Archipolydesmus osellai Ceuca, 1968

Gilgado, José D. & Ortuño, Vicente M., 2023, Polydesmid millipedes in the MSS of the northern Iberian Peninsula (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Polydesmidae), Zoosystema 45 (15), pp. 451-461 : 454

Archipolydesmus osellai Ceuca, 1968

( Figs 3A ; 4A )

Archipolydesmus osellai Ceuca, 1968: 137 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Spain • 1 ♂, 3 ♀; 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.; 22. VI.2019; V. M. Ortuño, J. D. Gilgado & E. Ledesma leg.; MSS; UAH • 1 ♂; same data; MNHN • 1 ♂; same data; 18. VI.2018; UAH .

REMARKS

This species was previously known only from two records in the Balneario de Panticosa ( Ceuca 1968) and a mixed forest near San Juan de la Peña, both in Huesca ( Serra et al. 1996; Gilgado et al. 2015). Both localities are in the Pyrenean region, and the present record extends the range of the species to the north of the Iberian System. The species could therefore also occur in other nearby mountains such as the Basque Mountains, or the Cantabrian Range.

Figures

FIG. 3. — Dorsal view of male adult specimens of all six polydesmid species collected: A, Archipolydesmus osellai Ceuca,1968 from the Sierra de Mencilla (MEF); B, Polydesmus angustus Latzel, 1884 from the Sierra Mediana (PES); C, Polydesmus asturiensis Djursvoll, 2019 from Llobango (LLO); D, Polydesmus coriaceus Porat, 1870 from the Sierra de Santo Domingo (SDF); E, Polydesmus racovitzai BrÖlemann, 1910 from the Sierra del Mencilla (MEF); F, Propolydesmus dismilus (Berlese, 1891) from the Sierra de Luesia (SL1). Scale bars: 2 mm.

FIG. 4. — Gonopods of four of the six species collected: A, left gonopod of Archipolydesmus osellai Ceuca, 1968 from the Sierra de Mencilla (MEF) in lateral view; B, right gonopod of Polydesmus angustus Latzel, 1884 from the Sierra Mediana (PES) in mesal view; C, left gonopod of Polydesmus coriaceus Porat, 1870 from the Sierra de Santo Domingo (SDF) in lateral view; D, left gonopod of Propolydesmus dismilus (Berlese, 1891) from the Sierra de Luesia (SL1) in lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.