Glomeris undulata Koch and G-conspersa Koch are conspecific. - Enzyme electrophoretic evidence and taxonomical consequences (Diplopoda : Glomeridae)

Syntopic and allotopic populations of Glomeris undulata and G. conspersa ha ve been investigated with enzyme electrophoresis. There was no evidence for separate gene pools of these taxa. However, G. romana, a species supposed to be closely related to G. undulata and G. conspersa, prooved to be well d ifferentiated based on allozyme data. We therefore conclude that the taxa u ndulata and conspersa are conspecific. Consequently, G. conspersa C. L. Koc h, 1847, is a junior subjective synonym of G. undulata C. L. Koch, 1844 (no v. syn,). An analysis of the colour pattern provides arguments for the disc ussion why no intermediate forms exist.