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Issue: Vol. 4226 No. 1: 25 Jan. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-01-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4226.1.8
Page range: 137–143
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The first hydrophilous cave-dwelling millipede from Serbia—Typhloiulus balcanicus sp. nov. (Diplopoda, Julida, Julidae)

Institute of Zoology, University of Belgrade - Faculty of Biology, Studentski trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Institute of Zoology, University of Belgrade - Faculty of Biology, Studentski trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
University of Belgrade – Faculty of Geography, Studentski trg 3/3, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Institute of Zoology, University of Belgrade - Faculty of Biology, Studentski trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Myriapoda Typhloiulus modified mouthparts new species caves Stara Planina Mountains Balkan Peninsula

Abstract

As the fourth hydrophilous species of the genus Typhloiulus Latzel, 1884, the new species T. balcanicus Antić sp. nov. is described from two caves in the Stara Planina Mountains of Serbia. A brief discussion of the relationships between the new species and congeners with modified and unmodified mouthparts is presented, as well as short notes on the habitat of the new species and comments on other semiaquatic millipedes with modified mouthparts.

 

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