Revision of the Harpagophoridae (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida) of southern Africa, including descriptions of five new species
Author
Redman, Guy T.
Author
Hamer, Michelle L.
Author
Barraclough, David A.
text
African Invertebrates
2003
2003-12-31
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.7666308
2305-2562
7666308
Zinophora junodi
(
Carl, 1917
)
Figs 2
,
105–112
Poratophilus junodi
Carl, 1917: 385
; Attems 1928; Lawrence 1966.
Philoporatia junodi
;
Lawrence 1965
.
Poratophilus
(
Philoporatia
)
junodi
;
Schubart 1966
.
Zinophora junodi
;
Demange 1983
;
Hamer 1998
.
Type
material (not examined):
MOZAMBIQUE
: ‘Shilowana, Rikatla, Afrique meridionale orientale’ (
Carl 1917
). The whereabouts of the
type
material is not known
.
Material
examined:
MOZAMBIQUE
: 1ơ,
Xai Xai
[2533AD], 1923 (
SAMC
B6031
).
SOUTH AFRICA
:
Mpumalanga
: 2ơ,
Olifantspoort area
[2431BA],
xi.1963
,
R. F. Lawrence
(
NMSA 9009
)
.
Diagnosis
: Telopodite with one long, narrow and acutely produced femoral spine (
Fig. 106
). Thumb narrow, curved in direction of pectinophore and apically acute (
Fig. 109
). Posterior telocoxal folds formed into long, narrow, acutely triangular lobes, overlapping medially (
Figs 105, 110
). Telocoxal spine narrow, long, cylindrical and overlapping spine from opposite telocoxite (
Fig. 110
).
Description:
Dimensions
: Males, n = 2. Body width 7.5, 8.1; collum width 5.5, 9.0; body length 88.0, 91.0; leg length 5.2; antenna length 5.0.
Number of segments
: 46, 49.
Colour
: Head orange with yellowish tinge. Clypeus and collum orange. Prozonites light yellow, mesozonites orange, and metazonites light brown along posterior margin. Pre-anal ring and anal valve yellow. Legs and antennae orange.
First ozopore
: Segment 6.
Collum
: One submarginal groove. Anterior corner moderately lobed.
Gonopods
: Telopodite with one long, narrow, acutely produced femoral spine (
Fig. 106
) concealed by posterior telocoxal fold (
Fig. 105
). Thumb narrow, curved in direction of pectinophore and apically acute. Second lamella a thin hyaline plate broadening apically, with tip curled away from other apical elements (
Figs 109, 111
). Telocoxal spine narrow, long and overlapping spine from opposite gonopod (
Fig. 110
). Posterior telocoxal folds formed into long, narrow, acute triangular lobes, overlapping medially (
Fig. 110
).
Pre-anal ring
: Caudal spine long and upturned distally, extending well beyond anal valve.
Distribution: This species occurs in the north-eastern parts of
South Africa
(Kruger National Park area) and along the
Mozambique
coast (
Fig. 2
). There are also records from
Zimbabwe
, Umtali (Attems 1928), but these have not been confirmed.
Remarks: The description of the gonopods presented here is based on NMSA material. The material examined from SAMC (B6031) had deteriorated and only the posterior half of a male specimen remained. There were no gonopods.
There is a degree of variation in the form of the telocoxal spines; one of the specimens collected in the Olifantspoort area has a telocoxal spine with two teeth on the dorsal surface (
Fig. 107
).
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