First continental troglobiont Cylindroiulus millipede (Diplopoda, Julida, Julidae)

By

Reboleira, Ana Sofia P. S.
Enghoff, Henrik

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

795

Pages

93-103

Subjects

Cave fauna , Julida , karst , Portugal , Troglobiont

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.795.27619

 

Abstract

The new species of millipedeCylindroiulusvillumiis described from a cave in the Estremenho karst massif in central Portugal. It is the first cave-adapted species of its genus with a strict subterranean life-style in continental Europe, and is the fifth blind species of the genus. The new species is illustrated with photographs and diagrammatic drawings. It is tentatively placed in the purely IberianCylindroiulusperforatus-group. The differences between the new species and its relatives are discussed, as well as its adaptations to a subterranean life-style.