A mountain of millipedes II: The genus Aquattuor Frederiksen, 2013 - five new species from the Udzungwa Mountains and one from Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Odontopygidae)
Author
Enghoff, Henrik
Zoological Museum, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK- 2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark & Corresponding author: henghoff @ snm. ku. dk & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: FB 09 A 817 - 000 D- 43 C 3 - BCC 4 - 2 BC 1 E 5373635
henghoff@snm.ku.dk
Author
Frederiksen, Sara B.
6DE62DD5-0055-424A-A136-0EF290AF5AFD
Zoological Museum, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK- 2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark & Department of Ecology, Animal Ecology, University of Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch-Strasse 8, D- 35032 Marburg, Germany & Email: sara. frederiksen @ snm. ku. dk & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 6 DE 62 DD 5 - 0055 - 424 A-A 136 - 0 EF 290 AF 5 AFD
sara.frederiksen@snm.ku.dk
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2015
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Aquattuor udzungwensis
Enghoff
sp. nov.
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Figs 3
,
8
Diagnosis
Diameter
1.44–1.69 mm
, 44–50 podous rings. Gonopods: lateral incision of coxa (
li
) deep with rounded bottom, curving distad; apical palette (
pa
) rounded-triangular, not longer than broad; telomere describing a
c.
270° curve in almost one plane; mesal-posterior lamella of telomere (
mpl
) high, basally set off by 45–90° angle; anterior margin of telomere without a triangular tooth; telomere tip with smooth to microspiculate margins, internal surface microspiculate.
Etymology
The name is a Latin adjective derived from the Udzungwa Mts, home of this (and several other)
Aquattuor
species.
Material studied
(total:
21 ♂♂
)
Holotype
TANZANIA
:
♂
,
Udzungwa Mts
,
Iringa Region
,
Udzungwa Scarp FR
,
above Chita village
,
750 m
asl
,
23 Oct. –14 Nov. 1984
, lowland rain forest,
N. Scharff
leg. (
ZMUC
).
Fig. 8.
Aquattuor udzungwensis
Enghoff
sp. nov.
A–B, D. Paratype. C. Specimen from West Kilombero Scarp FR.
A
. Gonopods
in situ
.
B
. Telopodite, ventral view.
C
. Right gonopod, anterior view.
D
. Telomere tip.
li
= lateral incision;
pa
= palette;
mpl =
mesal-posterior lamella of telomere. Scale bars: A–C = 0.1 mm; D = 0.05 mm.
Paratypes
TANZANIA
:
4 ♂♂
, same data as
holotype
, but
25–29 Oct. 1984
, pitfall traps (ZMUC).
Referred non-type material
TANZANIA
:
Iringa Region
,
Iringa District
, Udzungwa Mts, West Kilombero Scarp FR, montane forest, Frontier Tanzania coll.:
1 ♂
,
07°53’19.5” S
,
36°23’11.6” E
,
1100–1300 m
asl, Plot Ukami,
30 Nov. 2000
(ZMUC);
6 ♂♂
,
07°53’19.5” S
,
36°23’11.6” E
,
1111 m
asl,
23 Nov. 2000
(ZMUC);
7 ♂♂
,
07°53’19.5” S
,
36°23’11.6” E
,
1126 m
asl, plot 17 – Ukami,
25 Nov. 2000
(ZMUC);
1 ♂
,
07°50’38.4” S
,
36°22’17.6” E
,
1390 m
asl,
13 Nov. 2000
(ZMUC);
1 ♂
,
07°50’38.4” S
,
36°22’17.6” E
,
1390–1410 m
asl, Plot Paradiso,
18 Nov. 2000
(ZMUC).
Type locality
TANZANIA
: Udzungwa Mts,
Iringa Region
, Udzungwa Scarp FR, above Chita village,
750 m
asl, lowland rain forest.
Colouration
After 15–31 years in alcohol faded, pale yellowish, head and especially collum contrastingly darker. Traces of paramedian, dark bands flanking a middorsal, pale stripe.
Distribution and habitat
Known from Udzungwa Scarp FR and from West Kilombero Scarp FR. Altitudinal range:
750–1410 m
. Habitat: lowland rain forest and montane rain forest.
Coexisting species
In Udzungwa Scarp FR,
Aquattuor stereosathe
Enghoff
sp. nov.
,
Chaleponcus circumvallatus
Enghoff, 2014
,
C. hamerae
Enghoff, 2014
, and
C. nikolajscharffi
Enghoff, 2014
have been found. In West Kilombero Scarp FR,
Aquattuor longipala
Enghoff
sp. nov.
,
Chaleponcus netus
Enghoff, 2014
, and
C. circumvallatus
Enghoff, 2014
were found in the same sample as
A. udzungwensis
Enghoff
sp. nov.
In addition,
C. basiliscus
Enghoff, 2014
,
C. gracilior
Enghoff, 2014
,
C. ibis
Enghoff, 2014
, and
C. tintin
Enghoff, 2014
were found in West Kilombero Scarp FR.