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
4970
2
201
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journal article
6318
10.11646/zootaxa.4970.2.1
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Angelodesmus
Schubart, 1962
Angelodesmus
Schubart, 1962: 258
.
Type
species:
A. costalimai
Schubart, 1962
, by original designation;
Hoffman, 1976: 173
;
Hoffman, 1980: 151
;
Shelley
et al.
2000: 84
Diagnosis
. Males of
Angelodesmus
differ from those of other
Arthrosolaenomeridini
genera by the combination of the following characters: stipes of the gnathochilarium with lateral folds; gonocoxae acuminate in ectal view (
Fig. 19F
); dorso-basal lobe in the prefemoral process absent (
Fig. 19D
); apex of the solenomere with the terminal zone marked by a stretch mark (
Figs 19D, F
, arrows).
Description.
General characters
: Coloration (specimen long preserved in 70% ethanol) whitish yellow, paranota tip and posterior border of the metaterga slightly whitish. Gnathochilarium: lingual plate covered completely by sparsely setae; mentum only centrally covered by setae, with smooth edges and stipes completely covered by sparsely setae and positioned mainly in the median region, presenting lateral folds. Body rings: cuticle slightly rough; alignment of paranota in posterior view straight; sternite of the fourth segment with a pair of projections, sternites of the fifth and sixth segments with two pairs of intumescences also covered by setae, the posterior pair less conspicuous; leg pair of the third body ring missing. Sternite of sixth body ring with two pairs of ventral projections; seventh body ring without projections and post-gonopodal sternites with two pairs of rounded ventral projections (
Fig. 30D
). Paranota form: round (
Fig. 19B
). Legs: without modifications only a slightly dorsal lobe on prefemur (
Fig. 31D
).
Male characters
: Leg pair of the third body ring missing, as well as the genital papilla. Posterior edge of the gonopod aperture without projections, excavated. Gonopods: gonocoxae equivalent to about half the length of the telopodite, cylindrical and acuminated in ectal view, without a spiniform process (
Fig. 19F
). Prefemoral process: elongate and thin, without a dorso-basal process (
Fig. 19D
). Cingulum in a middle position (
Fig. 19F
). Solenomere also long and thin with apex ascending (
Fig. 19D
).
Female characters
: Unknown.
Distribution.
State of
Goiás
,
Brazil
(
Fig. 28
).
Composition.
Now considered as monotypic:
Angelodesmus costalimai
Schubart, 1962
.