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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Aquattuor major
Enghoff
sp. nov.
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Fig. 6
Diagnosis
Diameter
1.97–2.11 mm
, 53–54 podous rings. Gonopods: lateral incision of coxa (
li
) triangular, basally delimited by triangular tooth; apical palette (
pa
) obliquely rounded, much longer than broad; telomere describing an almost 360° curve in almost one plane; mesal-posterior lamella of telomere (
mpl
) low; anterior margin of telomere with a triangular tooth (
tt)
; telomere tip with densely microspiculate margins and internal surface.
Etymology
The name is a Latin adjective meaning “larger” and refers of the larger size of this species, compared to its congeners.
Material studied
(total:
4 ♂♂
)
Holotype
TANZANIA
:
♂
,
Morogoro Region
,
Udzungwa Mts
,
Mwanihana FR
,
1800–1850 m
asl
,
25–29 Nov. 1984
,
pitfall traps
, montane rain forest,
N. Scharff
leg. (
ZMUC
).
Paratypes
TANZANIA
:
3 ♂♂
,
Morogoro Region
, Udzungwa Mts, Mwanihana FR, above Sanje,
1650 m
asl,
18 Aug. 1982
, pitfall trap, M. Stoltze & N. Scharff leg. (ZMUC).
Type locality
TANZANIA
:
Morogoro Region
, Udzungwa Mts, Mwanihana FR,
1800–1850 m
asl, montane rain forest.
Colouration
After 31–33 years in alcohol faded, only some darker markings on head and collum left. No traces of a mid-dorsal stripe.
Distribution and habitat
Known only from Mwanihana FR. Altitudinal range:
1650–1850 m
asl. Habitat: montane rain forest.
Coexisting species
Aquattuor submajor
Enghoff
sp. nov.
and
Chaleponcus mwanihanensis
Enghoff, 2014
occur in the same area, the former, however, only at lower altitudes.