Glomeris flavomaculata Lucas 1846
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 flavomaculata

description: <i>Glomeris flavomaculata</i> Lucas, 1846 Figs 6-9 <i>Glomeris flavomaculata</i> Lucas, 1846: 284 (D). <i>Glomeris flavo-maculata</i> (sic!) – Gervais 1847: 74 (R); Lucas 1849: 326, plate 1, fig. 5 (R); Pocock 1892: 27 (F); Brolemann 1921: 101 (L); Schubart 1963: 80 (R). <i>Glomeris connexa</i> C. Koch, v. <i>flavo-maculata</i> (sic!) – Silvestri 1896: 157 (F). <i>Glomeris flavomaculata</i> – Schubart 1953: 218 (L); Abrous-Kherbouche &amp; Mauriès 1996: 572, 586 (F, L). <b>Type material examined:</b> Algeria, environs of Algiers, date?, leg. et det. H. Lucas, ♁ lectotype (here designated) (MNHN CC 042), paralectotypes: 14 ♁, 19 &amp;female;, 4 &amp;female; juv. (MNHN CC 042). Algeria, environs of Oran, 1846, leg.?, det. H. Lucas, paralectotypes: 1 ♁, 2 &amp;female; (MNHN CC 042). The designation of a lectotype seems advisable in order to fix the type locality and to ensure that the name-bearing type shows the diag- nostically important characteristics of the male sex, particularly as Lucas (1846) spoke about this species being common throughout Algeria. <b>Other material:</b> Algeria, 1850, leg. H. Lucas,? paralectotype ♁ (MNHN CC 042, entry 67-96). Algeria, Vallée des Singes, leg. &amp; det. H. Ribaut, 2 ♁, 3 &amp;female; (MNHN CC 042). <b>Brief redescription:</b> Length up to 15 mm, width up to 6.25 mm. Coloration vivid, pattern as in Figs 6-8. ♁ legs 17, 18 and 19 (telopods) as in Figs 9 A-D. <b>Remarks</b>: Nearly the entire type series of <i>G. flavomaculata</i> has faded completely, probably due to the long preservation in alcohol. Fortunately, however, the paralectotypes from near Oran and the? paralectotype ♁ from Lucas’ collection (1850) have retained their coloration (Figs 6, 7), which matches quite closely the pattern well depicted by Lucas (1849), based on a then rather freshly collected syntype (Fig. 8). We are certain, however, that all diplopods printed in colour by Lucas (1849) in Plate 1 are too dark and red compared to their natural coloration, not only because pertinent alcohol material shows this, but also in view of the specific name itself, <i>flavomaculata</i>, clearly indicating the presence of light spots on the body. The most likely explanation is that Lucas used dry material of <i>G. flavomaculata</i> which had become somewhat darkened (see also below). 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 59-61, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.12.179, http://zenodo.org/record/576461
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