Caucaseuma lohmanderi 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 : 101

Caucaseuma lohmanderi Strasser, 1970

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Caucaseuma lohmanderi Strasser, 1970: 200 , figs 1–6.

Caucaseuma lohmanderi – Golovatch 1985: 48. — Antić & Makarov 2016: 44, figs 32–34. — Turbanov et al. 2016b: 1311.

Material examined (53 ♂♂, 71 ♀♀, 3 juvs)

RUSSIA • 7 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀; Western Caucasus, Krasnodar Province, Greater Sochi, Khosta , Partizanskaya Cave ; 30 Apr.–24 Aug. 1992; A.G. Koval leg.; Barber pitfall traps; ZMUM • 10 ♂♂, 13 ♀♀, 1 juv.; Western Caucasus, Krasnodar Province, Greater Sochi, Khosta , Mount Akhun , Bolshaya Akhunskaya Cave ; 26 Apr.–26 Aug. 1992; A.G. Koval leg.; Barber pitfall traps; ZMUM • 2 ♂♂, 14 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding but 13 Aug.–24 Sep. 1988; pitfall traps; ZMUM • 18 ♂♂, 22 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding but 28 Apr.–23 Aug. 1990; IZB • 15 ♂♂, 17 ♀♀, 2 juvs; same collection data as for preceding but 4 Apr.–22 Jun. 1990; ZMUM • 1 ♂; Western Caucasus, Krasnodar Province, Greater Sochi, Akhshtyr Karst Massif , Avgust Cave ; 9 Sep. 2015; I. Turbanov leg.; ZMUM .

Remarks and distribution

A troglobiont. This is the most abundant of all Caucaseuma species. So far, over 230 specimens from 11 caves in Sochi District, Russia, are known. Here is an updated list of caves from which this species is known, arranged in alphabetic order: Ametist, Akhunskaya (= Bolshaya Akhunskaya), Avgust, “Baribana” (= Grot Baribana) (type locality!), Dolgaya, Labirintovaya, Navalishenskaya (= Muzeynaya), Partizanskaya, Shirokopokosskaya (= Bozhyey Materi = “Our Lady“), Vorontsovskaya (= Bolshaya Vorontsovskaya; also includes Khod Kuzmenko) and Zapovednaya (= Tisovaya) ( Fig. 1 ).

Figures

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

Fig. 7. Anterior gonopods in the genus Caucaseuma Strasser, 1970, anterior views. A. C. elephantum Antić & Makarov, 2016. B. C. fanagoriyskaya Antić & Makarov, 2016. C. C. minellii Antić & Makarov, 2016. D. C. glabroscutum Antić & Makarov, 2016. E. C. kelasuri Antić & Makarov, 2016. F. C. lohmanderi Strasser, 1970. G. C. variabile Antić & Makarov, 2016. H. C. strasseri Antić sp. nov., paratype, ♂ (IZB). A–E, G after Antić & Makarov (2016), F after Strasser (1970). Scale bar = 0.3 mm for all, except for F (not to scale).