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.
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ZooKeys
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journal article
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Ostinobolus montanus
Wesener
,
sp. n.
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C67BDE0C-0745-470A-8A2B-01D63253BCC5
Material
examined:
6 ♂,
2 ♀
Holotype
:
1 ♂ (
50 mm
long),
FMMC 8201
,
Province
Toliara
, RNI
Andohahela
, parcel I,
1875 m
,
24°33.7’ S
,
46°43.3’ E
, camp 5, leg.
S. Goodman
, 27.XI–
5.12.1995
.
Paratypes
:
1 ♂,
2 ♀
,
FMMC 7971
, RNI
Andohahela
, parcel I, camp 4,
1500 m
,
24°32.2’ S
,
46°43.9’ E
, leg.
S. Goodman
,
17–27.XI.1995
;
1 ♂,
FMMC 13610
, RNI
Andohahela
, parcel I, camp 3,
1200 m
,
24°35.0’ S
,
46°44.1’ E
, leg.
S. Goodman
,
7–17.XI.1995
,
pitfall traps
.
Other
material examined:
3 ♂,
CAS
BLF
5015 (fm057), RNI Andohahela, Col du Sedro,
3.8 km
113° ESE Mahamavo, montane rainforest,
900 m
,
24°45’50’’ S
,
46°45’6’’ E
, leg. B. L. Fisher et al.,
21–25.I.2002
.
Differential
diagnosis:
the posterior gonopods of
O. montanus
sp. n.
are unique within the Malagasy
Spirobolida
(
Figs 51E, G
). For a comparison of
O. stellaris
and
O. montanus
, see above.
Description
.
Measurements
: males with 39 or 40 rings, circa
46–52 mm
long (broken),
3.8 mm
wide. Females (probably immature) with 40 rings,
4.1 mm
wide.
Coloration
faded in alcohol. Antennae, legs and body rings ventral of ozopore opening reddish (
Figs 51
A–C). Head greyish (
Fig. 51A
). Specimens dorsally with a wide, orange stripe flanked by a wide black area extending up to opening of ozopores.
Eyes
with circa 25 ocelli arranged in five rows (
Fig. 51A
).
Antennae
protruding back to ring 5 (
Fig. 51A
).
Male coxal processes
only on coxae 3 and 4, short and conical (
Fig. 51B
).
Preanal process
absent (
Fig. 51C
).
Anterior gonopod
sternite with extraordinarily wide shoulders. Lobe triangular, broadly rounded (
Fig. 51D
). Sternite tip longer than coxite. Coxite and telopodite inconspicuous, processes absent (
Fig. 51F
).
Posterior gonopods
: basal stem slender and elongated, 5.8 times longer than wide (
Fig. 51G
). Apical part of telopodite oval (
Fig. 51E
). Inner margin consisting of a thin membranous area; arm-like projections absent (
x
,
y
in
Fig. 51E
). Telopodite apically with a large, swollen membranous area. Sperm canal slightly projecting above telopodite margin (
Fig. 51G
).
Intraspecific
variation:
too few specimens are known to evaluate the intraspecific variation. The sexual dimorphism in size seems to be less well-developed than in
O. rufus
.
Distribution
and ecology
: only known from the Andohahela rainforest north of the Isaka-Ivondro corridor (
Fig. 49
). Specimens were collected from
900–1850 m
.
Etymology
:
montanus
, adjective, refers to the montane rainforest where this species was collected.