Review of the Spirobolida on Madagascar, with descriptions of twelve new genera, including three genera of ' fire millipedes' (Diplopoda)
Author
Wesener, Thomas
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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
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Natural History Museum of Denmark, Universitetsparken 15, DK- 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Author
Sierwald, Petra
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Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, U. S. A.
text
ZooKeys
2009
2009-09-04
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journal article
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Colossobolus pseudoaculeatus
Wesener
,
sp. n.
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2C06B20E-C62D-4CAE-9030-0761193A9DE9
Material
examined:
1 ♂
Holotype
:
1 ♂ (
119 mm
long),
ZSM
FGZC 1847
,
Madagascar
, Province
Antsiranana
, Forêt d’Ambre,
Provate Reserve Le Fontenay
, leg.
Köhler
and Franzen,
26.II.2008
.
Differential
diagnosis:
the anterior and posterior gonopods of
C. pseudoaculeatus
sp. n.
can only be confused with those of
C. aculeatus
. See the latter for a list of the characters distinguishing these two species.
Description
.
Measurements
: male with 49 body rings, circa
119 mm
long,
9.55 mm
wide. Female unknown.
Coloration
affected by alcohol. Head, antennae, legs and telson red (
Figs 21A, B
). Median part of collum dark, margins red (
Fig. 21A
). Body rings anteriorly dark brown, posteriorly wine-red.
Antennae
protruding back to ring 4.
Male coxal processes
present on coxae 3 and 4, on coxae 5–7 absent.
Preanal process
well-rounded, not projecting over anal valves (
Fig. 21B
).
Anterior gonopod
sternite elongated into a wide, broadly rounded lobe (
Fig. 21D
). Mesal process of coxite weakly developed, protruding into a very short wide lobe with a well-rounded tip; lobe only slightly longer than sternite (
Fig. 21D
). Telopodite process long and well-rounded, apically thicker than basally. Mesal margin laterally sharp, not projecting (
Fig. 21C
).
Posterior gonopods
telopodites positioned parallel to one another, generally Ushaped (
Figs 21E, F
). Coxite branch absent (
Fig. 21E
), lateral branch basally slender, width apically increasing (
Figs 21E, F
); tip swollen, slightly curved mesally (
Fig. 21E
). Central membranous area present as a wide, well-rounded knob (
Fig. 21E
). Main branch slightly shorter than lateral branch, latero-apically towards lateral branch with a large membranous area (
Figs 21E, F
).
Distribution
and ecology
:
C. pseudoaculeatus
is only known from the Forêt d’Ambre (
Fig. 10
).
Etymology
:
pseudoaculeatus
, adjective, refers to the close similarity of the species to
Colossobolus aculeatus
.