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The millipede genus Trachysphaera Heller, 1858 in the Ukraine (Diplopoda: Glomeridae)

Äâóïàðíîíîãèå ìíîãîíîæêè ðîäà Trachysphaera Heller, 1858 íà Óêðàèíå (Diplopoda: Glomeridae)

S.I. Golovatch Ñ.È. Ãîëîâà÷

Institute for Problems of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prospekt 33, Moscow 119071 Russia. Èíñòèòóò ïðîáëåì ýêîëîãèè è ýâîëþöèè ÐÀÍ, Ëåíèíñêèé ïðîñïåêò, 33, Ìîñêâà 119071 Ðîññèÿ.

KEY WORDS: Diplopoda, Trachysphaera, Ukraine. ÊËÞ×ÅÂÛÅ ÑËÎÂÀ: Diplopoda, Trachysphaera, Óêðàèíà.

ABSTRACT. Three species of Trachysphaera oc- also known from Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Ro- cur in the Ukraine, all keyed and illustrated: T. costata mania (www.faunaeur.org). The presence, and even (Waga, 1857) (largely parthenogenetic, bisexual only the status, of a third species in the fauna of the Ukraine, in a cave in the Crimea), T. acutula (Latzel, 1884) T. gibbula (Latzel, 1884], has remained questioned (restricted to the Carpathians and adjacent parts) and [Chornyi & Golovatch, 1993; Golovatch, 2008]. T. gibbula (Latzel, 1884) (represented by the eastern- Sverlova [1996] has rather recently reported on most isolate in a forest park near the city of Lvov). remarkable individual variation in pygidium shape in what she identified as a parthenogenetic popula- ÐÅÇÞÌÅ. Íà Óêðàèíå îáèòàþò òðè âèäà Trachy- tion of T. costata from Rostochye, environs of Lvov, sphaera, è äëÿ âñåõ òðåõ ïðèâåäåíû êëþ÷ è currently western Ukraine. This variation was first èëëþñòðàöèè: T. costata (Waga, 1857) (â îñíîâíîì discovered there by Jawùowski [1929] who, based ïàðòåíîãåíåòè÷åñêèå ïîïóëÿöèè, òîëüêî â ïåùåðå on the presence of a central projection on the pygid- â Êðûìó îáîåïîëàÿ), T. acutula (Latzel, 1884) (âèä ium in the two females he had, attributed the Ros- ïðèóðî÷åí ê Êàðïàòàì è ïðèëåæàùèì òåððèòîðèÿì) tochye sample to T. gibbula (Latzel, 1884), a basi- è T. gibbula (Latzel, 1884) (âèä ïðåäñòàâëåí ñàìûì cally Alpine species characterized by a distinct py- âîñòî÷íûì èçîëÿòîì â ëåñîïàðêå áëèç ãîðîäà gidial hump. Later, however, Jawùowski [1936, 1939] Ëüâîâà). dropped T. gibbula altogether from the Polish list. Stojaùowska [1961] confused the situation in follow- The Euro-Mediterranean millipede genus Trachy- ing Jawùowski [1936, 1939] and referring to T. gib- sphaera Heller, 1858 contains over 30 species [Mau- bula as a species absent from Poland, but, evidently riès, 2006], of which only three have hitherto been after Jawùowski [1929], present in the Ukrainian part reported from the Ukraine. Of them, T. costata (Waga, of Rostochye. Again based on material from Ros- 1857) is known from solely parthenogenetic popula- tochye, this time coming from the Polish part of this tions which occur in Central and Eastern Europe (Ger- transborder woodland area, Bielak-Oleksy et al. many, Austria, Poland, Lithuania, Czech Republic, [1970], apparently again relying on the pygidial hump Slovakia, Hungary, much of Romania and some ex- in some samples, found both T. costata and T. gib- tra-Carpathian regions of the Ukraine), as well as bula coexisting there. Sympatry of both was also some areas in the Caucasus, while bisexual popula- documented using material from the nearby Biesz- tions are restricted to southern Romania, the Balkans, czady Mountains of Poland [Jaúkiewicz, 1978; Jædry- Anatolia, ?Israel, most of the Caucasus, and the Crimea czkowski, 1979]. Stojaùowska & Staræga [1974] re- [Golovatch, 1990, 2008; Gruber, 2009]. In the Ukraine, ferred to T. gibbula as a rare species which is cur- T. costata has been recorded as obligate parthenoge- rently known, besides Poland, only in Austria, Hun- netic in the Carpathians and adjacent parts (Zakar- gary, Croatia, Czech Republic and the Ukraine patye, Lvov, Ivano-Frankovsk, Ternopol, Chernovtsy (www.faunaeur.org). Chornyi & Golovatch [1993] fol- and Odessa regions) [Chornyi & Golovatch, 1993], as lowed Jawùowski [1929] in listing T. gibbula as pos- well as a bisexual population from a cave in the Crimea sibly occurring in the Ukraine only in the vicinity of [Golovatch, 2008]. The second species, T. acutula Lvov, but, following Jawùowski [1936, 1939], ques- (Latzel, 1884), is a basically Carpathian congener tioned the identity of this species. 2 S.I. Golovatch

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Figs 1 & 2. Trachysphaera acutula, $$ from Skole, dorsal and lateral views, respectively. Ðèñ. 1 è 2. Trachysphaera acutula, $$ èç Ñêîëå, ñîîòâåòñòâåííî ñâåðõó è ñáîêó. The millipede genus Trachysphaera in the Ukraine 3

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Figs 3–7. Trachysphaera costata, $ from Rostochye Nature Reserve (3 & 4) and ## from Cave Mangupskaya, Crimea (5–7), dorsal, lateral, dorsal, lateral and lateral views, respectively. Ðèñ. 3–7. Trachysphaera costata, $ èç çàïîâåäíèêà Ðîñòî÷üå (3 è 4) è ## èç Ìàíãóïñêîé ïåùåðû (Êðûì), ñîîòâåòñòâåííî ñâåðõó, ñáîêó, ñâåðõó, ñáîêó è ñáîêó. 4 S.I. Golovatch

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Figs 8–12. Trachysphaera gibbula, $ (8 & 9) and ## (10–12) from Chortova Skala, dorsal, lateral, dorsal, lateral and lateral views, respectively. Ðèñ. 8–12. Trachysphaera gibbula, $ (8 & 9) è ## (10–12) èç-ïîä ×åðòîâîé ñêàëû, ñîîòâåòñòâåííî ñâåðõó, ñáîêó, ñâåðõó, ñáîêó è ñáîêó. The millipede genus Trachysphaera in the Ukraine 5

I have recently been privileged to re-examine the References pertinent material referred to by Sverlova [1996] as belonging to T. costata. This has allowed me not only Bielak-Oleksy T., Jaúkiewicz W., Stojaùowska W. 1970. Krociono- to clarify the identity of T. gibbula, but also prompted gi (Diplopoda) Roztocza // Annales Universitatis Mariae Cu- to compile and publish the present note. As a result, rie-Sklodowska Lublin. T.25(23). S.283–301. this material contains T. acutula: 4 ##, 10 $$ from Chornyi N.G., Golovatch S.I. 1993. [Millipedes of the Ukraine’s Plain Territories]. Kiev. 58 pp. [in Russian, English summary]. Lvov Region, Skole, Fagus, Carpinus & Picea forest, Golovatch S.I. 1990. Diplopoda of the Caucasus, 3. Trachy- 26.VII.1993, leg. N. Sverlova; and T. gibbula: 17 ##, sphaeridae, with contributions to the fauna of Turkey // Sencken- 18 $$ from the vicinity of Lvov, Vinniki Forest Park, bergiana biologica. Bd.70. H.4/6. P.331–358. near Chortova Skala (a limestone outcrop), 27.IV.1994, Golovatch S.I. 2008. On three remarkable millipedes (Diplopoda) leg. N. Sverlova. Considering a sample of 4 $$ of T. from the Crimea, Ukraine // International Journal of Myriapo- dology. Vol.1. P.97–110. costata from the Rostochye Nature Reserve, Lvov Re- Gruber J. 2009. Zur Verbreitung von Trachysphaera costata (Waga, gion, as well as another sample of the same species 1857) in Niederösterreich – eine für Österreichs Fauna neue from Cave Mangupskaya, Crimea, both these samples Diplopodenart (Diplopoda: Glomerida: Doderiidae) // Contri- referred to elsewhere [Golovatch, 2008], the Ukraine butions to Natural History. Vol.12. P.565–583. Jaúkiewicz W. 1978. Nowe stanowiska rzadko notowanych w Polsce supports three Trachysphaera species which can be gatunkow Diplopoda // Folia Societatis Scientiarum Lublinen- distinguished using the following key. sis, Biologia. T.10. S.55–60. Jawùowski H. 1929. Krocionogi okolic Warszawy i niektore gatun- 1. Transverse tergal crests lower (Figs 3–12), containing at ki z innych miejscowoúci Polski // Sprawozdanie Komisji Fiz- least two, often three to four rows of short bacilli or jograficznej Polskiej Akademji Umiejætnoúci. T.63. S.283– grains ...... 2 314. Jawùowski H. 1936. Krocionogi poludniowo-wschodniej Polski // – Transverse tergal crests higher (Figs 1 & 2), mostly con- Fragmenta Faunistica Musei Zoologici Polonici. T.2 (25). taining a single row of higher bacilli ...... T. acutula S.253–298. 2. Pygidium with a more (#) or less ($) prominent caudal Jawùowski H. 1939. Verzeichnis der bisher bekannten Diplopoden- tubercle centrally (Figs 8–12) ...... T. gibbula Arten Polens // Ibid. T.4 (10). S.211–219. – Pygidium without evident tubercles (Figs 3–7) ...... Jædryczkowski W. 1979. Krocionogi (Diplopoda) Bieszczadow // ...... T. costata Fragmenta Faunistica. T.25 (6). S.77–94. Mauriès J.-P. 2006. Essai de classification des Glomerida (Diplopo- da), et description de deux nouveaux genres du nord-ouest de ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. My sincere thanks go la péninsule ibérique // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.14 (for 2005). No.3. P.241–249. to Nina Gural-Sverlova (Lvov, Ukraine) for sending Stojaùowska W. 1961. Krocionogi (Diplopoda) Polski. Warszawa: me her samples for restudy, and for donating them PWN. 216 pp. entirely to the collection of the Zoological Museum, Stojaùowska W., Staræga W. 1974. Krocionogi Diplopoda // Kata- State University of Moscow, Russia. Jürgen Gruber log fauny Polski. Warszawa, PWN. Cz.14. Z.2. 71 S. (Vienna, Austria) kindly shared with me his opinion on Sverlova N.V. 1996. [Pygidial segment variation in a Trachysphaera costata (Diplopoda, Glomeridae) population from the vicinity the identity of these samples. Kirill Makarov (Mos- of Lvov] // Vestnik zoologii (Kiev). T.30. S.75–76 [in Russian, cow, Russia) skillfully took the photographs. English abstract].