Glomeris carthaginiensis Schubart 1953
Creators: name: Golovatch, Sergei
name: Mauriès, Jean-Paul
name: Akkari, Nesrine
name: Stoev, Pavel
name: Geoffroy, Jean-Jacques
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Diplopoda
Glomerida
Glomeridae
Glomeris
Glomeris carthaginiensis

description: <i>Glomeris carthaginiensis</i> Schubart, 1953 Figs 20-23 <i>Glomeris pustulata trisulcata</i> Brolemann, 1925: 65 (D), nom. praeocc. <i>Glomeris pustulata carthaginiensis</i> Schubart, 1953: 222 (N), <b>nom. n.</b> <b>Type material:</b> Tunisia, Bizerte Gov., Djebel Ichkheul (near Mateur), 29.IX.1924, leg. L. Seurat, ♁ lectotype of <i>Glomeris pustulata trisulcata</i> Brolemann, 1925 (here designated) (MNHN CC 098, Brolemann n° 2629), paralectotypes: 1 ♁, 3 &amp;female; (MNHN CC 098, Brolemann n° 2629), det. H. Brolemann. The designation of a lectotype seems advisable in order to ensure that the name-bearing type shows the diagnostically important characteristics of the male sex. <b>Other material:</b> Tunisia, Bizerte Gov., Ichkeul National Park (plain of Mateur), inside the park, 37°08′30″N, 9°41′03″E, under stones, 7.I.2005, leg. N. Akkari, 3 &amp;female;, 1 juv. (ZMUC). Same locality, under stones, 24.IX.2006, leg. N. Akkari, 1 ♁, 1 &amp;female; (NMNH). Same locality, alt. approx. 50 m, under stones, 23.III.2008, leg. N. Akkari and P. Stoev, 1 ♁, 10 &amp;female;, 4 juv. (MNHN CC 098), 1 ♁, 4 &amp;female;, 2 juv. (ZMUC), 3 &amp;female;, 2 juv. (NHMW 7780). Same locality, under stones, 8.III.2004, leg. N. Akkari, 1 ♁, 7 &amp;female;, 1 juv. (ZMUM). Same locality, under stones, 3.XII.2006, leg. N. Akkari, 3 &amp;female; (ZMUM). Same locality, 12.III.2009, leg. N. Akkari and H. Enghoff, 3 ♁, 8 &amp;female; (ZMUC). Same locality, 27.III.2007, leg. F. Vilisics, 1 ♁ (HNHM). <b>Short description:</b> Length up to 17 mm, width up to 7.5 mm. Coloration blackish, with a characteristic pattern of 2+2 light spots on thoracic shield and, occasionally, also on terga 3 and 4, but always with a pair 1+1 light and especially large spots both on tergum 6 and pygidium; no light markings on terga 7-11 (Figs 20-22). ♁ legs 17, 18 and 19 (telopods) as in Figs 23 A-C. <b>Remarks:</b> This taxon is here considered to be a full species. The type series, said to have originally consisted of 13 specimens of both sexes (Brolemann 1925), is now incomplete (only 5 specimens left), and strongly faded, but still with a detectable colour pattern. Variation in coloration and pattern modest, the most characteristic feature being the presence of a paramedian pair of especially large, light spots on tergum 6 and a complete absence of lighter markings thereafter until the pygidium (Figs 20-22). This species belongs to the “ <i>Stenopleuromeris</i> ” type.
description: Published as part of <i>Golovatch, Sergei, Mauriès, Jean-Paul, Akkari, Nesrine, Stoev, Pavel &amp; Geoffroy, Jean-Jacques, 2009, The millipede genus Glomeris Latreille, 1802 (Diplopoda, Glomerida, Glomeridae) in North Africa, pp. 47-86 in ZooKeys 12 (12)</i> on pages 72-75, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.12.179, http://zenodo.org/record/576461
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