Glomeris numidia Verhoeff 1921
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 numidia

description: <i>Glomeris numidia</i> Verhoeff, 1921: 28 (D), syn. n.! <i>Glomeris numidia</i> – Schubart 1953: 218 (L). <i>Glomeris punica</i> – Schubart 1953: 218 (L). <b>Type material:</b> Tunisia, Bou-Kournine (now Bou Kornine), date?, leg.?, ♁ lectotype of <i>G. punica</i> Attems, 1900 (here designated) (NHMW 3910), paralectotypes: 5 ♁, 1 &amp;female; (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 <i>Glomeris numidia</i> 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 &amp;female; (Verhoeff 1921). <b>Other material:</b> Algeria, La Chiffa, date?, leg. Ch. Alluaud (219), 2 ♁, 5 &amp;female; (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 &amp;female; (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 &amp;female; (NMNH). Tunisia, Jendouba Gov., Aïn Draham, Col des Ruines, mixed oak forest with <i>Quercus faginea</i> and <i>Q. suber</i>, 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 <i>Pinus halepensis</i>, under stones, 24.X.2003, leg. N. Akkari, 4 ♁, 5 &amp;female; (ZMUM). Tunisia, Zaghouan Gov., Jebel Zaghouan, alt. 350-390 m, 25.II.2007, leg. N. Akkari, 2 ♁, 2 &amp;female; (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 &amp;female; (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, <i>Thuya – Eucalyptus</i> grove, dry river bed, under stones and logs, 4.III.2008, leg. P. Stoev and N. Akkari, 2 ♁, 9 &amp;female; (FMNH), 6 ♁, 4 &amp;female;, 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 &amp;female; (FMNH), 4 ♁, 2 &amp;female;, 1 juv. (NMNH). Tunisia, Jendouba Gov., 15 km of Tabarka, 36°49′97″ N, 8°42′34″E, alt. approx. 230 m, <i>Quercus suber</i> forest, slope, under stones and barks, 21.III.2008, leg. P. Stoev and N. Akkari, 1 ♁, 2 &amp;female;, 1 &amp;female; juv. (FMNH), 1 &amp;female; (NMNH). Tunisia, Béja Gov., 13 km of Nefza (road Tabarka-Nefza), 36°57′61″N, 8°56′51″ E, alt. approx. 150 m, <i>Pinus</i> forest, under stones, 23.III.2008, leg. P. Stoev and N. Akkari, 2 ♁, 1 &amp;female; (FMNH). Tunisia, Jendouba Gov., close to Aïn Draham, Fernana, 9.III.2009, leg. N. Akkari and H. Enghoff, 1 ♁ juv., 3 &amp;female; (ZMUC). Tunisia, Zaghouan Gov., Jebel Zaghouan, 13.III.2009, leg. N. Akkari and H. Enghoff, 4 ♁, 2 &amp;female;, 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 <i>Pinus</i> forest, close to river, under stones, logs and in litter, 22.III.2008, leg. P. Stoev and N. Akkari, 1 ♁, 1 juv. (NMNH). <b>Short description:</b> 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). <b>Remarks:</b> This species belongs to the “ <i>Stenopleuromeris</i> ” type. Schubart (1963) mistakenly attributed it to the “ <i>Eurypleuromeris</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 77-79, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.12.179, http://zenodo.org/record/576461
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