Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2 Yurii Gagarin Street, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria. .
Zootaxa. 2021 Nov 24;5071(3):415-426. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5071.3.7.
A new genus and species, Rhodopotyphlus mitovi gen. et sp. nov., is described from the Western Rhodopi Mts., south-central Bulgaria. According to its morphology combined with previously published molecular data, the new species is supposed to represent a basal lineage in the julid tribe Typhloiulini. Some assumptions concerning the early evolutionary stages of the development of the mesomerean important part of the male copulatory apparatus of many julid millipedesare made on the basis of the outstanding gonopod conformation in the newly described taxon. Rhodopotyphlus mitovi gen. et sp. nov. is likely a narrow local endemic showing preference for specific microhabitat conditions.
一个新的属和种，Rhodopotyphlus mitovi 属。和种。新种，描述自保加利亚中南部的西罗多皮山脉。根据其形态结合先前发表的分子数据，新物种被认为代表了 julid 部落 Typhloiulini 的一个基础谱系。在许多 julid 倍足纲动物的中后体重要部分的雄性交配器官的早期进化阶段的一些假设，是基于新描述的分类群中突出的生殖肢构象做出的。Rhodopotyphlus mitovi 属。和种。新种可能是一种狭窄的地方性特有种，表现出对特定小生境条件的偏好。
