A mountain of millipedes II: The genus Aquattuor Frederiksen, 2013 - five new species from the Udzungwa Mountains and one from Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Odontopygidae)
Author
Enghoff, Henrik
Zoological Museum, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK- 2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark & Corresponding author: henghoff @ snm. ku. dk & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: FB 09 A 817 - 000 D- 43 C 3 - BCC 4 - 2 BC 1 E 5373635
henghoff@snm.ku.dk
Author
Frederiksen, Sara B.
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Zoological Museum, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK- 2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark & Department of Ecology, Animal Ecology, University of Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch-Strasse 8, D- 35032 Marburg, Germany & Email: sara. frederiksen @ snm. ku. dk & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 6 DE 62 DD 5 - 0055 - 424 A-A 136 - 0 EF 290 AF 5 AFD
sara.frederiksen@snm.ku.dk
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2015
2015-11-06
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Aquattuor longipala
Enghoff
sp. nov.
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Fig. 7
Diagnosis
Diameter
1.78–1.90 mm
, 50–52 podous rings. Gonopods: lateral incision of coxa (
li
) deep with rounded bottom, curving distad, basally delimited by triangular tooth; apical palette (
pa
) obliquely rounded, much longer than broad; telomere describing a
c.
270° curve in almost one plane; mesal-posterior lamella of telomere (
mpl
) moderately developed; anterior margin of telomere without a triangular tooth; telomere tip with densely microspiculate margins and internal surface.
Fig. 7.
Aquattuor longipala
Enghoff
sp. nov.
, paratype.
A
. Gonopods, anterior view.
B
. Gonopods, posterior view.
C
. Gonopods, oblique apical (central) view.
D
. Detail of telomere tip.
li
= lateral incision;
pa
= palette;
mpl =
mesal-posterior lamella of telomere. Scale bars: A–C = 0.1 mm; D = 0.01 mm.
Etymology
The name is a Latin noun, here in apposition, composed of
longi-
(long) and
pala
(palette), and refers to the shape of the apical part of the gonopod coxa.
Material studied
(total:
3 ♂♂
)
Holotype
TANZANIA
:
♂
,
Iringa Region
,
Iringa District
,
Udzungwa Mts
,
West Kilombero Scarp FR
,
07°50’38.4” S
,
36°22’17.6” E
, montane forest,
1390–1410 m
asl
, plot
Paradiso
,
18 Nov. 2000
,
Frontier Tanzania
leg. (
ZMUC
).
Paratypes
TANZANIA
:
2 ♂♂
, same data as
holotype
(ZMUC).
Type locality
TANZANIA
:
Iringa Region
,
Iringa District
, Udzungwa Mts, West Kilombero Scarp FR,
07°50’38.4” S
,
36°22’17.6” E
, montane forest,
1390–1410 m
asl.
Colouration
After 15 years in alcohol still with a clear mid-dorsal, light longitudinal band, flanked by darker areas. Head and collum with some dark markings.
Distribution and habitat
Known only from West Kilombero Scarp FR. Altitudinal range:
1390–1410 m
. Habitat: montane forest.
Coexisting species
Aquattuor udzungwensis
Enghoff
sp. nov.
,
Chaleponcus netus
Enghoff, 2014
, and
C. circumvallatus
Enghoff, 2014
were found in the same sample as
A. longipala
Enghoff
sp. nov.
In addition,
C. basiliscus
Enghoff, 2014
,
C. gracilior
Enghoff, 2014
,
C. ibis
Enghoff, 2014
, and
C. tintin
Enghoff, 2014
were found in West Kilombero Scarp FR.