Omobrachyiulus curvocaudatus (Lignau, 1903)

Vagalinski, Boyan & Golovatch, Sergei I., 2021, The millipede tribe Brachyiulini in the Caucasus (Diplopoda, Julida, Julidae), ZooKeys 1058, pp. 1-127 : 1

Omobrachyiulus curvocaudatus (Lignau, 1903)

Julus curvocaudatus Lignau, 1903: 135-136, figs 55-58.

Chromatoiulus (Omobrachyiulus) curvocaudatus : Lohmander, 1936: 126-129, figs 108-110; Lang 1959: 1791.

Chromatoiulus curvocaudatus : Kobakhidze 1964: 191; 1965: 394.

Megaphyllum curvocaudatum : Talikadze 1984: 143; Chumachenko 2016: 409.

Omobrachyiulus curvocaudatus : Vagalinski and Lazányi 2018: 96; Kokhia and Golovatch 2018: 41; 2020: 206.

Material examined.

Georgia: 1 ♂ (SMNG), Mtshkheta-Mtianeti , forest SW of Lake Bazaleti, 42.0308°N, 44.6653°E, 910 m a.s.l., 4.X.2011, F. Walther leg. ; 1 ♂ (ZMUM), Racha-Lechkhum-Kvemo Svaneti Planned National Park, 10 km NE of Shovi, Gurshevi near Mamisoni Pass , 2000-2200 m, Abies , Fagus , Alnus , litter and under stones, at a spring, 21.X.1981, SIG leg .; 1 ♂ (ZMUM), AR Abkhazia, Pitsunda-Myussera Nature Reserve, Myussera part, 20-130 m, mixed deciduous forest ( Castanea , Alnus etc.), in litter, under bark and stones, 8-10.IV.1983, SIG leg . 1 ♂ (ZMUM), AR Abkhazia, environs of Lake Ritsa , in litter, mixed forest, 24.X.1978, SIG leg .; 2 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀ (ZMUM), AR Abkhazia, Myussera Forest , 13.VI.1978, V. Dolin leg. ; 1 ♂ (ZMUM), AR Abkhazia, Ochamchira District., near Otapi, at the entrance to Cave Golova Otapa , II.1983, S. Smirnov leg. ; 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀ (ZMUM), AR Ajara, Batumi Botanical Garden , 15-20 m, 30.V-7.VI.1981, SIG and J. Martens leg. Russia: 1 ♂ (SMNG), Republic of Adygea, Lagonakskiy Ridge, limestone cliffs on the SW slope of Mount Gora Matuk , 44.1061°N, 39.9225°E, 1810 m a.s.l., 16.VIII.2012, F. Walther leg.

Diagnosis.

A species of Omobrachyiulus differing from congeners mainly by the opisthomere bearing a large, flattened, roughly diamond-shaped, apical outgrowth of the basoposterior process, and a shortly bifurcate solenomere, with the anterior branch being clavate, and the posterior one fine and pointed, bent anteriad.

Previous records from the Caucasus.

Russia: Krasnodar Province, Pseashkho Pass (type locality); Sochi ( Lohmander 1936); Georgia: AR Abkhazia, Gagra and Avadkhara ( Kobakhidze 1965).

General distribution.

CAUC.