Elongeuma speophilum Golovatch, 1982

Figs 24–31, Map.

Elongeuma speophilum Golovatch, 1982: 944 (D).

Elongeuma speophilum — Read, Golovatch, 1994: 64 (M); Turbanov et al., 2016: 1291 (M).

HOLOTYPE ♂ (ZMUM ρ1530), revised, Tien-Shang (= Tian Shan) Mts, Kyrgyzstan (= Kirghizia), Fergana Mt. Range, Kirgyzindan River valley, Kendyn-kyry (= Kyndyn-kyry, or Zindan) Cave, 100–120 m inside (off entrance), X.1978, V. Ogudin leg. (https:// speleo.kg/expeditions/2021/alternativnyj-karstovyj-rajon-v-dolinereki-kuraves/).

DIAGNOSIS. Differs from congeners by a pallid coloration with only five light brown ocelli on each side of the head. ♂ legs 7 are with a pair of strong hooks on the coxae and small glandular parabasal knobs on the prefemora (Fig. 26). Coxal pouches (cs) of the posterior gonopods are membranous (see also key below).

BRIEF REDESCRIPTON. Length ca 14 mm, width 1.1 mm on mandibular genae, 1.0 mm on midbody segments (♂).

All characters as in E. reductum sp.n., except as follows.

Coloration pallid, only 5 ocelli on each side of head light brown. Body with 28 segments. Antennae longer, reaching segment 6 when stretched laterally, antennomere 3 being the longest. Metatergal macrochaetae mostly bacilliform and blunt (Fig. 24). ♂ leg-pairs 3–6 only slightly enlarged, with tarsal papillae distally; each ♂ leg 7 (Fig. 26) with a laterally micropapillate coxa carrying a strong ventral hook directed distad, while prefemur with a small, glandular, parabasal knob ventrally; ♂ legs 10 and 11 with coxal sacs/glands (Figs 27, 28), usual, devoid of tarsal papillae like following legs.

Anterior gonopods (Figs 29, 30) much like in E. reductum sp.n., but differing in the absence of a lobule (j) on each solenomere (sl), thus being very similar to those of E. chichkan sp.n .. Posterior gonopods (Fig. 31) also very similar to those in E. chichkan sp.n., both coxites being quite high, sac-shaped and densely setose, while coxal pouches or sacs (cs) with membranous projections.

REMARK. This species was observed living on ice inside the cave at an elevation of> 2000 m a.s.l. (https:// speleo.kg/expeditions/2021/alternativnyj-karstovyj-rajon-vdoline-reki-kuraves/).