Japanioiulus lobatus Verhoeff, 1937

Mikhaljova, E. V. & Lim, K. - Y., 2018, New and poorly-known millipedes (Diplopoda) from Korea, Far Eastern Entomologist 349, pp. 1-10 : 6-7

Japanioiulus lobatus Verhoeff, 1937

Japanioiulus lobatus Verhoeff, 1937: 35 .

Amblyiulus lobatus: Verhoeff, 1941: 317; Miyosi, 1957: 315; Miyosi, 1959: 55, figs; Takano,

1980: 55; Nishikawa & Murakami, 1991: 299; Nguyen et al., 2016: 45.

Japanioiulus lobatus: Takakuwa & Takashima, 1944: 24; Takakuwa, 1954: 181, figs; Miyosi,

1957: 315; Paik, 1958: 364; Shinohara, 1960: 28.

Trichopachyiulus (subgenus Japanopachyiulus) niponicus Miyosi, 1957: 316, figs.

Trichopachyiulus niponicus: Miyosi, 1959: 55, figs.

Trichopachyiulus (Japanopachyiulus) niponicus: Shinohara, 1960: 28; Murakami, 1972: 63.

? Amblyiulus niponicus: Mauriès, 1982: 441.

Japanoiulus (sic!) lobatus: Enghoff, 1992: 13.

Trichopachyiulus (Japanopachyiulus) niponicus: Enghoff, 1992: 13.

MATERIAL. Republic of Korea: Gyeongsangbuk-do : Ulleung-gun, Dokdori, 7.V 2013, 2 ♂, 3 ♀, 1 juvenile ( FSCB), leg. K.-Y. Lim; Gyeongsangbuk-do :

Ulleung-gun, Dokdo-ri, 8. V 2013 , 5 ♂, 5 ♀ ( NIBR), leg. K.-Y. Lim; Gyeongsangbukdo : Ulleung-gun, Dokdo-ri , 9. V 2013 , 5 ♀ ( NIBR), leg. K.-Y. Lim; Gyeongsangbuk-do: Ulleung-gun , Buk-mean, Geaneum-island , 9. V 2013 , 4 ♂ ( NIBR), leg. K.-

Y. Lim.

DISTRIBUTION. Japan, Republic of Korea.

REMARKS. The species was originally described by Verhoeff from Abuta

(Hokkaido, Japan) as type species of his monotypic genus Japanioiulus (Verhoeff,

1937). Then Japanioiulus was synonymized with Amblyiulus Silvestri, 1896 , thus new species combination – Amblyiulus lobatus – is also given (Verhoeff, 1941).

Mauriès (1982) placed Japanioiulus under Syrioiulus Verhoeff, 1914 . Nevertheless

Enghoff (1992) returned to using the name Japanoiulus (syc!) lobatus .

The first record of Japanioiulus lobatus in Korea was published by Takakuwa and Takashima (1944). However they noted that this record may be erroneous. In addition, any materials on this species or collection place in Korea were not presented.

Then Takakuwa (1954) and Nguyen et al. (2016) repeated the dubious information concerning the Korean find of this species. So the above specimens of Japanioiulus lobatus are the first reliable confirmation of inhabitation of this species in Korea.

Trichopachyiulus (subgenus Japanopachyiulus ) niponicus was originally described from Hokkaido, Japan (Miyosi, 1957). Mauriès (1982) supposably placed this species to Amblyiulus . A decade later Trichopachyiulus (Japanopachyiulus)

niponicus was synonymized with the type species of Japanioiulus , J. lobatus Verhoeff, 1937 (Enghoff, 1992) .

There are good illustrations of gonopods and other structures of this species

(Miyosi, 1957).