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.
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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
2015-11-06
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journal article
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Aquattuor
sp.
Material studied
(total:
1 ♀
)
TANZANIA
:
1 ♀
, Nguru Mts, Mhonda Mission at Turiani,
Oct. 1992
, M. Andersen leg. (
ZMUC
).
Remarks
The characteristic limbus places this specimen in
Aquattuor
, but in the absence of a male, the identity of the species remains obscure. The Nguru Mts are located roughly midway between the Udzungwa and the Usambara Mts.
Key to species of
Aquattuor
Frederiksen, 2013
The key is based on adult males. The diameter and number of podous rings are not absolute characters – newly collected specimens may fall outside the ranges (and because of the positive correlation between number of rings and diameter, if a specimens falls outside in one parameter, it is likely to fall outside in the other as well). Differences between species are subtle, and specimens should be carefully compared with the diagnoses and illustrations. Specimens collected in new localities are likely to represent new species.
1. Palette (
pa
) of gonopods elongate, much longer than broad (
Figs 6A
,
7A
); 50+ podous rings, diameter>
1.7 mm
.............................................................................................................................2
– Palette as long as broad or slightly longer (
Figs 5A
,
8A
,
9A
,
10A
,
11A
); diameter <
1.9 mm
.....3
2. 53–54 podous rings, diameter>
1.9 mm
; anterior margin of telomere with a triangular tooth (
Fig. 6A
,
tt
) ...................................................
A. major
Enghoff
sp. nov.
(Udzungwa: Mwanihana)
– 50–52 podous rings, diameter ≤
1.9 mm
; anterior margin of telomere without triangular tooth ....................................................
A. longipala
Enghoff
sp. nov.
(Udzungwa: W Kilombero Scarp)
3. Subdistal part of telomere almost straight, parallel to coxite, telomere tip bent abruptly lateral (
Fig. 11
); 50–52 podous rings, diameter
1.6–1.8 mm
........................................................................ ..............................................................................
A. denticulatus
Frederiksen, 2013
(E Usambara)
– Telomere describing a smoother curve (
Figs 5A, D
,
8
B–C, 9C, 10E)...............................................4
4. Telomere describing a
c.
360° curve, curving in three dimensions; telomere tip with serrate margins, but surface not microspiculate ......
A. stereosathe
Enghoff
sp. nov.
(Udzungwa: Udzungwa Scarp)
– Telomere describing a
c.
270°curve, curving almost in one plane only; telomere tip with microspiculate surface...............................................................................................................................5
5. Lateral incision (
li
) of gonopod coxa deep, apical palette (
pa
) rounded-triangular (
Fig. 8A
); ≤ 50 podous rings, diameter ≤
1.7 mm
....................................................................................... .............
A. udzungwensis
Enghoff
sp. nov.
(Udzungwa: Udzungwa Scarp, W Kilombero Scarp)
– Lateral incision (
li
) indistinct...........................................................................................................6
6. Palette (
pa
) of gonopods subquadratic, with well-developed meso-basal lobe (
mbl
) (
Fig. 10
A–B); 50–53 podous rings, diameter
1.4–1.6 mm
............
A. claudiahempae
sp. nov.
(Mt.
Kilimanjaro
)
– Palette more rounded, meso-basal lobe small (
Fig. 5
A–B); 45–48 podous rings, diameter
1.5–1.9 mm
........................................
A. submajor
Enghoff
sp. nov.
(Udzungwa: Mwanihana)