Wesener Thomas
Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity, Center for Taxonomy and Evolutionary Research (Section Myriapoda), Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany.; Email:
Zootaxa. 2015 Nov 5;4039(2):391-400. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4039.2.11.
The Italian pill millipede species Glomeris apuana Verhoeff, 1911, is redescribed from fresh material and its COI barcoding fragment is sequenced. The new specimens were compared to the original type series, of which a lectotype was selected. G. apuana was apparently still viewed as a subspecies of G. ligurica, as its name cannot be found in 'Fauna Europaea', or any faunal lists or catalogues in the last 85 years. We show that the species is both genetically and morphologically unique. G. apuana is easy to identify based on its entirely black coloration in combination with the absence of any main striae on the thoracic shield. Genetically, G. apuana shows large p-distances of >10% to four different populations of G. ligurica Latzel, 1884. G. apuana also differs from other sequenced Glomeris species, G. marginata Latreille, 1803, G. connexa Koch, 1847, and G. klugii Brandt, 1833 by p-distances of >10%. Specimens of G. klugii from a population occurring in sympatry with G. apuana were newly sequenced. All records of G. apuana, a large, easy to identify and conspicuous species, are from a narrow coastal zone of the Apuan Alps, an area in which the species might be microendemic.
对意大利马陆物种阿普亚纳球马陆（Glomeris apuana Verhoeff，1911）进行了重新描述，并对其细胞色素氧化酶亚基I（COI）条形码片段进行了测序。将新标本与原始模式系列进行了比较，并从中选定了一个选模标本。阿普亚纳球马陆显然仍被视为利古里亚球马陆（G. ligurica）的一个亚种，因为在《欧洲动物志》或过去85年的任何动物名录或目录中都找不到它的名字。我们证明该物种在遗传和形态上都是独特的。阿普亚纳球马陆很容易识别，其全身黑色，胸甲上没有任何主条纹。在遗传方面，阿普亚纳球马陆与1884年拉策尔描述的利古里亚球马陆的四个不同种群的p距离大于10%。阿普亚纳球马陆与其他已测序的球马陆物种，如1803年拉特雷耶描述的缘球马陆（G. marginata）、1847年科赫描述的连合球马陆（G. connexa）以及1833年布兰特描述的克鲁格球马陆（G. klugii）的p距离也大于10%。对与阿普亚纳球马陆同域分布的克鲁格球马陆种群的标本进行了新的测序。阿普亚纳球马陆是一种大型、易于识别且引人注目的物种，其所有记录都来自阿普亚阿尔卑斯山的一个狭窄沿海地带，该物种在这个地区可能是微特有种。
