Typhloiulus psilonotus ( Latzel, 1884 )

Antić, Dragan Ž., Dražina, Tvrtko, Rađa, Tonći, Lučić, Luka R. & Makarov, Slobodan E., 2018, Review of the genus Typhloiulus Latzel, 1884 in the Dinaric region, with a description of four new species and the first description of the male of Typhloiulus insularis Strasser, 1938 (Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae), Zootaxa 4455 (2), pp. 258-294 : 270

Typhloiulus psilonotus ( Latzel, 1884)

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Iulus psilonotus Latzel, 1884

Material studied (total: 10 males, 6 females, 3 juveniles).

CROATIA: Dalmatia , Island of Mljet: 1 male, Babino Polje, Ostaševica Cave, 4 December 2001, R. Ozimec leg. ( CBSS) ; 1 male, same data except 4 August 2015, H. Cvitanović leg. ( CBSS) ; 3 males, 1 female, 1 juvenile, Okuklje, Galičnjak Cave, 5 February 2008, P. Bregović & H. Bilandžija leg. (CBSS); 1 juvenile, same data except 4 September 2015, V. Sudar leg. ( CBSS) .

MONTENEGRO: 3 males, 5 females, 1 juvenile, Danilovgrad, village of Tunjevo, in “Milieu Souterrain Superficiel” (MSS) near Milojevićka Vrela Springs, 26 April 1997, I. Karaman leg. (IZB) ; 2 males, 1 juvenile, Kotor, in MSS near Lepetane, 27 April 1997, I. Karaman leg. (IZB).

Distribution. Bosnia and Herzegovina: Trebinje ( Verhoeff 1898); Croatia: Dubrovnik ( Attems 1929), Lapad near Dubrovnik ( Attems 1929; Kovačević 1931; Mršić 1994; Verhoeff 1898), present study (see above); Montenegro: Kotor (type locality) ( Latzel 1884; Attems 1929), Herceg Novi ( Attems 1929; Strasser 1962, 1971; Makarov et al. 2004), Krstač, Rijeka Crnojevića ( Attems 1929; Strasser 1962, 1971; Makarov et al. 2004), present study (see above) ( Fig. 19 , blue circles).

Notes. Typhloiulus psilonotus is known from caves and MSS (milieu souterrain superficiel or mesovoid shallow substratum).

Figures

FIGURE 8. Typhloiulus psilonotus (Latzel, 1884) specimens from Danilovgrad, Montenegro. A. Female, habitus, lateral view. B. Female, anterior part of the body, lateral view. C. Female, telson, lateral view. D. Female, midbody rings, lateral view. E. Male, body ring 7, lateral view. Arrow indicates ventral margin of body ring 7. Scale lines: 1 mm.

FIGURE 18. Some representatives of the genus Typhloiulus Latzel, 1884 inhabiting the Dinaric region. A. Typhloiulus albanicus Attems, 1929, female from Vištičina Jama Pit, Croatia (photo: R. Ozimec). B. Typhloiulus gellianae Makarov & Rađa, 2006, topotype juvenile (photo: H. Bilandžija). C. Typhloiulus insularis Strasser, 1938, topotype male (photo: T. Čuković). D. Typhloiulus lobifer Attems, 1951, topotype male (photo: M. Lukić). E. Typhloiulus parvulus sp. nov., future specimen from the type series (photo: R. Ozimec). F. Typhloiulus psilonotus (Latzel, 1884), female from Galičnjak Cave, Croatia (photo: J. Bedek). Size of specimens and ratios between sizes of specimens are not real.

FIGURE 19. Distribution of Typhloiulus parvulus sp. nov. and representatives of Typhloiulus Latzel, 1884 s.s. in the Dinaric region.