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A Synopsis of the Bulgarian Cave Centipedes (Chilopoda) Обзор Arthropoda Selecta 10 (1): 3154 © ARTHROPODA SELECTA, 2001 A synopsis of the Bulgarian cave centipedes (Chilopoda) Îáçîð áîëãàðñêèõ ïåùåðíûõ ãóáîíîãèõ ìíîãîíîæåê (Chilopoda) Pavel Stoev Ïàâåë Ñòîåâ National Museum of Natural History, Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd. 1, Sofia 1000 Bulgaria. Íàöèîíàëåí ïðèðîäîíàó÷åí ìóçåé, áóëåâàðä Öàð Îñâîáîäèòåë 1, Ñîôèÿ 1000 Áúëãàðèÿ. E-mail: [email protected] KEY WORDS: Chilopoda, caves, synopsis, faunistics, taxonomy, distribution, Bulgaria. ÊËÞ×ÅÂÜIÅ ÑËÎÂÀ: Chilopoda, ïåùåðû, ñèíîïñèñ, ôàóíèñòèêà, òàêñîíîìèÿ, ðàñïðîñòðàíåíèå, Áîëãàðèÿ. ABSTRACT: Forty-three centipede species or sub- country maintains an amazing diversity of caves and cave species found in 148 Bulgarian caves are listed, with faunas. Karst supports nearly 22.5 % of the national complete, most detailed faunistic data provided based territory and at present over 4,500 caves or pot holes have on both old and new material. Of these taxa, three are been investigated and mapped. Of them, only 646, i.e. new to the countrys fauna, including one that also seems about 1/7th of the total, have been found to contain a fauna to be new to science. The following new synonymy [Beron, 1994]. While the studies go on quite actively, (valid names to the right) is formally advanced: Litho- the above figures can hardly be considered as final. bius popovi Matic, 1973 and L. hrissiae Stavropoulos et Verhoeff [1926a, 1926b, 1928] was the first to Matic, 1990 = L. tiasnatensis Matic, 1973; Lithobius record a cave-dwelling centipede in Bulgaria. Later, beschkovi Matic et Golemansky, 1967 = L. rushovensis Demange [1961], Matic [1964, 1967, 1973], Negrea Matic, 1967; and Oligobothrus luciani Folkmanova, [1965], Matic & Golemansky [1967], Matic & Daraban- 1935 and Lithobius erythrocephalus cerberi Verhoeff, tu [1974] and Stoev & Ribarov [1995] added new 1943 = L. stygius Latzel, 1880. Morphological, ecolog- information on Bulgarian cave Chilopoda. All records ical and distributional evidence concerning each of the of the centipedes discovered in subterranean habitats are (sub)species is presented. reviewed in the works of Guéorguiev & Beron [1962], Beron & Guéorguiev [1967] and Beron [1972, 1994]. ÐÅÇÞÌÅ: Ñîñòàâëåí ñïèñîê, âêëþ÷àþùèé This is my second paper devoted to cave myriapods ñîðîê òðè âèäà è ïîäâèäà ãóáîíîãèõ, íàéäåííûõ of Bulgaria. The previous one, published in collabora- â 148 áîëãàðñêèõ ïåùåðàõ, è äëÿ íèõ ïðèâåäåíû tion with Dr. Georgi Ribarov, dealt mainly with material ñàìûå ïîëíûå ôàóíèñòè÷åñêèå äàííûå íà îñíîâå taken during my research trips carried out between 1990 êàê ñòàðûõ, òàê è íîâûõ ìàòåðèàëîâ. Èç ýòèõ and 1993 [Stoev & Ribarov, 1995]. Since then I have òàêñîíîâ òðè âèäà îêàçàëèñü íîâûå äëÿ áîëãàðñ- carried out many new expeditions for collecting sub- êîé ôàóíû, âêëþ÷àÿ îäèí ïîäâèä èëè âèä, âåðî- terranean myriapods. A significant part of the examined ÿòíî, íîâûé äëÿ íàóêè. Ïðåäëîæåíà ñëåäóþùàÿ material comes from my colleagues Mr. Boyan Petrov íîâàÿ ôîðìàëüíàÿ ñèíîíèìèêà (âàëèäíûå íàçâà- and Dr. Petar Beron, both very active biospeleologists. íèÿ ñïðàâà): Lithobius popovi Matic, 1973 è L. The present paper is a review of all cave centipedes hrissiae Stavropoulos et Matic, 1990 = L. tiasnatensis hitherto known in Bulgaria. The list comprises 43 taxa Matic, 1973; Lithobius beschkovi Matic et Gole- recorded from 148 caves. Of them, three species are new mansky, 1967 = L. rushovensis Matic, 1967; à Oligo- to the centipede fauna of Bulgaria, including one sub- bothrus luciani Folkmanova, 1935 è Lithobius eryth- species or species probably new to science. These are rocephalus cerberi Verhoeff, 1943 = L. stygius Latzel, Clinopodes trebevicensis (Verhoeff, 1898), Lithobius 1880. Ïðèâåäåíû äàííûå ïî ìîðôîëîãèè, ýêîëî- stygius Latzel, 1880, and Eupolybothrus glogiastygis ãèè è ðàñïðîñòðàíåíèþ äëÿ êàæäîãî èç ðàññìîò- (Absolon, 1916), subsp.n.? At least five other mor- ðåííûõ âèäîâ. phospecies found among the material examined are left aside for a later consideration either due to scarcity of Introduction samples or their bad preservation. Five species/subspecies, Lithobius popovi Matic, Bulgaria lies at the heart of the Balkans, a region 1973, L. beschkovi Matic et Golemansky, 1967, L. known as the richest in caves all over Europe. Considering erythrocephalus cerberi Verhoeff, 1943, L. hrissiae its comparatively small territory (111,000 sq. km), the Stavropoulos et Matic, 1990, and Oligobothrus (= Litho- 32 Pavel Stoev bius) luciani Folkmanova, 1935, prove to be junior Family Linotaeniidae synonyms of certain species described earlier. A few other records seem to be based on misidentifications, Strigamia crassipes (C. L. Koch, 1835) hence omitted from the present list of the Bulgarian cave centipedes. L. curtipes has been registered in a cave Scolioplanes crassipes: Matic, 1967: 235. [Ribarov, 1989] but as the original label shows the Strigamia crassipes: Beron, 1994: 35. specimen had been found beyond the cave, so it has LITERATURE RECORDS: Chepelare District (Western likewise been excluded from the present work. Addi- Rhodopi Mts.), near Chudnite Mostove Natural Phenome- tional notes on the taxonomy and distribution, some- non, Ledenitsata Cave; Vidin District Salash, Mechata doup- ka Cave; Vratsa District (Vrachanska planina Mts.), Ledenika times also on the ecology and biology of the species are Cave. given. A list of the Bulgarian caves harbouring centi- REMARKS: Although it has been registered several pedes and a distribution map of the troglobites are also times in caves, Strigamia crassipes is not a typical cave presented. inhabitant. This species is widely spread in the country. Materials and methods Strigamia transsilvanica (Verhoeff, 1928) Most of the material was collected by hand inside the New records: Lovetch District, 1 #, length 22 mm with 49 caves, seldom taken with a Barber pitfall trapping. Earlier pairs of legs, Karpachevo, Sestrinskata propast Pot hole (No. 21), collections from caves, now housed in the National Museum 17.07.1982, P. Beron leg.; Stara Zagora District (central Stara of Natural History (NMNH) in Sofia, were re-examined as planina Mts.), 1 $ with 49 pairs of legs, Stoletov Peak, Stoletovskata peshtera Cave, 26.09.1973, P. Beron & S. Andreev well. All centipedes examined were preserved in 70% ethanol. leg.; 1 $, length 27 mm, same locality, 13.10.1979, P. Beron & S. Species identification was made with the aid of an MBC-10 Andreev leg. stereoscope, Russian made, mostly at 7x or 4x magnification. REMARKS: The # from the Sestrinskata propast Pot Drawings of some taxonomically important characters of hole has 1011 coxal pores on the last pairs of legs, instead of insufficiently illustrated species supplement the study. The 79 as reported by Matic and Kaczmarek for the Romanian entire collection is currently preserved in the Department of and Polish populations, respectively. S. transsilvanica is a Non-Insect Invertebrates in the NMNH. species common in Bulgaria. Species accounts Family Dignathodontidae GEOPHILOMORPHA Henia illyrica (Meinert, 1870) New records: Lovetch District, 1 #, length 45-46 mm, Family Himantariidae Devetaki, Devetashkata Cave, entrance, 13.08.1994, P. Stoev leg.; Sofia District (Vrachanska planina Mts.), 1 #, Lakatnik, Temnata Thracophilus beroni Matic et Darabantu, 1974 doupka Cave, 03.10.1926, I. Buresch leg. REMARKS: This species is widespread in the country, Thracophilus beroni Matic et Darabantu, 1974: 9395. the above being the first records from caves. LITERATURE RECORDS: Asenovgrad District (West- ern Rhodopi Mts.), Dobrostan, Hralupa Cave. Family Geophilidae REMARKS: The description of this species is based on a single female taken in the Hralupa Cave, Western Rhodopi Clinopodes flavidus C. L. Koch, 1847 Mountains. Since then this species has never been recollected. Although geophilomorphs are often to be found in caves, only New records: Krumovgrad District (Eastern Rhodopi Mts.), a few of them could be considered as true troglobites. As 1 specimen, length 38 mm with 69 pairs of legs, Beli dol, regards T. beroni, it is hardly a troglobite. Mechkina doupka Cave, 22.04.1996, B. Petrov & P. Stoev leg.; 2 The genus Thracophilus ranges from the Middle East to specimens, same locality, 15.04.1998, B. Petrov & B. Barov leg. the Balkans, with seven species already described. Only two REMARKS: As there are several yet poorly-known taxa of them, T. bulgaricus and T. pachypus, are better known in the genus Clinopodes, a generic revision is highly neces- while the remaining require re-evaluation [Zapparoli, 1995]. sary. This species is but an occasional cave-dweller. Thracophilus bulgaricus Verhoeff, 1926 Clinopodes trebevicensis (Verhoeff, 1898) Thracophilus bulgaricus Verhoeff, 1926b: 98101. Clinopodes linearis: Stoev & Ribarov, 1995: 94 (misidentifica- LITERATURE RECORDS: Pazardzik District, Belovo, tion). Peshterata Cave. LITERATURE RECORDS: Asenovgrad District (West- REMARKS: Verhoeff [1926b] erected T. bulgaricus as ern Rhodopi Mts.), 1 specimen, length 45 mm with 69 pairs based on material taken from a cave in Bulgaria. Later, Attems of legs, Orehovo, Cheleveshnitsa Cave. [1959] reported this species from a few caves in Herzegovina. REMARKS: This specimen was misidentified by Ribarov Since then the species has only been recorded beyond caves and referred to as such elsewhere [Stoev & Ribarov, 1995]. [Kaczmarek, 1969; Ribarov, 1989], therefore it probably The above is the first formal record of C. trebevicensis in represents but an occasional cave-dweller. Bulgaria. Synopsis of Bulgarian
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