Two new millipede species of the genus Coxobolellus Pimvichai, Enghoff, Panha & Backeljau, 2020 (Diplopoda, Spirobolida, Pseudospirobolellidae)
Author
Pimvichai, Piyatida
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9765-821X
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahasarakham University, Maha Sarakham 44150, Thailand
piyatida_pimvichai@yahoo.com
Author
Enghoff, Henrik
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2764-8750
Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK- 2100 Copenhagen O, Denmark
Author
Backeljau, Thierry
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9057-9727
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, B- 1000 Brussels, Belgium & Evolutionary Ecology Group, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B- 2610 Antwerp, Belgium
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ZooKeys
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2022-11-09
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1128.94242
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1128.94242
1313-2970-1128-171
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B366100BBC2056CEA8A05449D4892AC9
Genus
Coxobolellus Pimvichai, Enghoff, Panha & Backeljau, 2020
Diagnosis.
Differing from the other genera of
Pseudospirobolellidae
by having (1) the coxae of the 3rd pair of male legs with extremely large, protruding processes (in
C. albiceps
and
C. transversalis
, this condition also applies to the 4th pair of male legs), (2) the 4th and 5th leg-pairs with large, triangular coxae, (3) short process of preanal ring protruding as far as, or slightly beyond, anal valves, and (4) the posterior gonopod telopodite divided into a coxal part (pcx) and a telopodital part (pt); with opening of efferent groove (oeg) at mesal margin at the end of coxal part (pcx).
Species description.
The two new species share all of the diagnostic characters of the genus
Coxobolellus
, as described in the general description section in
Pimvichai et al. (2020
: 599-601).