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No Titlehidden Biodiversity Revealed By Collections-Based Research—Laboulbeniales In Millipedes: Genus Rickia
Ana Sofia P.S. Reboleira
Highly Disjunct And Highly Infected Millipedes – A New Cave-Dwelling Species Of Chiraziulus (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida: Cambalidae) From Iran And Notes On Laboulbeniales Ectoparasites, Ana Reboleira, Mohamad Malek Hosseini, Saber Sadeghi, Henrik Enghoff
Highly Disjunct And Highly Infected Millipedes – A New Cave-Dwelling Species Of Chiraziulus (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida: Cambalidae) From Iran And Notes On Laboulbeniales Ectoparasites, Ana Reboleira, Mohamad Malek Hosseini, Saber Sadeghi, Henrik Enghoff
Ana Sofia P.S. Reboleira
Chiraziulus is a highly disjunct, hitherto monotypic genus of cambalid millipedes, geographically isolated in Iran by more than 7000 km from its presumed closest relatives in East Asia and North America. Recent fieldwork in caves of Iran has provided several specimens of this genus, allowing the description of Chiraziulus troglopersicus sp. nov. The intraspecific variability of the type species, C. kaiseri Mauriès, 1983, is illustrated with scanning electron micrographs. Chiraziulus is characterized by exceedingly long microtrichose gonopod flagella which from their insertion points on the posterior face of the anterior gonopod coxites first point distad instead of basad or basad-posteriad …
Redescription Of Lusitanipus Alternans (Verhoeff, 1893) (Diplopoda, Callipoda, Dorypetalidae) And Ecological Data On Its Laboulbeniales Ectoparasites In Caves, Ana Reboleira, Henrik Enghoff
Redescription Of Lusitanipus Alternans (Verhoeff, 1893) (Diplopoda, Callipoda, Dorypetalidae) And Ecological Data On Its Laboulbeniales Ectoparasites In Caves, Ana Reboleira, Henrik Enghoff
Ana Sofia P.S. Reboleira
The Portuguese endemic callipodidan millipede Lusitanipus alternans (Verhoeff, 1893) is redescribed, based on abundant new material collected in caves of central Portugal. The species is illustrated with comprehensive SEM images. The relationships of the genus Lusitanipus Mauriès, 1978 to other callipodidan genera of the subfamily Cyphocallipodinae Verhoeff, 1909 are discussed. The major part of the studied material is highly infected with ectoparasitic fungi of the order Laboulbeniales, we also include information about the infection in the subterranean ecosystem.
Redescription Of Iberoiulus Cavernicola Ceuca, 1967, And The Relationships Of The Genus Iberoiulus Mauriès, 1985 (Diplopoda, Julida, Blaniulidae), Henrik Enghoff, Ana Reboleira
Redescription Of Iberoiulus Cavernicola Ceuca, 1967, And The Relationships Of The Genus Iberoiulus Mauriès, 1985 (Diplopoda, Julida, Blaniulidae), Henrik Enghoff, Ana Reboleira
Ana Sofia P.S. Reboleira
The Iberian blaniulid millipede Iberoiulus cavernicola Ceuca, 1967, is redescribed based on abundant new material collected in a cave in Villaluenga del Rosario, Cádiz, Spain. The relationships of the genus Iberoiulus Mauriès, 1985, to other blaniulid genera are discussed.
A New Species Of Duvalius From World’S Deepest Cave (Coleoptera: Carabidae), Ana Reboleira, Henrik Enghoff
A New Species Of Duvalius From World’S Deepest Cave (Coleoptera: Carabidae), Ana Reboleira, Henrik Enghoff
Ana Sofia P.S. Reboleira
The new hypogean ground beetle, Duvalius abyssimus n. sp., from Krubera-Voronja, world’s deepest cave (Arabika massif, Western Caucasus) is described and illustrated. Diagnostic morphological characters of the imago, male and female genitalia are provided. Its relations with other Duvalius Delarouzée species from the Western Caucasus geographic area are discussed. An updated overview of the biocoenosis of its peculiar habitat is made.
Insular Species Swarm Goes Underground: Two New Troglobiont Cylindroiulus Millipedes From Madeira (Diplopoda: Julidae), Ana Reboleira, Henrik Enghoff
Insular Species Swarm Goes Underground: Two New Troglobiont Cylindroiulus Millipedes From Madeira (Diplopoda: Julidae), Ana Reboleira, Henrik Enghoff
Ana Sofia P.S. Reboleira
Two new species of the genus Cylindroiulus Verhoeff, 1894, C. julesvernei and C. oromii, are described from the subterranean ecosystem of Madeira Island, Portugal. Species are illustrated with photographs and diagrammatic drawings. The new species belong to the Cylindroiulus madeirae-group, an insular species swarm distributed in the archipelagos of Madeira and the Canary Islands. We discuss the differences between the new species and their relatives and present information on the subterranean environment of Madeira. An updated overview of the subterranean biodiversity of millipedes in Macaronesia is also provided.
A New Cave-Dwelling Millipede Of The Genus Scutogona From Central Portugal (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Chamaesomatidae), Ana Reboleira, Henrik Enghoff
A New Cave-Dwelling Millipede Of The Genus Scutogona From Central Portugal (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Chamaesomatidae), Ana Reboleira, Henrik Enghoff
Ana Sofia P.S. Reboleira
A new cave-dwelling species of the genus Scutogona Ribuat, 1913, S. minor n. sp., is described from caves of Sicó karst in central Portugal. The classification and delimitation of Scutogona vis-à-vis related genera, in particular Meinerteuma Mauriès, 1982, is discussed.
Subterranean Species Of Acipes Attems, 1937 (Diplopoda, Julida, Blaniulidae), Henrik Enghoff, Ana Reboleira
Subterranean Species Of Acipes Attems, 1937 (Diplopoda, Julida, Blaniulidae), Henrik Enghoff, Ana Reboleira
Ana Sofia P.S. Reboleira
Two new blind, cave-dwelling species of the genus Acipes Attems, 1937, are described from the Algarve, southern Portugal: A. machadoi n. sp. and A. bifilum n. sp. Acipes andalusius Enghoff & Mauriès, 1999, is reported from the mesovoid shallow substratum in Alicante (Spain), 250 km from the type locality in Andalusia.
The Genus Boreviulisoma Brolemann, 1928—An Iberian-N African Outlier Of A Mainly Tropical Tribe Of Millipedes (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae), Ana Reboleira, Henrik Enghoff
The Genus Boreviulisoma Brolemann, 1928—An Iberian-N African Outlier Of A Mainly Tropical Tribe Of Millipedes (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae), Ana Reboleira, Henrik Enghoff
Ana Sofia P.S. Reboleira
The genus Boreviulisoma Brolemann, 1928, is revised. The synonymy of Liliputia Attems, 1952, under Boreviulisoma is confirmed, but L. badia Attems, 1951, from Spain, is resurrected, as Boreviulisoma badium, from synonymy under B. liouvilleiBrolemann, 1928 (the type species of Boreviulisoma) from Morocco. Boreviulisoma barrocalense n. sp. is described from the subterranean environment of the Algarve, the southernmost province of Portugal. The distribution of the three known species of Boreviulisoma is mapped, main characters of the genus and its species are reviewed and a key to species of the genus is included. The isolated occurrence of Boreviulisoma badium and B. barrocalense …