp. nov., ♂ paratype (NMNHS). A. Head, ventral view. B. Distal part of right antenna, ventral view. C. Leg-pair 1, anterior view. D. Left leg 1, anterior view. Abbreviations: h: verrucose hump. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A), 0.1 mm (B, C), 0.05 mm (D)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7624227" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7624227/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="239">Fig. 8C, D</figureCitation>
) 3-segmented hooks oriented mostly mesad and slightly anteriad; tibial outgrowth rounded, dorso-ventrally flattened, tarsal remnant present as a massive, micropapillate bulge; the distal podomere with a verrucose hump (
<emphasis bold="true" box="[749,765,654,681]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="239">h</emphasis>
) basally on mesal side. Legs 2 (
<figureCitation box="[1141,1245,655,681]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="17.[151,250,1490,1514]" captionTargetBox="[169,1427,191,1453]" captionTargetId="figure-19@17.[151,1436,181,1466]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="FIGURE 10. Micropachyiulus filiformis sp. nov., ♂ (AD) and ♀ (E) paratypes (NMNHS). A. Left leg 2, anterior view. B. Left leg 3, anterior view. C. Right flange of pleurotergum 7, ventro-lateral view. D. Right gonopods, mesal view. E. Left vulva, mesoposterior view. Abbreviations: ca: central ampulla, ct: central tube, dr: distal ridge, l: posterior lamella, m: mesomeral process, mf: median field, mp: apical outgrowth of mesomeral process, mr: mesal ridge, O: opisthomere, op: operculum, P: promere, pa: posterior ampulla, pt: posterior tube, s: solenomere, sf: setiform filaments. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7624231" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7624231/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="239">Fig. 10A</figureCitation>
) slightly thicker and ca as thick as following legs. Ventral adhesive pads altogether absent. Flanges of pleurotergum 7 (
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) ventrally forming rather narrow, rounded lobes originating at the border zone between pro- and metazona, directed ventro-mesad.
</paragraph>
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Gonopods (
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,
<figureCitation box="[418,468,799,825]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="17.[151,250,1490,1514]" captionTargetBox="[169,1427,191,1453]" captionTargetId="figure-19@17.[151,1436,181,1466]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="FIGURE 10. Micropachyiulus filiformis sp. nov., ♂ (AD) and ♀ (E) paratypes (NMNHS). A. Left leg 2, anterior view. B. Left leg 3, anterior view. C. Right flange of pleurotergum 7, ventro-lateral view. D. Right gonopods, mesal view. E. Left vulva, mesoposterior view. Abbreviations: ca: central ampulla, ct: central tube, dr: distal ridge, l: posterior lamella, m: mesomeral process, mf: median field, mp: apical outgrowth of mesomeral process, mr: mesal ridge, O: opisthomere, op: operculum, P: promere, pa: posterior ampulla, pt: posterior tube, s: solenomere, sf: setiform filaments. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7624231" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7624231/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="239">10D</figureCitation>
)
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mostly concealed in gonopodal sinus. Promere (
<figureCitation box="[1110,1302,799,825]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="16.[151,250,1808,1832]" captionTargetBox="[249,1339,181,1784]" captionTargetId="figure-21@16.[249,1339,181,1784]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURE 9. Micropachyiulus filiformis sp. nov., ♂ paratype (NMNHS). A. Left gonopods, mesal view (mesomeral process partly ruptured). B. Right promere, posterior view. C. Distal part of the same. D. Right opisthomere, postero-lateral view (tip of solenomere broken off). E. Distal part of the same. F. Distal part of left opisthomere, mesal view (mesomeral process partly ruptured). Abbreviations: dr: distal ridge, l: posterior lamella, lr: lateral ridge, m: mesomeral process, mg: median groove, mp: apical outgrowth of mesomeral process, mr: mesal ridge, O: opisthomere, P: promere, s: solenomere, sc: sperm channel, sf: setiform filaments. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A, D), 0.05 mm (B, C, E, F)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7624229" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7624229/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="239">
Fig. 9B, C and
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1285,1302,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="239">P</emphasis>
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in
<figureCitation box="[1338,1432,799,825]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="16.[151,250,1808,1832]" captionTargetBox="[249,1339,181,1784]" captionTargetId="figure-21@16.[249,1339,181,1784]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURE 9. Micropachyiulus filiformis sp. nov., ♂ paratype (NMNHS). A. Left gonopods, mesal view (mesomeral process partly ruptured). B. Right promere, posterior view. C. Distal part of the same. D. Right opisthomere, postero-lateral view (tip of solenomere broken off). E. Distal part of the same. F. Distal part of left opisthomere, mesal view (mesomeral process partly ruptured). Abbreviations: dr: distal ridge, l: posterior lamella, lr: lateral ridge, m: mesomeral process, mg: median groove, mp: apical outgrowth of mesomeral process, mr: mesal ridge, O: opisthomere, P: promere, s: solenomere, sc: sperm channel, sf: setiform filaments. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A, D), 0.05 mm (B, C, E, F)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7624229" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7624229/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="239">Figs 9A</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation box="[151,202,835,861]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="17.[151,250,1490,1514]" captionTargetBox="[169,1427,191,1453]" captionTargetId="figure-19@17.[151,1436,181,1466]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="FIGURE 10. Micropachyiulus filiformis sp. nov., ♂ (AD) and ♀ (E) paratypes (NMNHS). A. Left leg 2, anterior view. B. Left leg 3, anterior view. C. Right flange of pleurotergum 7, ventro-lateral view. D. Right gonopods, mesal view. E. Left vulva, mesoposterior view. Abbreviations: ca: central ampulla, ct: central tube, dr: distal ridge, l: posterior lamella, m: mesomeral process, mf: median field, mp: apical outgrowth of mesomeral process, mr: mesal ridge, O: opisthomere, op: operculum, P: promere, pa: posterior ampulla, pt: posterior tube, s: solenomere, sf: setiform filaments. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7624231" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7624231/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="239">10D</figureCitation>
) slender, somewhat overreaching opisthomere, similar in shape to that in
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, but more spoonshaped, i.e. lateral margin sharply incised in the middle, then going gradually convex until the narrowly rounded apex; mesal (
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) and lateral (
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) ridges short and rather weakly pronounced, distal ridge (
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) well-pronounced, marginally finely serrated; a rather shallow median groove (
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) between mesal and lateral ridges. Opisthomere (
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Fig. 9DF and
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in
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,
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) relatively slender, but somewhat stouter than in
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, more or less straight rather than sigmoid in lateral or mesal view; mesomeral process (
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) completely vestigial, present as a weakly pronounced lamella, distally forming a minute, pointed outgrowth (
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) directed anteriad; posterior lamella (
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) well-developed, expanding in a mesal crest concealing apical section of sperm channel (
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1287,1311,1087,1113]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="239">sc</emphasis>
); its mesal side and the area between the lamella and the sperm channel with numerous setiform filaments (
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), these being much shorter than in
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; solenomere (
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) very long and fine, thread-like, more or less bent or coiled anteriad.
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<paragraph blockId="18.[151,1437,150,1509]" pageId="18" pageNumber="239">
Female sexual characters: Leg-pairs 1 considerably, 2 slightly, ticker than following legs. Vulva (
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) stout, slightly compressed on sides; median cleft positioned sub-apically, surrounded by a narrow oval median field (
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); operculum (
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) slightly higher than bursa, apically concave, ending up with a blunt hyaline protrusion on each side; two smaller and tapering protrusions present apically on bursa; each bursal valve bearing three vertically arranged setae, operculum non-setose.
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composed of a very thin and not too long central tube (
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) leading to a distinct, nearly spherical, central ampulla (
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), and a somewhat thicker and more strongly curved posterior tube (
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) ending in an ovoid posterior ampulla (
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,345,1482,1508]" pageId="18" pageNumber="239">Distribution</emphasis>
(
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, red circle).
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:
</emphasis>
South Carpathians: Căpătânii Mts: Mt Stogu (
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locality).
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