Haasea cyanopida ( Attems, 1903 )

Antić, Dragan & Akkari, Nesrine, 2020, Haasea Verhoeff, 1895 - a genus of tumultuous history and chaotic recordsredefinition, revision of taxonomy and geographic distributions, with descriptions of two new species from Austria and Serbia (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Haaseidae), Zootaxa 4798 (1), pp. 1-77 : 11-14

Haasea cyanopida ( Attems, 1903)

Figs 4 , 5 , 38 , 41

Orobainosoma cyanopidum Attems, 1903

Orobainosoma flavescens flavescens— Attems (1954) (misidentification)

Orobainosoma noricum Verhoeff, 1913 syn. nov.

Haasea norica ( Verhoeff, 1913)

Diagnosis. Differs from other congeners by the presence of a robust semicircular posterior lamella; an elongated, sword-like mesal process directed posteriad; a long acuminate posterior lateral process directed posteriad and slightly curved upwards; a short anterior lateral process bent proximad and positioned distally; the absence of mesodistal lobe.

Type material examined: Orobainosoma cyanopidum Attems, 1903 : ♂ ( NHMW 9823), here designated as lectotype, “ Tyrol ”. Paralectotypes ( NHMW 3634): 1 ♀, 1 ♂ dissected in 4 pieces with gonopods mounted in 2 micro scopic preparations (one with anterior gonopods, posterior gonopods, body segment 7; one with gnathochilarium, leg pairs 1–7; 10–12), same data as lectotype. Other examined types: Orobainosoma noricum Verhoeff, 1913 : ♂ slide preparation ( ZSM-A 20032165), here designated as lectotype, includes anterior and posterior gonopods and several pair of legs, including pregonopodal legs, “St. Gilgen”, Austria., Paralectotypes: 2 ♀♀ ( ZMB 5494), “Salzkam- mergut”, Austria; slide preparation with ♂ anterior gonopods, posterior gonopods, lp 6–7, 10–12, ( ZMB 128451), “Hallstadt (dt)” [Hallstatt village on Lake Hallstatt’s western shore in Austria’s mountainous Salzkammergut region, J. Gruber pers. comm.].

Other material examined: AUSTRIA: Upper Austria: Weyer: 1 fragment , 2 ♂♂, 9 ♀♀, Attems det. Orobainosoma flavescens ( Latzel, 1884) , J. Gruber rev. 2006, Hammergraben at Kastenreith , 09.09.1943, X360, H. Franz leg. ( AGES) ; 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Attems det. Orobainosoma flavescens ( Latzel, 1884) , J. Gruber rev. 2006, same data, X360, H. Franz leg. ( NHMW9818 ) ; 1 ♂, same area, ca 450 m, 11.10.2017, J. Gruber leg. ( NHMW9732 ) . Lower Austria: Waidhofen an der Ybbs : 1 ♀, Sattelgraben , E Buchenberg, ca 385 m, 15.11.2008., J. Gruber leg. ( NHMW9731 ) ; Hollenstein an der Ybbs : 2 juveniles, Walcherbauer, Aubodenbachtal , ca 460 m, 10.09.1998, J. Gruber leg. ( NHMW9725 ) ; 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, same area 465–470 m, 23.10.1998, J. Gruber leg. ( NHMW9727 ) ; 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, same area, 490–510 m, 23.10.1998, J. Gruber leg. ( NHMW9726 ) ; 1 subadult, same area, 510 m, 14.08.1999, J. Gruber leg. ( NHMW9728 ) ; 1 subadult ♂, same area, ca 650 m, 14.08.1999, J. Gruber leg. ( NHMW9729 ) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, same locality, ca 650 m, 30.09.2000, J. Gruber leg. ( NHMW9730 ) ; Styria: Krumau: 1 ♂, Attems det. Orobainosoma flavescens ( Latzel, 1884) , J. Gruber rev. 2006, Kalbling—Sparafeld snowy edge, 31.05.1946, K169, H. Franz leg. ( NHMW9816 ) ; Admont: 1 ♂, Attems det. Orobainosoma flavescens ( Latzel, 1884) , J. Gruber rev. 2006, Pleschberg NE side, 15.09.1945, H. Franz leg. ( NHMW9817 ) .

Distribution ( Figs 38 , 41 ). Austria: St. Gilgen ( Verhoeff 1913, 1929b, 1930), St. Wolfgang (Verhoeff 1930), Gaisberg ( Spelda 1996), Ischl, Rettenbachtal ( Verhoeff 1913), Hallstatt ( Verhoeff 1913), Tressenstein ( Verhoeff 1913, 1929b), Dachstein (Verhoeff 1930), Lunz ( Gruber 2009); Kreilhof; Hollenstein an der Ybbs; Hammergraben (Weyer); Kleinreifling Krumau, Admont (present study). Germany: Bad Reichenhall, Zwieselalpe ( Verhoeff 1929a), Hirschwiese SE Wartsteinkopf, 6 km O Unken ( Reip et al. 2012), Königssee, Schönau ( Reip et al. 2012), Nusshof, 1 km NW Hintergern, 3 km N Berchtesgaden ( Reip et al. 2012)

Type locality. Tyrol (see comment below) .

Comments. After examining type material of both Haasea cyanopida ( Attems, 1903) and Orobainosoma noricum Verhoeff, 1913 , we came to the conclusion that the latter name is nothing but a junior subjective synonym of Haasea cyanopida since both described taxa present identical gonopods as described in the diagnosis.

Attems (1903: 128) states that the type locality of the species is “Tirol but the exact locality remains unknown and perhaps Grödnerthal” which translates to Gardena Valley located in the southern Tirol in Italy . However, this is probably wrong given the distribution of the species. The only logical explanation is that these individuals originate from the eastern part of North Tyrol, in Austria .

Though Attems (1949: 130) mentions Millstatt as one of the localities for this species, we found no trace of that Haasea material in NHMW collections to support that. Thus, this locality is not considered as part of the species distribution range.

Attems (1954: 311) misidentified one male from Pleschberg and specimens from Hammergraben as O. flavescens flavescens .

According to the ICZN 76.2: “The place of origin of the lectotype becomes the type locality of the nominal species-group taxon, despite any previously published statement of the type locality”. We adopt this here and for the rest of species for which lectotypes are newly designated.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Haasea cyanopida (Attems, 1903). A. Male from Krumau, Kalbling-Sparafeld, Austria, habitus, lateral view. B. Paralectotype male (NHMW3634), anterior gonopods, mesal view. C. Paralectotype male (NHMW3634), posterior gonopods, anterior view. D–F. Male from Austria, Styria, Krumau, Kalbling-Sparafeld. D. Right anterior gonopod, lateral view. E. Left anterior gonopod, mesal view. F. Left posterior gonopod, anterior view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A), 0.1 mm (B–F).

FIGURE 5. Haasea cyanopida (Attems, 1903), male from Krumau, Kalbling-Sparafeld, Austria, left anterior gonopod. A. Mesal view. B. Lateral view. C. Posterolateral view. D. Postero-distomesal view. E. Distal view. F. Detail of distal part, distal view. G. Detail of distal part, posterolateral view. H. Detail of distal part, lateral view. Abbreviations: a—angiocoxite; alp—anterior lateral process; asl—anterior sternal lobe; dp—distal part; ml—“Opuntia-like” membranous lobe; mp—mesal process; pc—papillated cone; pl—posterior lamella; plp—posterior lateral process; s—sternum; so—seminal opening. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A–E), 0.02 mm (F, G), 0.05 mm (H).

FIGURE 38. Distribution of the genus Haasea.

FIGURE 41. Distribution of H. cyanopida (Attems, 1903), H. faucium (Verhoeff, 1931a), H. filicis (Verhoeff, 1929), H. gruberi sp. nov., H. musimontium (Strasser, 1937) and H. pretneri (Strasser, 1966).