Mountains of millipedes. The family Odontopygidae in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida)
Author
Enghoff, Henrik
FB09A817-000D-43C3-BCC4-2BC1E5373635
Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK- 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.
henghoff@snm.ku.dk
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2022
2022-03-14
803
1
136
http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.803.1691
journal article
20167
10.5852/ejt.2022.803.1691
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Genus
Aptyctosmilax
gen. nov.
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Type
species
Aptyctosmilax helenae
gen. et sp. nov.
Other included species
None.
Diagnosis
Differs from other genera of
Prionopetalini
by the combination of a moderately extended torsotope, a post-torsal spine, a long taeniate telomere forming a full (> 180°) coil, a slender solenomere as long as
the telomere and coiling with it, a long slender spine associated with the solenomere, and a strongly striated limbus partially divided into shallow lobes.
Etymology
The genus name (gender feminine) is an anagram of
Calyptomastix
and refers to the similarities between the two genera.
Remarks
In the key to genera of “
Odontopyginae
” of
Kraus (1966)
, the new genus runs to
Patinatiopsis
, but differs in having a post-torsal spine and a much less compact telomere. If the other alternative of the limbus character in couplet 7 of this key is chosen, the new genus runs all the way through the remaining key to
Odontopyge
, cf.
Enghoff (2016a)
. The extended torsotope is shared with
Calyptomastix
Hoffman & Howell, 2012
, but in the latter genus, the torsotope extension is more pronounced, and the solenomere is completely hidden with a compact telomere. Many characters, including the structure of the limbus, are also shared with
Antipustia
gen. nov.
, but in the latter genus, the gonopod coxa is strongly angled and has a stout lateral spine, the telomere is much shorter and does not form a full coil, and there is no long basal solenomeral spine (although the short, stout basal telomeral spine may be its homologue).