Revision of the genus Ommatoiulus Latzel, 1884 (Julida, Diplopoda) in Portugal, with description of six new species
Author
Nesrine Akkari
Author
Henrik Enghoff
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2017
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Identification Key to the Portuguese species of
Ommatoiulus
based on gonopod structures
1. Paracoxite deeply divided into 2 processes (
Fig. 15
D) ........................
O. lusitanus
(
Verhoeff, 1895
)
– Paracoxite not divided ...................................................................................................................... 2
2. Mesomerite reduced, almost half as long as the promerite (
Figs 2
C, D, 9D, 19B)........................... 3
– Mesomerite normal to large – sometimes extending beyond the rest of processes (
Figs 7
A, 13A). 5
3. Coxa or paracoxite with strong serrations (
Figs 2
D, 9D); promerite distally narrowed in a rounded apex; solenomerite with hyaline lamella (
Figs 2
E, C, 10)................................................................. 4
– Coxa and paracoxite with no conspicuous serrations; promerite uniformly broad; solenomerite without hyaline lamella (
Fig. 18
)......................................................................
O. staglae
sp. nov.
4. Paracoxite distally expanded, leaf-shaped, and bearing strong serrations on the lateral margin (
Figs 9
D, F, 10B); coxa smooth and rounded; solenomerite with one accessory process .................. .......................................................................................................................
O. denticulatus
sp. nov.
– Paracoxite distally narrowing, apically with a bulge followed by a pointed tip (
Figs 2
C, E, 3B), without serrations; coxa ‘swan wing-shaped’ with 3 blunt processes (
Figs 2
C–D, 3C); solenomerite with 2 accessory processes (
Fig. 3
C)...................................................................
O. alacygni
sp. nov.
5. Mesomerite shorter than promerite (e.g.,
Fig. 18
D); solenomerite with a broad lamella bearing notches and distal ramifications (e.g.,
Fig. 18
B) ............................................................................... 6
– Mesomerite as long as the promerite, sometimes extending beyond the rest of processes (e.g.,
Figs 13
A, 24A), solenomerite different, large species....................................................................... 8
6. Promerite with two postero-apical teeth, solenomerite with 3 notches and 4 slender to acuminate ramifications (
Fig. 23
B), mesomerite distally expanded mesolaterad (
Fig. 23
D)............................... ..............................................................................................................................
O. stellaris
sp. nov.
– Promerite with one or no apical teeth, solenomerite with one notch and one distal ramification, mesomerite uniformly broad, distally narrowing and curved (
Figs 4
C, 18B)................................... 7
7. Promerite with a strong apical tooth, solenomerite long and broad, distally narrower, with a subapical curved acuminate process and an apical subtriangular fold (
Fig. 4
C)................................................. .............................................................................................................
O. andalusius
(
Attems, 1927
)
– Promerite with no apical teeth (
Fig. 18
D), solenomerite short and broad, with two acuminate asymmetrical processes separated by a lamellar fold (
Fig. 18
B) ............
O. porathi
(
Verhoeff, 1893
)
8. Mesomerite strongly expanded into a large distal plate with spines and serrations, solenomerite simple (
Fig. 24A
)......................................................................................
O. martensi
Mauriès, 1969
– Mesomerite distally narrowing or bifurcating, solenomerite complex.............................................. 9
9. Solenomerite divided into 3 processes (a large anterior one, a median hyaline fold and an acuminate posterior one); paracoxite broad, distally expanding (
Fig. 5
B–C) .................................................. 10
– Solenomerite more complex, heavily serrated, with a furrow and other accessory branches (
Fig. 8
B); paracoxite slender or completely reduced (
Fig. 8
C)........................................................................ 12
10. Mesomerite with apical projections, paracoxite expanded, with several distal projections ............11
– Mesomerite without apical projections (
Fig. 14
A), paracoxite hammer-shaped (
Fig. 14
B) ............... ...............................................................................................................................
O. litoralis
sp. nov.
11. Promerite with an apical incision and a protruding mesal margin; paracoxite strongly curved ......... ............................................................................................
O. bipartitus
(
Verhoeff, 1925
)
(
Fig. 24
B)
– Promerite with a regular margin and no apical incision ..........
O. moreleti
(Lucas, 1860)
(
Fig. 24
C)
12. Mesomerite distally not bifurcated; paracoxite long slender and curved (
Fig. 24
E) .......................... ..............................................................................................................
O. fuentei
(
Brolemann, 1920
)
– Mesomerite distally bifurcated; paracoxite short to very reduced (
Figs 7
D, 17B, 24D) ................ 13
13. Promerite strongly narrowed distally (
Figs 7
B, 8A), apex with a serrated mesal fold and a pointed lateral margin; mesomerite curved from basis and pointing mesad, both apical processes pointing in the same direction (
Figs 7
A, D, 8B)....................................................................
O. camurus
sp. nov.
– Promerite gently narrowed distally, apex with regular margins (
Figs 17
A, C, 24D); mesomerite curved from distal third, mainly pointing laterad (
Figs 17
B, D, 24D) ............................................ 14
14. Paracoxiteveryreducedwithtransversalstripes,mesomeritedistallywithalongcurvedprocesspointing laterad and a much shorter one pointing posteriad (
Fig. 24
D) ......
O. dorsovittatus
(
Verhoeff, 1893
)
– Paracoxite longer, mesomerite apically with subequal ramifications oppositely directed (
Fig. 17
B, D) ..........................................................................................................
O. oliveirae
(
Verhoeff, 1893
)