Review of the genus Typhloiulus Latzel, 1884 in the Dinaric region, with a description of four new species and the first description of the male of Typhloiulus insularis Strasser, 1938 (Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae)

Dragan Ž AntiĆ; Tvrtko DraŽina; TonĆi RaĐa; Luka R LuČiĆ; Slobodan E Makarov

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4455.2.2

Review of the genus Typhloiulus Latzel, 1884 in the Dinaric region, with a description of four new species and the first description of the male of Typhloiulus insularis Strasser, 1938 (Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae)

Zootaxa. 2018 Aug 2;4455(2):258-294. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4455.2.2.

Authors

Dragan Ž AntiĆ¹, Tvrtko DraŽina, TonĆi RaĐa, Luka R LuČiĆ, Slobodan E Makarov

Affiliation

¹ University of Belgrade-Faculty of Biology, Institute of Zoology, Studentski Trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia Serbian Biospeleological Society, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia. dragan.antic@bio.bg.ac.rs.

PMID: 30314210
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4455.2.2

Abstract

A review of the genus Typhloiulus Latzel, 1884 (Julida: Julidae) in the Dinaric region is given. Previously published and new faunistic records are provided for each species, together with notes for some of them. Four new species are described: T. clavatus sp. nov., T. gracilis sp. nov., T. opisthonodus sp. nov., and T. parvulus sp. nov., all from caves in Dalmatia and Herzegovina. In addition, we provide the first description of the male of T. insularis Strasser, 1938. Some taxonomic relationships among Typhloiulus species and biogeographical aspects (with distribution maps) of the genus are discussed.

Keywords: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, caves, MSS, Typhloiulus, millipedes, Myriapoda.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animals
Arthropods*
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Caves*
Male