Elongeuma speophilum Golovatch, 1982

Elongeuma speophilum Golovatch, 1982 View in CoL

Figs 24–31 View Fig , Map.

Elongeuma speophilum Golovatch, 1982: 944 View in CoL (D).

Elongeuma speophilum View in CoL — Read, Golovatch, 1994: 64 (M); Turbanov et al., 2016: 1291 (M).

HOLOTYPE ♂ ( ZMUM ρ1530), revised, Tien-Shang (= Tian Shan) Mts, Kyrgyzstan (= Kirghizia), Fergana Mt. Range , Kirgyzindan River valley , Kendyn-kyry (= Kyndyn-kyry, or Zindan) Cave, 100–120 m inside (off entrance), X.1978, V. Ogudin leg. (https:// speleo.kg/expeditions/2021/alternativnyj-karstovyj-rajon-v-dolinereki-kuraves/).

DIAGNOSIS. Differs from congeners by a pallid coloration with only five light brown ocelli on each side of the head. ♂ legs 7 are with a pair of strong hooks on the coxae and small glandular parabasal knobs on the prefemora ( Fig. 26 View Fig ). Coxal pouches ( cs) of the posterior gonopods are membranous (see also key below).

BRIEF REDESCRIPTON. Length ca 14 mm, width 1.1 mm on mandibular genae, 1.0 mm on midbody segments (♂).

All characters as in E. reductum sp.n., except as follows.

Coloration pallid, only 5 ocelli on each side of head light brown. Body with 28 segments. Antennae longer, reaching segment 6 when stretched laterally, antennomere 3 being the longest. Metatergal macrochaetae mostly bacilliform and blunt ( Fig. 24 View Fig ). ♂ leg-pairs 3–6 only slightly enlarged, with tarsal papillae distally; each ♂ leg 7 ( Fig. 26 View Fig ) with a laterally micropapillate coxa carrying a strong ventral hook directed distad, while prefemur with a small, glandular, parabasal knob ventrally; ♂ legs 10 and 11 with coxal sacs/glands ( Figs 27, 28 View Fig ), usual, devoid of tarsal papillae like following legs.

Anterior gonopods ( Figs 29, 30 View Fig ) much like in E. reductum sp.n., but differing in the absence of a lobule ( j) on each solenomere ( sl), thus being very similar to those of E. chichkan sp.n.. Posterior gonopods ( Fig. 31 View Fig ) also very similar to those in E. chichkan sp.n., both coxites being quite high, sac-shaped and densely setose, while coxal pouches or sacs ( cs) with membranous projections.

REMARK. This species was observed living on ice inside the cave at an elevation of> 2000 m a.s.l. (https:// speleo.kg/expeditions/2021/alternativnyj-karstovyj-rajon-vdoline-reki-kuraves/).