Anthroleucosomatidae

Antić, Dragan Ž. & Makarov, Slobodan E., 2016, The Caucasus as a major hotspot of biodiversity: Evidence from the millipede family Anthroleucosomatidae (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida), Zootaxa 4211 (1), pp. 1-205 : 200-202

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4211.1.1

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6074515

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Anthroleucosomatidae
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Key to Anthroleucosomatidae View in CoL species in the Caucasus

1. Adults with 28 or 30 segments, including telson.............................................................2

- Adults with 29 or 31 segments, including telson............................................................24

2. Male posterior gonopods with well-developed and somewhat robust telopodites ( Figs 5 View FIGURE 5 D, 9D)........................3

- Male posterior gonopods with small, poorly-developed telopodites ( Figs 14 View FIGURE 14 D, 17D, 20D, 41D, 44G, 55D, 60H ect)........ 5

3. Coxal process of male leg-pair 7 with very short and thick setae. Midbody walking legs with enlarged and somewhat elongated coxae..................................................................... Alloiopus solitarius Attems, 1951

- Coxal process of male leg-pair 7, if present, without characteristic setae. Midbody walking legs with normal coxae...................................................................................... Golovatchosoma View in CoL gen. nov....4

4. Male leg-pair 7 with a posterior coxal horn ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 C). Macrochaetae of body segments short and bacilliform ( Figs 2 View FIGURE 2 B, 3).............................................................................. G. bacillichaetum View in CoL gen. et sp. nov.

- Male leg-pair 7 without posterior coxal horn. Macrochaetae of body segments medium-sized and trichoid ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 ).................................................................................... G. trichochaetum View in CoL gen. et sp. nov.

5. Coxites of posterior gonopods with a single coxal process ( Figs 14 View FIGURE 14 D; 17D; 55D; 81D; 82D, E, F; 85D; 86D, E, F; 89D; 90F, G, H)..................................................................................................6

- Coxites of posterior gonopods with paired coxal processes ( Figs 20 View FIGURE 20 D; 23D; 27D; 37D; 41D; 59D; 64D; 68D; 72D; 77D; 165G, H).................................................................................................11

6. Posterior margins of pleurotergites without limbus...........................................................7

- Posterior margins of pleurotergites with a denticulate limbus ( Figs 80 View FIGURE 80 D; 84D, 88D)............ Dentatosoma View in CoL gen. nov.... 9

7. Anterior gonopods with a medial syncoxal structure and lateral parts; without anterior sternal sac ( Fig. 14 View FIGURE 14 A)........................................................................................ Alpinella waltheri View in CoL gen. et sp. nov.

- Anterior gonopods in the form of shields; with an anterior sternal sac ( Figs 17 View FIGURE 17 A; 55A)...............................8

8. Prefemur of male leg-pair 7 with two distinctive, well-developed, apical and basal horns ( Fig. 16 View FIGURE 16 C). Anterior gonopods with a medial, unpaired, bifurcated process ( Fig. 17 View FIGURE 17 A)......................... .. Brachychaetosoma turbanovi View in CoL gen. et sp. nov.

- Prefemur of male leg-pair 7 without any special structures. Anterior gonopods in the form of rounded shields, without medial bifurcated process; each shield with one distinctive, subtriangular and acuminate horn in anterior view ( Fig. 55 View FIGURE 55 A)............................................................................. Georgiosoma bicornutum View in CoL gen. et sp. nov.

9. Coxal processes of anterior gonopods narrow ( Figs 81 View FIGURE 81 A; 82A; 89A; 90A)........................................10

- Coxal processes of anterior gonopods expanded in the middle ( Fig. 85 View FIGURE 85 A).................... D. magnum gen. et sp. nov.

10. Coxal processes of anterior gonopods ending with a few denticles ( Figs 81 View FIGURE 81 B; 82A)....... .. D. denticulatum View in CoL gen. et sp. nov.

- Coxal processes of anterior gonopods ending with a long, laterally and downward orientated horn ( Figs 89 View FIGURE 89 A; 90B)...................................................................................... D. zeraboseli View in CoL gen. et sp. nov.

11. Anterior gonopods with robust anterior sternal processes fused in distal ¾ ( Fig. 165 View FIGURE 165 A). Body length ± 6 mm.................................................................................. Uegrandosoma tabacarui View in CoL gen. et sp. nov.

- Anterior gonopods without robust anterior sternal processes. Body length Ż 8 mm.................................12

12. Coxites of posterior gonopods with a pair of flagelliform processes (eg Fig. 27 View FIGURE 27 D)..................................13

- Coxal processes of posterior gonopods not flagelliform, but shorter and thicker ( Figs 68 View FIGURE 68 D; 72D; 77D)................................................................................................. Paranotosoma View in CoL gen. nov....22

13. Anterior gonopods with shield-like coxal processes (eg Fig. 27 View FIGURE 27 A)....................... Caucaseuma Strasser, 1970 View in CoL , 14

- Anterior gonopods with an unpaired medial part and two lateral processes ( Figs 59 View FIGURE 59 A; 64A; 65A)................................................................................................. Heterocaucaseuma View in CoL gen. nov....20

14. Adults with 28 segments, including telson................................................... C. variabile View in CoL sp. nov.

- Adults with 30 segments, including telson................................................................. 15

15. Anterior gonopods with two distinctive, bifurcated, posterior projections/processes ( Fig. 20 View FIGURE 20 B, C)... .. C. elephantum View in CoL sp. nov.

- Anterior gonopods without such a posterior projection.......................................................16

16. Posterior coxal processes of anterior gonopods starting with an anterior horn ( Figs 23 View FIGURE 23 C; 27C; 31B)....................17

- Posterior coxal processes of anterior gonopods starting with a lamella ( Fig. 37 View FIGURE 37 B).................... C. minellii View in CoL sp. nov.

17. Both anterior shields of the anterior gonopods divided distally into a medial and a lateral part ( Figs 31 View FIGURE 31 A; 34A).......... 18

- Anterior shields of anterior gonopods unipartite ( Figs 23 View FIGURE 23 A; 27A)............................................... 19

18. Prefemur of male leg-pair 7 with a mesal dentate bulge in basal half....................... C. lohmanderi Strasser, 1970 View in CoL

- Prefemur of male leg-pair 7 without any peculiarities......................................... .. C. kelasuri View in CoL sp. nov.

19. Coxae of male leg-pair 7 with a small, posterior, dentate, subtriangular process ( Fig. 22 View FIGURE 22 D)...... .. C. fanagoriyskaya View in CoL sp. nov.

- Male leg-pair 7 without peculiarities................................................... C. glabroscutum View in CoL sp. nov.

20. Lateral horns and medial part of anterior gonopods almost equally high ( Figs 59 View FIGURE 59 A; 60A)..................................................................................................... H. feminaepectorum View in CoL gen. et sp. nov.

- Lateral horns clearly higher than medial part ( Figs 64 View FIGURE 64 A; 65A).................................................21

21. Medial part acuminate in anterior view ( Fig. 64 View FIGURE 64 A). Lateral horns with lateral shoulders....... H. longicorne View in CoL gen. et sp. nov.

- Medial part squarish in anterior view. Lateral horns without lateral shoulders.. .. H. mauriesi ( Golovatch and Makarov, 2011) View in CoL

22. Anterior coxal shields squarish or nearly rounded ( Figs 68 View FIGURE 68 A; 77A; 78A). Posterior coxal processes with an additional lateral process ( Figs 68 View FIGURE 68 B, C; 77B, C; 78C, D, E)................................................................. 23

- Anterior coxal shields cordiform ( Figs 72 View FIGURE 72 A, 73A). Posterior coxal processes without an additional lateral process ( Fig. 72 View FIGURE 72 B, C)............................................................................... P. cordatum View in CoL gen. et sp. nov.

23. Shields nearly rounded ( Figs 77 View FIGURE 77 A; 78A). Lateral process club-like ( Figs 77 View FIGURE 77 B; 78C). Coxae of male leg-pair 7 with two short processes ( Fig. 76 View FIGURE 76 C)......................................................... P. subrotundatum View in CoL gen. et sp. nov.

- Shields squarish ( Fig. 68 View FIGURE 68 A). Lateral process long and slender ( Fig. 68 View FIGURE 68 B, C). Coxae of male leg-pair 7 with only one rudimen- tary coxal process (Fig. 67B)....................................................... .. P. attemsi View in CoL gen. et sp. nov.

24. Anterior gonopods anteriorly with a pair of flagella/pseudoflagella or thorn-like processes ( Figs 120 View FIGURE 120 A; 124A; 125A; 128A; 133A; 137A; 142A; 146A; 150A; 151A)..................................................................25

- Anterior gonopods without such structures.................................................................32

25. Anterior gonopods anteriorly with a pair of hidden processes, with only distal third visible ( Fig. 133 View FIGURE 133 A–D)........ Cryptacan- thophorella manubriata View in CoL gen. et sp. nov.

- Anterior gonopods anteriorly with a fully visible pair of flagella/pseudoflagella or thorn-like processes (eg Figs 120 View FIGURE 120 A; 137A; 146A)..............................................................................................26

26. Body with 29 segments in adults (including telson). Anterior gonopods anteriorly with a pair of flagella protected by a well- developed anterior sternal lamella ( Fig. 138 View FIGURE 138 A).............................. Flagellophorella hoffmani View in CoL gen. et sp. nov.

- Body with 31 segments in adults (including telson). Anterior gonopods anteriorly with a pair of pseudoflagella or thorn-like processes, without protective lamella (eg Figs 120 View FIGURE 120 A; 146A)...................................................27

27. Anterior gonopods anteriorly with a pair of thorn-like processes ( Figs 120 View FIGURE 120 A; 124A; 128A). Sternal plate with a small sternal sac......................................................................... Acanthophorella View in CoL gen. nov....28

- Anterior gonopods anteriorly with long and slender processes in the form of pseudoflagella ( Figs 142 View FIGURE 142 A; 146A; 150A). Sternal plate with a sternal lamella................................................. Pseudoflagellophorella View in CoL gen. nov., 30

28. Body length 16–18 mm, pigmentless. Head 5–7 ocelli. Walking legs and antennae elongated. Cavernicolous species ( Fig. 118 View FIGURE 118 ).............................................................................. A. barjadzei View in CoL gen. et sp. nov.

- Body length ± 10.5 mm, pigmented. Head with 13–17 ocelli. Walking legs and antennae normal. Epigean species ( Figs 121 View FIGURE 121 ; 126)................................................................................................29

29. Lateral lamella of anterior gonopods higher than thorn-like processes ( Fig. 124 View FIGURE 124 A). Coxal processes of posterior gonopods well-developed ( Fig. 124 View FIGURE 124 D)....................................................... .. A. chegemi View in CoL gen. et sp. nov.

- Lateral lamella of anterior gonopods denticulate and lower than thorn-like processes ( Fig. 128 View FIGURE 128 A). Coxal processes of posterior gonopods small ( Fig. 128 View FIGURE 128 D).......................................................... A. irystoni View in CoL gen. et sp. nov.

30. Basal parts of anterior gonopods very wide and rounded ( Fig. 142 View FIGURE 142 A).......................... P. eskovi View in CoL gen. et sp. nov.

- Basal parts of anterior gonopods not rounded; almost same in width as remaining parts of gonopods...................31

31. Anterior gonopods with fimbriated lateral parts showing numerous single, bi- or three-ramous fringes/fingers orientated poste- riorly ( Fig. 146 View FIGURE 146 A)................................................................ P. mirabilis View in CoL gen. et sp. nov.

- Anterior gonopods in the form of butterfly wings; with neither fimbriated lateral parts nor fringes/fingers ( Fig. 150 View FIGURE 150 A).................................................................................. P. papilioformis View in CoL gen. et sp. nov.

32. Posterior gonopods without traces of telopodites................................ Ratcheuma excorne Golovatch, 1985 View in CoL

- Posterior gonopods with telopodites......................................................................33

33. Anterior gonopods divided into at least two or more lateral branches ( Figs 94 View FIGURE 94 A; 98A; 103A; 108A; 112A; 116A)......... 3 4

- Anterior gonopods unipartite............................................................................39

34. Anterior gonopods with a medial part and four pairs of processes ( Fig. 94 View FIGURE 94 A)........... Enghoffiella insolita View in CoL gen. et sp. nov.

- Anterior gonopods with a medial part and two lateral branches, inner and outer (98A; 103A; 108A; 112A; 116A)............................................................................ Metamastigophorophyllon Ceuca, 1976 , 35

35. Anterior gonopods with a poorly-developed, hairless, sternal lamella ( Figs 98 View FIGURE 98 A; 99A)........... M. giljarovi ( Lang, 1959)

- Anterior gonopods with a well-developed, mainly densely setose, sternal lamella ( Figs 103 View FIGURE 103 A; 108A; 112A; 116A)........3 6

36. Inner branch of anterior gonopods with a characteristic hook-shaped process ( Figs 103 View FIGURE 103 A; 104C–D)... ... M. hamatum sp. nov.

- Inner branch of anterior gonopods without a hook-shaped process..............................................37

37. Outer branch of lateral part of anterior gonopods fimbriated and with numerous simple, bi- or triramous fringes/fingers ( Figs 116 View FIGURE 116 A, C; 117B–D)..................................................................... M. torsivum sp. nov.

- Outer branch not fimbriated............................................................................ 38

38. Sternal plate with a stongly developed, hairy, sternal lamella with a raised, medial, bifurcated part ( Figs 108 View FIGURE 108 A; 109A). Outer branches strongly developed, wide, lamellar ( Figs 108 View FIGURE 108 A; 109A). Male leg-pair 7 with a coxal cavity, prefemur with a poster- omesal acuminate process ( Fig. 107 View FIGURE 107 D)............................................... M. lamellohirsutum sp. nov.

- Sternal lamella not as above. Outer branches narrower, not in the form of a lamella. Male leg-pair 7 with neither a coxal cavity nor a prefemoral acuminate process................................................. M. martensi ( Mauriès, 1982)

39. Male leg-pair 6 particularly robust and bizarre ( Figs 154 View FIGURE 154 C; 158C). Coxites of posterior gonopods with numerous arrow-shaped filaments ( Figs 155 View FIGURE 155 D; 159D).......................................................... Herculina View in CoL gen. nov....40

- Male leg-pair 6 not as above. Coxites of posterior gonopods without arrow-shaped filaments......................... 41

40. Arrow-shaped filaments on coxites of posterior gonopods more numerous, with an isolated long filament ( Fig. 159 View FIGURE 159 D)................................................................................... H. polysagittae View in CoL gen. et sp. nov.

- Arrow-shaped filaments on coxites of posterior gonopods significantly less numerous, an isolated filament absent ( Fig. 155 View FIGURE 155 D).......................................................................... .. H. oligosagittae View in CoL gen. et sp. nov.

41. Head in males with a medial frontal tubercle between antennal sockets and with a depression between both ocellaria ( Fig. 10 View FIGURE 10 B, C).................................................................... Adshardicus strasseri Golovatch, 1981 View in CoL

- Head in males normal......................................................... Caucasominorus View in CoL gen. nov.....42

42. Shields of anterior gonopods with numerous striae ( Figs 46 View FIGURE 46 A; 47A). Coxal processes of posterior gonopods with one or two knife-like lobes ( Fig. 46 View FIGURE 46 E)............................................................ C. billi View in CoL gen. et sp. nov.

- Shields of anterior gonopods almost completely smooth ( Figs 51 View FIGURE 51 A; 52A). Coxal processes of posterior gonopods with more numerous knife-like lobes ( Figs 49 View FIGURE 49 E, F; 51D)....................................... C. polylobatus View in CoL gen. et sp. nov.

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