Taxonomic review of the genus Atlantodesmus Hoffman, 2000 (Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae)
Author
Bouzan, Rodrigo Salvador
Author
Pena-Barbosa, João Paulo P.
Author
Brescovit, Antonio Domingos
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2017
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Atlantodesmus pintoi
(
Schubart, 1946
)
Figures 5
ĀC, 13–15, 19
Leptodesmus pintoi
Schubart, 1946
: 166
, fig. 2 (Male
holotype
from Ilhéus (
39°04’63’’W
,
14°79’35’’S
),
Bahia
,
Brazil
, 1919,
E. Garbe
leg., deposited in
MZSP
412
, examined).
Leptodesmus pintoi:
Schubart, 1956: 421
.
Atlantodesmus pintoi
:
Hoffman, 2000
: 106
.
FIGURE 13.
Atlantodesmus pintoi
(Holotype, MZSP 412), left gonopod. A, mesal view; B, ectal view. Scale bar = 1 mm. A, acropodite process; Cg, cingulum; PfP, prefemoral process; S, solenomere. Arrow refers to lobe present above the base of the solenomere.
FIGURE 14.
Atlantodesmus pintoi
.
A, left gonopod in mesal view; B, left gonopod in ectal view; C, detail of the reduced cingulum; D, folds in prefemoral region of the gonopod; E, Aperture of gonopod; F, detail of folds in the posterior margin of the aperture of gonopod. A, acropodite process; Cg, cingulum; PfP, prefemoral process; S, solenomere. Arrow refers to cingulum.
FIGURE 15.
Atlantodesmus pintoi
. A, lateral projection on the seventh segment; B, cyphopods in lateral view; C, detail of the left cyphopod in lateroventral view; D, detail of the right cyphopod in lateroventral view.
Additional material examined.
BRAZIL
.
BAHIA
:
Ilhéus
(
39°04’63’’W
,
14°79’35’’S
),
5♀
, 1919,
E. Garbe
col. (
MZSP
929
,
MZSP
930
,
MZSP
931
,
MZSP
932
)
.
Reserva Biológica de Una
(
39°02’98’’W
,
15°19’54’’S
),
22♂
16♀
,
XI/2001
,
A.D. Brescovit
col. (
IBSP
991
,
IBSP
992
,
IBSP
1001
,
IBSP
1003
,
IBSP
995
)
; 1♂ 2♀,
13–16/IV/ 1998
, A.D. Brescovit
et al.
col. (IBSP 581, IBSP 584).
Ribeirão do Engano
(
39°04’63’’W
,
14°79’35’’S
),
1♂
, 1945,
G. Pereira
col. (
MNRJ
11954
)
.
Jussari
,
Reserva Natural da Serra de Teimoso
(
39°49’41’’W
,
15°18’80’’S
),
1♀
,
08– 10/IV/1998
,
A.D. Brescovit
et al.
col. (
IBSP
600
)
.
Itabuna
(
39°27’84’’W
,
14°78’80’’S
),
1♂
, 1919,
E. Garbe
col. (
MZSP
927
)
.
Diagnosis.
Males of
Atlantodesmus pintoi
differ from all other species of the genus by the acropodite process with a large, rounded spoon-shaped tip (
Figs 13
A–B, 14A–B).
Redescription. Male
(
Holotype
, MZSP 412). Coloration (in alcohol): Head reddish brown. Body brown with a median dorsal white band. Paranota tip white. Legs reddish. Telson white. Total length: 57. Collum 2.09 long, 7.11 wide. Antennomere lengths (1>7): 0.91; 2.40; 2.28; 2.20; 2.20; 1.78; 0.29. Gonopod opening: 1.21 long, 1.78 wide. Telson 1.95. Gonopods: coxae with two bristles in the distal dorsal side. Without coxal apophysis. Prefemoral region ventrally positioned. Prefemoral process long, with narrow stalk about half of total PfP length; apex expanded, calyx-shaped, edge of calyx slightly serrated (
Fig. 13
A). The dorsal side of the prefemoral region with several folds (
Fig. 14
D). Transition from prefemoral region to acropodite discontinuous. Small incision at the external margin of the telopodite is visible in mesal view. Reduced cingulum visible in ectal view (
Fig. 14
C, arrow). Solenomere long and falciform. Acropodite process with a rounded lobe above the base of the solenomere (
Fig. 13
A, arrow), acropodite process terminating in a large flat rounded apex (
Figs 13
A–B).
Female
(
Paratype
, MZSP 929). Coloration (in alcohol) and body as in male. Total length 50. Collum 2.03 long, 6.80 wide. Telson 1.83. Cyphopods (
Figs 15
B–D) with numerous dispersed fine bristles on both valves. The apical part of cyphopod is slightly projected, the intermediate membrane projects between the valves (
Fig. 15
B).
Variation
: The body of some specimens can show a whitish yellow coloration, however the median band is present, but weakly developed. In some individuals the apex of the prefemoral process lacks serration.
Distribution.
State of
Bahia
,
Brazil
, in areas containing the Brazilian Atlantic forest biome (
Por
et al.
2005
).