The millipede family Conotylidae in northwestern North America, with a complete bibliography of the family (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Heterochordeumatidea, Conotyloidea)
Author
Shear, William A.
Author
Richart, Casey H.
Author
Wong, Victoria L.
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-03-19
4753
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4753.1.1
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Complicatella
,
new genus
Type species
:
Bollmanella complicata
Shear, 1971
Diagnosis
: Differs from other genera treated in this paper in the complex posterior gonopod coxites which bear a long, basally arising flagellum and from two to seven variously shaped pseudoflagellar branches.
Etymology
: The genus name is derived from the name of the type species and refers to the complex nature of the posterior gonopod coxites.
Included species
: Besides the type,
Complicatella pecteniphora
,
n. sp.
,
and
C. neili
,
n. sp.
Distribution
: Western
Washington
, northern
Idaho
, northern
Nevada
.
Notes
: This genus seems most closely related to
Brunsonia
,
based on the complex posterior gonopod coxites. However, the anterior gonopods are very different, larger and more complicated and lacking the deep basal pore seen in
Brunsonia
.
The scattered distribution of the genus is somewhat concerning, but further collection may fill in the gaps.