TL;DR: Nine species of Julus, including two new species, are described, illustrated and keyed, their morphological variations outlined, and distributions mapped, based on the literature data and abundant new samples.
Abstract: The genus Julus includes seven species already described from the Caucasus region: J. alexandrae Evsyukov, 2016; J. colchicus Lohmander, 1936; J. jedryczkowskii Golovatch, 1981; J. kubanus Verhoeff, 1921; J. lignaui Verhoeff, 1910; J. lindholmi Lohmander, 1936; and J. subalpinus Lohmander, 1936, as well as two new species: J. khostensis sp. n., from the Krasnodar Province, and, J. dagestanus sp. n., from the Republic of Dagestan, both in Russia. All nine species are described, illustrated and keyed, their morphological variations outlined, and distributions mapped, based on the literature data and abundant new samples. Altitudinal distribution patterns are also discussed.
TL;DR: A review of the genus Typhloiulus Latzel, 1884 (Julida: Julidae) in the Dinaric region is given and new faunistic records are provided for each species, together with notes for some of them.
Abstract: A review of the genus Typhloiulus Latzel, 1884 (Julida: Julidae) in the Dinaric region is given. Previously published and new faunistic records are provided for each species, together with notes for some of them. Four new species are described: T. clavatus sp. nov., T. gracilis sp. nov., T. opisthonodus sp. nov., and T. parvulus sp. nov., all from caves in Dalmatia and Herzegovina. In addition, we provide the first description of the male of T. insularis Strasser, 1938. Some taxonomic relationships among Typhloiulus species and biogeographical aspects (with distribution maps) of the genus are discussed.
TL;DR: The Caucasian leucogeorgiinine genera Archileu cogeorgia Lohmander, 1936 and Leuco georgia Verhoeff, 1930 are revised and several other members of this tribe are re-examined, including a syntype male of Telsonius nycteridonis Strasser, 1976, from Greece, herewith designated as the lectotype.
Abstract: The Caucasian leucogeorgiinine genera Archileucogeorgia Lohmander, 1936 and Leucogeorgia Verhoeff, 1930 are revised, with Leucogeorgia being considered as a senior subjective synonym of Archileucogeorgia , syn. nov. The following new combinations are thus warranted: Leucogeorgia abchasica (Lohmander, 1936) and L. satunini (Lohmander, 1936), both comb. nov. ex Archileucogeorgia . All four previously described species, viz., L. longipes Verhoeff, 1930, L. abchasica , L. satunini and L. rediviva Golovatch, 1983, are redescribed based on new material, partly also on the type series, with a lectotype being designated for L. longipes . In addition, eleven new species of Leucogeorgia are described, both with normal ( L. borealis sp. nov., L. gioi sp. nov., L. golovatchi sp. nov., L. lobata sp. nov., L. oculata sp. nov. and L. prometheus sp. nov.) and modified mouthparts ( L. caudata sp. nov., L. mystax sp. nov., L. profunda sp. nov., L. redivivoides sp. nov. and L. turbanovi sp. nov., all clearly troglobionts). Additionally, a new monotypic genus, Martvilia gen. nov., is erected, with M. parva gen. et sp. nov. as the type species, another presumed troglobiont. An identification key to both genera and all 16 species of Caucasian Leucogeorgiini is presented. Several other members of this tribe are also re-examined, including a syntype male of Telsonius nycteridonis Strasser, 1976, from Greece, herewith designated as the lectotype. Troglomorphisms and mouthpart modifications, as well as the distributions and relationships within both Leucogeorgia and Leucogeorgiini, and a Leucogeorgiini species richness estimate for the western Caucasus are discussed.
TL;DR: A revision of the julid genus Hylopachyiulus Attems, 1904 is given, and lectotypes and paralectotypes are respectively designated for the species H. corylorum and H. pygmaeus, and the distribution of its species is illustrated and discussed.
Abstract: A revision of the julid genus Hylopachyiulus Attems, 1904 is given, and lectotypes and paralectotypes are respectively designated for the species H. corylorum (Verhoeff, 1907) and H. pygmaeus (Attems, 1904). We confirm the validity of H. pygmaeus and synonymize H. likanus Attems, 1926 syn. nov. under H. corylorum which is resurrected. Additonally, a third species is described from Croatia-H. ocellatus sp. nov.. Considerations on the taxonomic relationships in the tribe Pachyiulini and within the genus Hylopachyiulus are presented, and the distribution of its species is illustrated and discussed.
TL;DR: A new cave-dwelling species of the poorly defined genus Mesoiulus Berlese, 1886, M. taurus sp.
Abstract: A new cave-dwelling species of the poorly defined genus Mesoiulus Berlese, 1886, M . taurus sp. nov., is described from the Zindan Cave, Isparta, Western Taurides, Turkey. A brief discussion of the relationship between M . taurus sp. nov. and the most similar species ( M . ciliciensis Strasser, 1975) is presented, as well as a map showing the distribution of the genus Mesoiulus in Turkey.