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Glomeris numidia Verhoeff 1921

  • 1. Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
  • 2. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Département Systématique et Evolution, Section Arthropodes, Paris, France & D 362 Dc 0 - & CC & - BD
  • 3. Institut Supérieur des Sciences Biologiques Appliquées de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia & - 42 F & A 66 B 46 A 10 F & -
  • 4. National Museum of Natural History, Sofia, Bulgaria & A & BC & EE
  • 5. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Département Ecologie & Gestion de la Biodiversité, UMR 7179 du CNRS, Equipe EVOLTRAIT, Brunoy, France & - 415 D-Bc 54 - 86256 E & D & D & - A 726 - 3104291 Bbed

Description

Glomeris numidia Verhoeff, 1921: 28 (D), syn. n.!

Glomeris numidia – Schubart 1953: 218 (L).

Glomeris punica – Schubart 1953: 218 (L).

Type material: Tunisia, Bou-Kournine (now Bou Kornine), date?, leg.?, ♁ lectotype of G. punica Attems, 1900 (here designated) (NHMW 3910), paralectotypes: 5 ♁, 1 ♀ (NHMW 3910). The designation of a lectotype (of 60 syntypes, see Attems 1900) seems advisable in order to ensure that the name-bearing type shows the diagnostically important characteristics of the male sex.

Algeria, Gorges de la Chiffa, date?, leg. H. Ribaut, 2 ♁ syntypes of Glomeris numidia Verhoeff, 1921 (♁ “type”, ZSM A20070944 + micropreparation A 20032086 and ♁ “?type”, A 20091438). Both ♁♁ represent only part of the type series stated to have consisted of 2 ♁ and 2 ♀ (Verhoeff 1921).

Other material: Algeria, La Chiffa, date?, leg. Ch. Alluaud (219), 2 ♁, 5 ♀ (MNHN CC 018, collection Brolemann CCXIX). Algeria, le Ruisseau (environs

of Algiers), 18.XII.1892, leg. P. Lesne, 1 ♁ (MNHN CC 018, entry 6-97). Algeria, Yakouren (Kabylia), 10.VI.1893, leg. P. Lesne, 1 ♁ (MNHN CC 018, entry 6-97). Tunisia (Kroumirie), Jendouba Gov., Aïn Draham, V-VI.1906, leg. H. Gadeau de Kerville, 6 ♁, 19 ♀ (MNHN CC 018). Tunisia, Béja Gov., Jebel El Jouza, close to Amdoun Village, under stones, 10.III.2005, leg. N. Akkari, 2 juv. (MNHN CC 018). Same locality, under stones and barks, 25.V.2005, leg. N. Akkari, 2 ♁, 1 ♀ (NMNH). Tunisia, Jendouba Gov., Aïn Draham, Col des Ruines, mixed oak forest with Quercus faginea and Q. suber, 36°47’N, 8°41’E, under stone, 19.XI.2003, leg. N. Akkari, 1 juv. (MNHN CC 018). Tunisia, Le Kef Gov., Sakiet Sidi Youssef, coniferous forest dominated by Pinus halepensis, under stones, 24.X.2003, leg. N. Akkari, 4 ♁, 5 ♀ (ZMUM). Tunisia, Zaghouan Gov., Jebel Zaghouan, alt. 350-390 m, 25.II.2007, leg. N. Akkari, 2 ♁, 2 ♀ (ZMUC 200114). Tunisia, Jendouba Gov., 15 km E of Tabarka, 25.III.1986, leg. Z. M. Cop. Exp., 1 ♁ (ZMUC 200111). Tunisia, Thala Gov., 12 km S of Thala, 10.III.1986, leg. Z. M. Cop. Exp., 1 ♁ (ZMUC 200110). Tunisia, Zaghouan Gov., 3 km SE of Zaghouan, NE side of Djebel Zaghouan, 1.XII.1974, leg. H. Waldén, 1 ♀ (Museum Göteborg). Tunisia, Tunis Gov., Bou Kornine National Park, 18 km SE of Tunis, close to Hammam Lif Town, 36°42′53″N, 10°20′68″E, alt. 105-150 m, Thuya – Eucalyptus grove, dry river bed, under stones and logs, 4.III.2008, leg. P. Stoev and N. Akkari, 2 ♁, 9 ♀ (FMNH), 6 ♁, 4 ♀, 1 juv. (NMNH). Tunisia, Zaghouan Gov., Jebel Zaghouan, surroundings of “Temple des Eaux”, 36°23′40″N, 10°08′09″ E, alt. approx. 300 m, forest close to road, under stones and in leaf litter, 19.III.2008, leg. N. Akkari and P. Stoev, 2 ♁, 4 ♀ (FMNH), 4 ♁, 2 ♀, 1 juv. (NMNH). Tunisia, Jendouba Gov., 15 km of Tabarka, 36°49′97″ N, 8°42′34″E, alt. approx. 230 m, Quercus suber forest, slope, under stones and barks, 21.III.2008, leg. P. Stoev and N. Akkari, 1 ♁, 2 ♀, 1 ♀ juv. (FMNH), 1 ♀ (NMNH). Tunisia, Béja Gov., 13 km of Nefza (road Tabarka-Nefza), 36°57′61″N, 8°56′51″ E, alt. approx. 150 m, Pinus forest, under stones, 23.III.2008, leg. P. Stoev and N. Akkari, 2 ♁, 1 ♀ (FMNH). Tunisia, Jendouba Gov., close to Aïn Draham, Fernana, 9.III.2009, leg. N. Akkari and H. Enghoff, 1 ♁ juv., 3 ♀ (ZMUC). Tunisia, Zaghouan Gov., Jebel Zaghouan, 13.III.2009, leg. N. Akkari and H. Enghoff, 4 ♁, 2 ♀, 1 ♁ juv. (ZMUC). Tunisia, Jendouba Gov., 9 km of Hammam Bourguiba (W of Aïn Draham), 36°48′05″N, 8°39′54″E, alt. approx. 380 m, humid Pinus forest, close to river, under stones, logs and in litter, 22.III.2008, leg. P. Stoev and N. Akkari, 1 ♁, 1 juv. (NMNH).

Short description: Length up to 12 mm, width up to 6.0 mm. Coloration light to dark brown, terga 2-11 each with 2+2, rather vague, paramedian spots; pattern as in Fig. 27. ♁ legs 17, 18 and 19 (telopods) as in Figs 28 A-F. An always high lateral lobe of ♁ coxite 17 is remarkable (Fig. 28A).

Remarks: This species belongs to the “ Stenopleuromeris ” type. Schubart (1963) mistakenly attributed it to the “ Eurypleuromeris ” type.

Notes

Published as part of Golovatch, Sergei, Mauriès, Jean-Paul, Akkari, Nesrine, Stoev, Pavel & Geoffroy, Jean-Jacques, 2009, The millipede genus Glomeris Latreille, 1802 (Diplopoda, Glomerida, Glomeridae) in North Africa, pp. 47-86 in ZooKeys 12 (12) on pages 77-79, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.12.179, http://zenodo.org/record/576461

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References

  • Verhoeff KW (1921) Chilognathen-Studien (91. Diplopoden-Aufsatz). Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 86 A (12): 23 - 80 (for 1920).
  • Schubart O (1953) Diplopoden aus Marokko, gesammelt vom Institut Scientifique Cherifien. Bulletin de la Societe des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc 32 (1): 199 - 225 (for 1952).
  • Attems C (1900) Uber die Farbung von Glomeris und Beschreibung neuer oder wenig gekannter palaearktischer Myriopoden. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 66 (1, 3): 297 - 320.
  • Schubart O (1963) Uber einige Diplopoden aus Algier. Bulletin de la Societe des Sciences Naturelles et Physiques du Maroc 43 (2): 79 - 94.