Two new species of the millipede family Blaniulidae (Diplopoda, Julida) from caves in central and southeastern Europe

DRAGAN Ž. ANTIĆ; ANDREJ MOCK; HENRIK ENGHOFF

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3985.4.3

Issue: Vol. 3985 No. 4: 14 Jul. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-07-14

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3985.4.3

Page range: 523–540

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Two new species of the millipede family Blaniulidae (Diplopoda, Julida) from caves in central and southeastern Europe

DRAGAN Ž. ANTIĆ⁺⁻
ANDREJ MOCK⁺⁻
HENRIK ENGHOFF⁺⁻

Institute of Zoology, University of Belgrade - Faculty of Biology, Studentski trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia

Institute of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Moyzesova 11, SK-04167 Košice, Slovak Republic

Natural History Museum of Denmark (Zoological Museum), University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100, Københanv Ø, Denmark

taxonomy caves millipedes Albania Slovakia Nopoiulinae

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Abstract

Two new species, one each of the previously monotypic genera Cibiniulus Verhoeff, 1927, and Thassoblaniulus Mauriès, 1985, are described from caves in Slovakia and Albania, respectively: C. slovacus Antić, Mock & Enghoff, sp. n. and T. radjai Antić & Enghoff sp. n. Brief discussions on relationships with congeners and on the taxonomic position of the genera Cibiniulus and Thassoblaniulus within Blaniulidae are presented, as well as a distribution map for both genera.