First record of the order Polyzoniida from the Indian subcontinent with an integrative description of a new genus (Diplopoda, Colobognatha, Siphonotidae)
Author
Anilkumar, Pooja Avinipully
Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany.
Author
Wesener, Thomas
0000-0002-2028-3541
Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany. & T. Wesener @ leibniz-lib. de; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2028 - 3541
esener@leibniz-lib.de
Author
Moritz, Leif
0000-0002-6028-5189
Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany. & Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Animal Ecology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany. & moritz. leif @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6028 - 5189
moritz.leif@gmail.com
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-09-08
5182
5
401
428
journal article
138998
10.11646/zootaxa.5182.5.1
1b35fb1e-b051-429f-87fe-079aac9196ae
1175-5326
7059565
E70EB74A-DC7E-482D-AE4D-D58FB3CD4F5A
Other
Siphonotidae
spp. from
India
.
Material examined.
1 F (
ZFMK-MYR 9495
)
Pambadum Shola National Park
,
Munnar
,
Idukki District
,
Province
Kerala
,
India
,
10º07’35.4”N
,
77º15’26.9”E
,
1914 m
, high altitude montane forest, hand collection, leg.
A. A. Pooja
, K. S.
Nafin, P. P
. Sudhin,
26 Mar 2019
;
1 F (
ZFMK-MYR 9517
),
India
,
Province
Kerala
,
Idukki District
,
Munnar
,
Annamudi Shola National Park
,
Mannavan Shola
,
10º10’54.5” N
,
77º11’25.8”E
,
2140 m
, high altitude montane forest, hand collection, leg.
A. A. Pooja
, K. S.
Nafin, K
. Ullas,
19 Nov 2019
.
Remarks.
The studied material can be placed in the family
Siphonotidae
on the basis of the following characters: Modification on the coxae of leg pair 2; narrow, completely fused preanal ring; tarsal claw with paronychium (compare
Hoffman 1977
;
Enghoff
et al
. 2015
;
Shear 2016
). Because the material consists of female specimens, which lack sufficient gonopod characters, and no genetic data are available, we refrain from describing these specimens as a new species.