A mountain of millipedes XI. The trachystreptoform spirostreptids of the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae)
Author
Enghoff, Henrik
9B9D901F-D6C8-4BCA-B11B-CF6EE85B16DC
Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK- 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.
henghoff@snm.ku.dk
Author
Ngute, Alain S. K.
4F621C77-C4E7-49C8-ABB2-C6FF1DFD60C6
Forest Research Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Queensland, Australia.
Alain.Ngute@research.usc.edu.au
Author
Kwezaura, Revocatus L.
2F3825C9-B029-4C61-A0BB-F754D043873C
Reforest Africa, Mang’ula, Kilombero District, Tanzania.
rauliean@gmail.com
Author
Laizzer, Richard L.
575788A0-E532-4292-A9D5-F21DAE7742E6
Udzungwa Ecological Monitoring Centre, Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Mang’ula, Kilombero District, Tanzania.
richardlowassary@gmail.com
Author
Lyatuu, Herman M.
7659F933-34F5-4D57-A2E4-F1DBCAC8186E
Reforest Africa, Mang’ula, Kilombero District, Tanzania.
lyatuuherman@gmail.com
Author
Mhagawale, Waziri
E485EE38-FFDB-4859-8679-CFA20A5FFD3F
Reforest Africa, Mang’ula, Kilombero District, Tanzania.
mhagawalewaziri@gmail.com
Author
Mnendendo, Hamidu R.
02489B44-5503-42BF-8DD9-1F40930F0D4D
Reforest Africa, Mang’ula, Kilombero District, Tanzania.
hamidumnendendo@gmail.com
Author
Marshall, Andrew R.
0AE8656F-DA17-4955-95A9-1B9EF7910037
Forest Research Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Queensland, Australia. & Reforest Africa, Mang’ula, Kilombero District, Tanzania. & Flamingo Land Ltd., Kirby Misperton, North Yorkshire, UK.
amarsha1@usc.edu.au
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2024
2024-01-22
918
1
1
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https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2405/10603
journal article
10.5852/ejt.2024.918.2405
2118-9773
8E007E74-FB24-422F-AFA8-033A2D172839
Genus
Attemsostreptus
Verhoeff, 1941
Attemsostreptus
Verhoeff, 1941: 261
Type
species
Attemsostreptus costatus
Verhoeff, 1941
(
Tanzania
) by monotypy.
Other included species
Attemsostreptus reflexus
Akkari & Enghoff, 2019
Attemsostreptus cataractae
Enghoff
sp. nov.
Attemsostreptus julostriatus
Enghoff
sp. nov.
Attemsostreptus leptoptilos
Enghoff
sp. nov.
Diagnosis
The discovery of three new species in the genus necessitates a revision of the genus diagnosis proposed by
Akkari & Enghoff (2019)
. Species of
Attemsostreptus
differ from other
Spirostreptidae
by the combination of the following characters: anterior margin of collum unmodified, metazonites with longitudinal ridges (carinae), or at least striae along the entire perimeter of the body (trachystreptoform habitus); prefemoral lobes of first pair of male legs triangular, covered with minute short spines; tip of gonopod coxal metaplica folded back on anterior side, forming a ‘roof’ or canopy over gonocoel; a long to very long pointed lateroapical metaplical process; gonopod telopodite long and slender, with a long to very long, pointed antetorsal process; posttorsal part of telopodite very long and thin, forming loose coils; telopodite ending in two short branches of subequal length, one broad and more or less serrated, the other acuminate.