Cladistic analysis and taxonomic review of the millipede tribe Arthrosolaenomeridini Hoffman, 1976 (Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae)
Author
Bouzan, Rodrigo Salvador
Pós-graduação em Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil.
Author
Iniesta, Luiz Felipe M.
0000-0002-0529-4162
Pós-graduação em Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil. & luiz-moretti @ hotmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0529 - 4162
luiz-moretti@hotmail.com
Author
Brescovit, Antonio Domingos
0000-0002-1511-5324
antonio. brescovit @ butantan. gov. br; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1511 - 5324
antonio.brescovit@butantan.gov.br
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-05-14
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journal article
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Gangugia simplex
Schubart, 1958
Figures 13
,
18
Gangugia tapirapensis simplex
Schubart, 1958: 216
, fig. 14. Male
holotype
and
two males
paratypes
from
Aragarças
(
15°53’52”S
,
52°15’02”W
),
Goiás
,
Brazil
,
X.1952
−
X.1953
,
H. Sick
coll., deposited in
MZSP 1077
;
Paratypes
: with same data, deposited in
MZSP 1074
and 1075, examined
.
Gangugia simplex
:--
Hoffman, 1976: 179
, figs 11−13, elevated to species rank;
Golovatch, Hoffman, Adis, Marques, Raizer, Silva, Ribeiro, Silva and Pinheiro, 2005: 277
.
Additional material.
BRAZIL
:
Goiás
:
Jataí
(-10.471803°; -50.515290°),
Fazenda Nova Orlândia
,
2♂
and
1♀
,
I.1964
,
Exped. Dep. Zool.
coll. (
VMNH 110614
)
.
Diagnosis.
Adult males differ from all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: presence of indentations in the prefemoral process (
Fig. 13D
) and the prefemoral process not completely involving the solenomere, in ectal view (
Fig. 13E–F
).
Description.
Male (
Holotype
, MZSP 1077). Coloration (long-preserved in 70% ethanol): Head and antennae ocher yellowish. Body ocher and with the border of the paranota and posterior margin of the metaterga slightly whitened (
Figs 13A–C
). Legs ochre yellowish. Gonopod aperture on seventh body ring broken. Telson ocher. Total length: 65.67. Total width: 9.43. Collum, length 2.55, width 8.75. Antennomere lengths (1>7): 0.74; 2.00; 1.78; 1.47; 1.36; 1.47; 0.30. Podomeres lengths (1>7): 1.08; 1.44; 2.61; 1.24; 1.50; 1.48; 0.55. Gonopod aperture, length 1.80, width 3.73. Telson, length 0.93. Gonopod: length 2.98, width 2.39. Gonocoxae: length 1.17, width 1.09. Telopodite: length 2.83, width 1.34. Prefemoral process long (smaller than the solenomere), narrow and curved, terminal portion presenting several indentations (
Fig. 13D
). Long, narrow and curved solenomere (
Figs 13E–F
). Cingulum in medial position (
Fig. 13F
). Apex of the solenomere sickle-shaped (
Fig. 13F
).
Female (VMNH 110614). See
Hoffman (1976)
: 179, for more details.
Distribution.
Goiás
,
Brazil
(
Fig. 18
).