Leptoiulus gonopodialis, 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 : 273

Leptoiulus gonopodialis sp. nov.

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Figures

FIGURE 15. Habitus pictures of some species of Leptoiulini from the Caucasus, lateral views. A: Leptoiulus hastatus Lohmander, 1932, male from near Shnokh, Armenia. B: Leptoiulus tanymorphus (Attems, 1901), male from Ajikent, Azerbaijan. C: Leptoiulus meskhii sp. nov., male paratype from Galabyn, Azerbaijan. D: Leptoiulus gonopodialis sp. nov., male paratype from Lagodekhi Nature Reserve, Georgia. Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIGURE 37. Leptoiulus gonopodialis sp. nov., male paratype from Lagodekhi Nature Reserve, Georgia. A-C: anterior, middle and posterior parts of body, respectively, lateral views. D: anterior part of body, frontolateral view. E: tip of leg 2, frontal view. F: head, ventral view. G: midbody ring, frontal view. Abbreviations: ep, epiproct; lg, lamella lingualis of gnathochilarium; mz, metazona; pz, prozona; sg, stipes of gnathoсhilarium. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A–D, G), 0.02 (E) or 0.2 (F).

FIGURE 38. Leptoiulus gonopodialis sp. nov., male paratype from Lagodekhi Nature Reserve, Georgia. A: antenna, lateral view. B: gnathochilarium, ventral view. C: leg 1, caudal view. D: leg 2, caudal view. E: ventral edge of segment 7, lateral view. Scale bar: 0.2 mm.

FIGURE 39. Leptoiulus gonopodialis sp. nov., male paratype from Lagodekhi Nature Reserve, Georgia. A: segment 7, frontoventral view. B: leg-pair 2, caudal view. C & D: gonopod, ventral and mesal views, respectively. Abbreviations: fl, flagellum; ms, mesomere; op, opisthomere; ph, phylacum; pr, promere; sl, solenomere; ve, velum. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.

FIGURE 40. Leptoiulus gonopodialis sp. nov., male paratype from Lagodekhi Nature Reserve, Georgia. A: promere of gonopod with flagellum, caudal view B: gonopod, mesal view. Abbreviations: fl, flagellum; ms, mesomere; op, opisthomere; ph, phylacum; pr, promere; 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).