Kubaniulus lativelatus, Evsyukov & Golovatch & Reip & Vandenspiegel, 2020

Evsyukov, Aleksandr, Golovatch, Sergei, Reip, Hans & Vandenspiegel, Didier, 2020, The millipede tribe Leptoiulini in the Caucasus, with notes on its generic classification (Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae), Zootaxa 4778 (2), pp. 237-280 : 250

Kubaniulus lativelatus sp. nov.

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FIGURE 1. Habitus pictures of some species of Leptoiulini from the Caucasus, lateral views. A: Chaetoleptophyllum flexum Golovatch, 1979, male from Khulo, Georgia. B: Kubaniulus gracilis Lohmander, 1936, male from near Gelenjik, Krasnodar Prov. C: Kubaniulus lativelatus sp. nov., male paratype from Pasture Abago, Krasnodar Prov. Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIGURE 10. Kubaniulus lativelatus sp. nov., male paratype from near Khosta, Krasnodar Prov. A–C: anterior, middle and posterior parts of body, respectively, lateral view. D: head, ventral view. E: posterior part of body, ventral view. F: midbody ring, frontal view; G: leg 2, frontal view. H & I: leg-pair 1, caudolateral and frontoventral views, respectively. J: segment 7 and leg-pair 7, lateral view. Abbreviations: ep, epiproct; hp, hypoproct; lg, lamella lingualis of gnathochilarium; mz, metazona; pr, promere; pz, prozona; sg, stipes of gnathoсhilarium; sl, solenomere; ve, velum. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A), 0.1 mm (B–F) or 0.05 mm (G–J).

FIGURE 11. Kubaniulus lativelatus sp. nov., female from near Khosta, Krasnodar Prov. A: head, ventral view B: leg-pair 2 and gonopores, ventral view. Abbreviations: lg, lamella lingualis of gnathochilarium; sg, stipes of gnathochilarium. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.

FIGURE 12. Kubaniulus lativelatus sp. nov., male paratype from near Khosta, Krasnodar Prov. A: antenna, lateral view. B: gnathochilarium, ventral view. C: leg 1, caudal view. D: leg 2 and penes, caudal view. E: ventral edge of segment 7, lateral view. Scale bar: 0.2 mm.

FIGURE 13. Kubaniulus lativelatus sp. nov., male paratype near Khosta, Krasnodar Prov. A & B: both gonopods, ventral and ventrolateral views, respectively. C: left gonopod, mesal view. D: right gonopod, lateral view (solenomere is broken). Abbreviations: ms, mesomere; op, opisthomere; pr, promere; sl, solenomere; ve, velum. Scale bars: 0.05 mm.

FIGURE 14. Kubaniulus lativelatus sp. nov., male paratype from near Khosta, Krasnodar Prov. A: promere of gonopod, caudal view. B: gonopod, mesal view. Abbreviations: op, opisthomere; pr, promere; ms, mesomere; sl, solenomere; ve, velum. Scale bar: 0.2 mm.

FIGURE 41. Female vulvae of Leptoiulini from the Caucasus, caudolateral views. A: Chaetoleptophyllum flexum Golovatch, 1979 (female from Algeti Nature Reserve, Georgia). B: Kubaniulus gracilis Lohmander, 1936 (female from Pasture Abago, Krasnodar Prov.). C: Kubaniulus lativelatus sp. nov. (paratype from near Gelenjik, Krasnodar Prov). D: Leptoiulus hastatus Lohmander, 1936 (female from Totev,Armenia). E: Leptoiulus tanymorphus (Attems, 1901) (paratype, after Lohmander, 1936). F: Leptoiulus meskhii sp. nov. (paratype from Galabyn, Azerbaijan). G: Leptoiulus gonopodialis sp. nov. (paratype from Lagodekhi Nature Reserve, Georgia). Abbreviations: a, ampulla/ -ae; bu, bursa; em, emargination of median field; mf, median field; om, operculum; rs, receptaculum seminis. Scale bar: 0.2 mm (A–E, G), drawn not to scale (H, F).