Papáč Vladimír, Kováč Lubomír
State Nature Conservancy, Slovak Caves Administration, Železničná 31, 979 01 Rimavská Sobota, Slovak Republic; Email:
State Nature Conservancy, Slovak Caves Administration, Železničná 31, 979 01 Rimavská Sobota, Slovak Republic Institute of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, P. J. Šafárik University, Moyzesova 11, 040 01 Košice, Slovak Republic; Email:
Zootaxa. 2013 Nov 22;3737:545-75. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3737.5.3.
Four new species of Megalothorax Willem, 1900 are described and illustrated: M. tatrensis sp. nov., M. carpaticus sp. nov., M. hipmani sp. nov. from caves in Slovakia and M. draco sp. nov. from the Drǎcoaia Cave in western Romania. The species represent troglobiotic forms exhibiting different level of troglomorphy involving such features as larger body, elongated foot complex, antennae, mucro and body chaetae. The most pronounced troglomorphy is observed in M. hipmani sp. nov. and M. draco sp. nov. Species descriptions are completed with comparative tables of chaetotaxy of antennae and legs. Diagnostic table for all congeners and dichotomous identification key to the world species are provided. Distribution records of other Megalothorax species in Slovakia are added.
本文描述并图示了2000年发现的四种新的巨胸甲螨(Megalothorax Willem):斯洛伐克洞穴中的塔特拉巨胸甲螨(M. tatrensis sp. nov.)、卡尔巴阡巨胸甲螨(M. carpaticus sp. nov.)、希普曼巨胸甲螨(M. hipmani sp. nov.)以及罗马尼亚西部德拉科阿亚洞穴的龙巨胸甲螨(M. draco sp. nov.)。这些物种代表了洞穴生物形态,呈现出不同程度的洞穴形态特征,包括体型较大、足部复合体拉长、触角、尾刺和体刚毛等。在希普曼巨胸甲螨和龙巨胸甲螨中观察到最明显的洞穴形态特征。物种描述配有触角和腿部刚毛排列的比较表。提供了所有同属物种的诊断表和世界物种的二歧鉴定检索表。还增加了斯洛伐克其他巨胸甲螨物种的分布记录。