Polydesmus racovitzai Brölemann, 1910

(Figs 3E; 5 D-F)

Polydesmus racovitzai Brölemann, 1910: 352 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Spain • 2 ♂, 1 ♀; Burgos, Pineda de la Sierra, Sierra de Mencilla in Sierra de la Demanda, beech forest; 42°11’55”N, 03°18’41”W; 1460 m a.s.l.; 18. VI.2018; V. M. Ortuño, J. D. Gilgado & E. Ledesma leg.; MSS; UAH • 39 ♂, 1 ♀; same data; 22. VI.2019 • 3 ♂; same data; 3.VIII.2020; UAH • 2♂, 1 ♀; same data; MNHN .

REMARKS

This species is known from the French Pyrenees and northern Spain (provinces of Biscay, Navarre and Gipuzkoa) (Kime & Enghoff 2011; Djursvoll 2019). The present record extends the known distribution of the species to the south and east. It also occurs at a higher altitude than previous records, according to Kime & Enghoff (2011) up to 1300 m a.s.l. As Djursvoll (2019) points out, the gonopod morphology of P. racovitzai may resemble that of Polydesmus inconstans Latzel, 1884, as drawn by Demange (1981). The drawing in the original description of P. racovitzai (Brölemann 1910: plate V, figs 32, 33) shows a shorter and softly curved tip of exomerite, while it is longer and almost describing a straight angle after the lateral tooth in the drawing of Demange (1981: 125, figs 170-171). Our specimens agree with the gonopod morphology of P.racovitzai in Demange (1981), and we are including three images of it (Fig. 5 D-F).