The identity of Glomeris quadrifasciata C.L. Koch (Diplopoda : Glomeridae)

The synonymy of Glomeris quadrifasciata C. L. Koch, 1847, with C. undulata C. L. Koch, 1844, recognized by VERHOEFF (1931), is confirmed. Glomeris obl ongoguttata Verhoeff, 1894, stat. n. is the valid name for Glomeris quadrif asciata sensu VERHOEFF (1911) from South Tyrol. This taxon is classified as a species closely related to C. transalpina C. L. Koch, 1836, by VERHOEFF (1911). Allozyme electrophoretic data agree with morphological results. Pos sible glacial refugia and postglacial colonization, which might explain the actual distribution of G. oblongoguttata and G. transalpina, are discussed . Specific separation of both taxa is concluded to have happened before the Pleistocene (>1.6 mio years BP).