Abstract
The Balkan millipede genus Serboiulus Strasser, 1962, is reviewed, and a new species, S. kresnik n. sp, isdescribed. The new species differs from all other congeners in a number of gonopod details. The distribution of the species of Serboiulus is mapped and discussed. A new key is provided for all four currently known serboiulid species.
Highlights
The taxonomic history of Serboiulus Strasser, 1962, began with Strasser’s (1962) description of Serboiulus lucifugus Strasser, 1962, from the Prekonoška Pećina Cave in eastern Serbia
The genus Serboiulus includes blind, but more or less pigmented cavernicolous millipedes occurring in a restricted area of the Balkan Peninsula
Strasser (1962) pointed out that another division had been made according to the presence of coxal pieces on the gonopods, the shape of the promerite and mesomerite and the presence/absence of intermediate lamellae
Summary
The taxonomic history of Serboiulus Strasser, 1962, began with Strasser’s (1962) description of Serboiulus lucifugus Strasser, 1962, from the Prekonoška Pećina Cave in eastern Serbia. The description of the new species follows a pattern proposed for typhloiulids by Strasser (1962), and for the genus Serboiulus by Makarov et al (2005). Sp.; Gornja Lenovačka Pećina Cave, village Lenovac, near Zaječar, Mt. Tupižnica; 2. Serboiulus lucifugus Strasser, 1962; Prekonoška Pećina Cave, village Prekonoga, near Svrljig, Svrljiške Planine Mountains; 3.
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