Four new species of giant pill-millipedes from Vietnam (Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae)
Author
Semenyuk, Irina
Author
Golovatch, Sergei I.
Author
Wesener, Thomas
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-08-16
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4459.3.7
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Key to species of
Sphaerobelum
(based mainly on male characters):
1. Anterior telopod with 3 telopoditomeres................................................................... 2
- Anterior telopod with 4 telopoditomeres.................................................................... 5
2. Tergites shiny, glabrous. Process of podomere 2 of posterior telopod swollen only at inner margin. Endotergum with 3–4 dense rows of short marginal bristles....................................................
S. clavigerum
Verhoeff, 1924
- Tergites hairy, process of podomere 2 of posterior telopod strongly swollen apically, spherical, broader than base of podomere.................................................................................................... 3
3. Inner margin of femur extended, with teeth. Lateral margin of prefemur with a sharp projection juxtaposed to coxal process. Body coloration black. Head smooth. Process of podomere 2 of posterior telopods truncated. Operculum of vulva two-horned, both horns blunt....................................................................
S. bicorne
Attems, 1938
- Inner margin of femur smooth, prefemur without a process. Body coloration dirty olive-brown; head punctured and densely hirsute.........................................................................
S. hirsutum
Verhoeff, 1924
4. Inner margin of femur extended, with teeth (
Figs 2D
,
5D
). Locking carina on anal shield short......................... 6
- Inner margin of femur smooth. Locking carina on anal shield very long........................................... 7
5. Body coloration dark olive, posterior margin uniformly light brown, antennae and legs conspicuously orange (
Fig. 1A
). Prefemur without lateral projection (
Fig. 2D
). Apical margins of vulval operculum equally converging towards a mesal tip (
Fig.
2I
). Tip of laterotergite 1 slightly extended, well-rounded. Male antennomere 6 thickened (
Fig. 3A
).........
S. cattiense
sp. nov.
- Body coloration dark chestnut brown, posterior tergal margins black, legs dark brown, tips light brown (
Fig. 1B
). Lateral margin of prefemur with a sharp projection juxtaposed to coxal process (
Fig. 5D
). Apical margin of vulval operculum recessed centrally (
Fig. 5H
). Tip of laterotergite 1 slightly extended, sharp. Male antennomere 6 axe-shaped (
Fig. 6A
)..............................................................................................
S. konkakinhense
sp. nov.
6. Podomere 3 of anterior telopod distally with a lateral extension; podomere 4 of posterior telopod distally with an incurved process overlapping with process of podomere 2. Marginal setae of terga not reaching posterior margin....................................................................................................
S. separatum
Attems, 1953
- Podomere 3 of anterior telopod cylindrical, without lateral extension; podomere 4 of posterior telopod without incurved pro-
cess, but with 3 separate spines. Marginal setae of terga reaching the posterior margin...................................................................................................
S. truncatum
Wongthamwanich
et al
., 2012