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
2009
2009-09-04
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journal article
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Key to the
Ostinobolus
species:
1 Telopodite of posterior gonopods apically expanded into a star-shaped wider area (
Figs 48J
,
50E
). Sperm canal discharging into a membranous fringe (
w
in
Figs 48J
,
50F
) apically on telopodite......................................................
2
– Telopodite of posterior gonopods never expanded into a star-shaped area (
Figs 51E
, 52F). Sperm canal protruding mesally above telopodite; never developed as a membranous fringe (
w
in
Figs 51E
, 52H)...............................
3
2 Specimens
with 46–49 body rings. Sternite of anterior gonopod elongated into a slender, rectangular lobe (
Fig. 48G
). Telopodite of anterior gonopods in posterior view with an apical swollen process. Telopodite of posterior gonopod 3.6 times longer than wide (
Fig. 48J
), apically with a membranous fringe (
w
) and a membranous process (
x
) ..............................
O. rufus
sp. n.
– Specimens with 40 body rings. Sternite of anterior gonopod wide and broadly rounded (
Fig. 50D
). No processes on telopodite of anterior gonopod. Telopodite of posterior gonopod 2.5 times longer than wide (
Fig. 50E
), apically with an additional process between membranous fringe (
w
) and membranous process (
x
,
Figs 50E, G
)............................................
O. stellaris
sp. n.
3 Eyes with circa 25 black ocelli (
Fig. 51A
). Colour with traces of red (
Fig. 51C
). Specimens
45–52 mm
long, with 39 or 40 body rings. Male coxae 3 and 4 with a short, cylindrical process (
Fig. 51B
). Male legs long, 1.1 times body diameter. No processes on anterior gonopod telopodite (
Fig. 51F
). Posterior gonopod slender, slightly curved inwards. Width of telopodite only slightly increasing towards apex (
Fig. 51G
) ....................
O. montanus
sp. n.
– Eyes reduced, with only 8 decolorized ocelli (
Fig. 52A
). Colour brownishgreyish (
Fig. 52C
). Specimens
28–32 mm
long, with 42–44 body rings. Male coxae unmodified (
Fig. 52B
). Male legs very short, 0.4 times body diameter. Anterior gonopod telopodite with a large retrorse process (
Fig. 52G
). Posterior gonopod running straight, short and relatively wide .............................. .................................................................................
O. subterraneus
sp. n.