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.
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-03-19
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journal article
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Bollmanella washingtonensis
,
new species
Figs. 115–117
Types
:
Male
holotype
, male
paratype
and two female
paratypes
from
WASHINGTON
:
Mason Co.
, W
Beerbower Road, at
W
Schafer State Park
Road
, elev.
45 m
.
,
47.1001°N
, -
123.4706°W
, collected
31 December 2004
, by
W. Leonard
.
FIGS. 113–116.
Bollmanella
sp. Figs. 113, 114.
Bollmanella bombus
.
Fig. 113. Anterior gonopods, posterior view. Fig. 114. Right posterior gonopod, posterior view. Figs. 115, 116.
Bollmanella washingtonensis
.
Fig. 115. Anterior gonopods, posterior view. Fig. 116. Posterior gonopod coxites, posterior view.
Diagnosis
: Unlike any other species of
Bollmanella
,
B. washingtonensis
has pregonopodal legpairs three to seven enlarged, and pairs five through seven with femoral knobs.
Etymology
: The species name notes that this species is endemic to
Washington
.
Description
:
Male
paratype
:
Length,
10.5 mm
. 18–20 ocelli in rounded, triangular eyepatch. Color pale tan, mottled light purplish brown. Segmental shoulders prominent, metazonital setae long, acute. Pregonopodal legpairs three to seven strongly encrassate, legpairs five, six and seven with femoral knobs. Anterior gonopods (
Fig. 115
) slender, widely divergent, prominently curved near midlength, with acute subapical process as in the foregoing species. Posterior gonopods (
Fig. 117
) with relatively short telopodites, coxites (
Figs. 116
,
117
) two-branched, posterior branch shorter, tapering, curved laterad, anteromesal branch distally bifurcate, one terminal four times broader than other, slightly curved. Legpairs 10 and 11 as usual for genus.
Female
11 mm
long, nonsexual characters as in male.
FIG. 117.
Bollmanella washingtonensis
.
Posterior gonopods, posterior view.
Distribution:
WASHINGTON
:
Grays Harbor Co.
, Middle Satsop Road
2 mi
N of Brady near Satsop River, elev.
20 m
.
,
47.0245°N
, -
123.5196°W
, under maple leaves,
3 January 2003
, W. Leonard et al., mm;
10 mi
N of US- 12, East band of Wynoochee River, ca.
47.0920°N
, -
123.6798°W
(estimated coordinates measured 10.0 mi N of US- 12 along Wynoochee Valley Rd), under maple leaves,
3 January 2003
, W. Leonard et al., m f; Canyon River,
6 mi
W,
1.25 mi
N of Matlock, ca.
47.2585°N
, -
123.5271°W
, in maple and fern litter,
17 January 2003
, W. Leonard et al., mm ff; Garrard Road at Weyerhaeuser D-line, elev.
45 m
.
, ca.
46.8041°N
, -
123.3033°W
,
7 February 2005
, W. Leonard, mm ff.
Thurston Co.
, Capitol State Forest,
2 mi
S of Rock Candy Mountain, ca.
46.9809°N
, -
123.1090°W
(estimated coordinates taken from 2 air mi S of Rock Candy Mountain summit),
10 December 2002
, W. Leonard et al., mm; Summit Lake, elev.
138 m
.
,
47.0526°N
, -
123.1304°W
,
18 December 2004
, W. Leonard, m f; McAllister Springs S of Steilacoom Rd SE, elev.
50 m
.
,
47.0472°N
, -
122.7286°W
,
7 February 2004
, W. Leonard, C. Richart, from the litter and woody debris of a mixed forest including
Acer macrophyllum
,
Alnus rubra
,
Pseudotsuga menziesii
,
Thuja plicata
,
Polystichum munitum
, and
Mahonia nervosa
, mm f; St. Martin’s College Campus, Woodland Creek, elev.
92 m
.
,
47.0416°N
, -
122.8134°W
,
12 February 2003
, W. Leonard, mm ff.
King Co.
, I-90 at Snoqualmie River, Twin Falls/Iron Horse trailhead, elev.
370 m
.
,
47.4410°N
, -
121.6687°W
,
25 February 2004
, W. Leonard, C. Richart, m f; Along Holder Creek, SR-18
1.5 mi
N of the Issaquah exit near Hobart, elev.
310 m
.
,
47.4522°N
, -
121.9535°W
,
25 February 2004
, W. Leonard, C. Richart, m f; Ollalie State Park, elev.
380 m
.
,
47.4364°N
, -
121.6594°W
,
25 February 2004
, W. Leonard, C. Richart, m f; FR-9034 near Granite Mountain Trailhead, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, elev.
580 m
.
,
47.3977°N
, -121.4855,
27 October 2007
, W. Leonard, mm f; same as previous but
26 March 2004
, W. Leonard, C. Richart, m; same as previous but
25 October 2003
, m.
Cowlitz Co.
, SR-504
2.1 mi
E of Toutle, elev.
152 m
.
,
46.3483°N
, -
122.7066°W
,
1 March 2004
, W. Leonard, C. Richart, from the litter and woody debris of a mixed forest including
Alnus rubra
,
Acer macrophyllum
, and
Polystichum munitum
, m f.
Jefferson Co.
, Falls View Campground, Olympic National Forest, US-101
7.8 mi
NW of Brinnon, elev.
150 m
.
,
47.7893°N
, -
122.9255°W
,
22 February 2003
, W. Leonard, m f.
Pacific Co.
, Ellsworth Creek Nature Society Preserve, old growth forest,
14 March 2003
, elev.
25 m
.
,
46.3981°N
, -
123.8898°W
, W. Leonard et al., m ff; same as previous but
23 November 2003
, W. Leonard et al., mm; Trap Creek Road/B-line
1.1 mi
S of SR-6, elev.
58 m
.
,
46.5432°N
, -
123.6151°W
,
19 November 2005
, W. Leonard, C. Richart, mm ff; same as previous but
1.9 mi
S of SR-6, elev.
65 m
,
46.5401°N
, -
123.6296°W
.
Notes:
This widespread species could be considered as a
Taiyutyla
,
since the pregonopodal leg modifications do not conform to the other species of
Bollmanella
.
Nevertheless, the form of the gonopods indicates that it belongs in the latter genus.