Caucaseuma Strasser, 1970

Antić, Dragan & Makarov, Slobodan, 2022, Review of the genus Caucaseuma Strasser, 1970, with the description of a new cavernicolous species from the Western Caucasus and an updated key and distribution (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Anthroleucosomatidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 819 (1), pp. 90-107 : 92-93

Genus Caucaseuma Strasser, 1970

Caucaseuma Strasser, 1970: 199 .

Caucaseuma – Antić & Makarov 2016: 28 .

Type species

Caucaseuma lohmanderi Strasser, 1970 , by original designation.

Other included species

Caucaseuma elephantum Antić & Makarov, 2016

Caucaseuma fanagoriyskaya Antić & Makarov, 2016

Caucaseuma glabroscutum Antić & Makarov, 2016

Caucaseuma kelasuri Antić & Makarov, 2016

Caucaseuma minellii Antić & Makarov, 2016

Caucaseuma strasseri Antić sp. nov.

Caucaseuma variabile Antić & Makarov, 2016

Diagnosis

Differs from all other genera of the family Anthroleucosomatidae , except the genus Heterocaucaseuma Antić & Makarov, 2016 , by the presence of two pairs of flagelliform processes originating from the base of the angiocoxites of the posterior gonopods. From the genus Heterocaucaseuma , it differs by the presence of more complicated anterior gonopods, characterized by angiocoxites clearly differentiated into anterior and posterior parts. The anterior parts are shield-like, separated, partially fused or completely fused, with a visible furrow. The genus Heterocaucaseuma is characterized by somewhat simplified anterior gonopods with angiocoxites differentiated into a medial part, fully fused, and two lateral parts.

Distribution

The genus Caucaseuma includes mainly narrow endemics confined to the Western and North Western Caucasus, with the exception of C. variabile with a rather disjunct distribution in the western, northern and central Caucasus ( Fig. 1 ).

Figures

Fig. 1. Distribution of the genus Caucaseuma Strasser, 1970.