Glyphiulus melanoporus Mauries & Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, 1997

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Glyphiulus melanoporus Mauries & Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, 1997

Material examined.

1 male, 1 female, 1 juv. (SCAU), China, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Xiufeng District, Maomaotou Cave, [25°18'46.12"N, 110°16'12.64"E], 225 m el., deep zone, direct intuitive search, 15 November 2016, J. J. Wynne leg.

Notes.

G. melanoporus is considered a troglophile. The type locality for this species is Skeleton Cave [25°17'13"N, 110°13'26"E] ( Mauriès and Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin 1997). We collected this species from Maomaotou Cave, which represents a 21.1 km range expansion to the south of the type locality.

Habitat.

For our specimens, we collected them within the deep zone of Maomaotou Cave. Sediment where specimens were collected was compacted and wet.