Review of the Spirobolida on Madagascar, with descriptions of twelve new genera, including three genera of ' fire millipedes' (Diplopoda)
Author
Wesener, Thomas
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:
Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, U. S. A. & Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Museumsmeile Bonn, Adenauerallee 160, D- 53113 Bonn, Germany. & B 54 D 3623309
Author
Enghoff, Henrik
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:
Natural History Museum of Denmark, Universitetsparken 15, DK- 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Author
Sierwald, Petra
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:
Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, U. S. A.
text
ZooKeys
2009
2009-09-04
19
19
1
128
journal article
10.3897/zookeys.19.221
e6ea8eea-7156-4785-8313-f4bd88dadad1
1313–2970
576503
C473F9F6-1AE7-4B3F-B17F-CA1C2709010C
Key to the
Riotintobolus
species:
1 Tarsal pads absent (
Fig. 27F
). Eyes with 20 or less ocelli (
Figs 26A
,
27E
). Anal valves with a deep groove between anterior half and sharp-edged lips (
Figs 26B
,
27G
) .........................................................................................
2
– At least male legs 3–7 with tarsal pads (
Fig. 29C
). Eyes with more than 25 ocelli. Anal valves with neither a groove, nor sharp-edged lips (
Figs 28A
,
29A
) ..........................................................................................................
3
2 Specimens
35–43 mm
long. Colour laterally black, dorsally with a thick, light brown stripe (
Fig. 24A
). Telopodite of posterior gonopod laterally with one large and second small finger-shaped process (
Fig. 26M
)........
R. mandenensis
sp. n.
– Specimens shorter than
25 mm
. Colour laterally black, dorsally with a thick, red stripe (
Fig. 27A
). Telopodite of posterior gonopod laterally with two large finger-shaped processes of equal size (
Fig. 27K
).................
R. minutus
sp. n.
3 Telson with an elongated, protruding preanal process, lips on anal valves well-developed (
Fig. 28A
). Only male legs 3–7 with tarsal pads. Apical mem- brane on posterior gonopod weakly developed (
Fig. 28G
). Telopodite at mesal margin with a suspicious horn (
Fig. 28F
). Colour brown-blackish with a conspicuously wide light brown stripe..................................
R. aridus
sp. n.
– Telson preanal process not protruding, lips on anal valves weakly developed (
Fig. 29A
). Male legs three and beyond with tarsal pads (
Fig. 29C
). Apical membrane on posterior gonopod large, widely protruding (
Fig. 29F
). Colour light grey, posterior margin of rings dark grey, dorsally with a conspicuous, wide blood-red stripe .....................................................
R. anomalus
sp. n.