Trichopolydesmidae from Cameroon, 2: A species-level reclassification of Afrotropical trichopolydesmids (Diplopoda, Polydesmida), with two new species and two new records from Cameroon, and two new species from the Nimba Mountains, Guinea
Author
Golovatch, Sergei I.
Author
Fiemapong, Armand Richard Nzoko
Author
VandenSpiegel, Didier
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.891.46986
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.891.46986
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Hemisphaeroparia spiniger Golovatch, Nzoko Fiemapong, Tamesse,
Mauries
& VandenSpiegel, 2018
Figs 8
,
9
Hemisphaeroparia spiniger
Golovatch et al., 2018: 64 (original description).
New material.
1 ♂ (MRAC 22860), 1 ♂ (SEM, MRAC 22861), Cameroon, Center Region, Mafou and Afamba Division, Mfou, cocoa plantation,
3°48
'49.6"
N
,
11°40
'49.6"
E
, 24.VII.2019, A.R. Nzoko Fiemapong leg.
Remarks.
The new samples fully agree with the original description (
Golovatch et al. 2018
) and are again illustrated to confirm the
species'
identity (
Figs 8
,
9
), including the remarkably enlarged spiracles 1.
Figure 8.
Hemisphaeroparia spiniger
Golovatch, Nzoko Fiemapong, Tamesse,
Mauries
& VandenSpiegel, 2018, SEM micrographs of ♂ from Mfou
A, D, G
anterior part of body, lateral, dorsal and ventral views, respectively
B, E, I
midbody segments, lateral, dorsal and ventral views, respectively
C, F, J
posterior part of body, lateral, dorsal and ventral views, respectively
H, L
enlarged spiracles near coxae 2, ventral view
K
cross-section of a midbody segment, caudal view
M
fine tergal structure with setae, dorsal view
N
tergal seta, enlarged. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (
A-G
,
I-K
), 0.05 mm (
H, M
), 0.02 mm (
L
), 0.01 mm (
N
).
Figure 9.
Hemisphaeroparia spiniger
Golovatch, Nzoko Fiemapong, Tamesse,
Mauries
& VandenSpiegel, 2018, gonopods of ♂♂ from Mfou
A
both gonopods in situ, ventral view
B, C
right gonopod, caudolateral and subcaudal views, respectively
D
left gonopod, mesal view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (
D
), 0.05 mm (
A-C
).
The new locality, Mfou, lies quite close to the type one, campus of University Yaounde 1, both in the Central Region of Cameroon. Moreover, because both known localities/habitats represent artificial palm or cocoa plantations,
H. spiniger
could have been introduced there from some native woodlands still to be revealed or already vanished.