Review of the Southeast Asian millipede genus Enghoffosoma Golovatch, 1993 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae), with descriptions of new species
Author
Likhitrakarn, Natdanai
Author
Golovatch, Sergei I.
Author
Panha, Somsak
text
Zootaxa
2014
3811
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491
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journal article
45583
10.11646/zootaxa.3811.4.4
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Key to species of
Enghoffosoma
, chiefly based on male characters
1. Paraterga virtually absent; midbody legs very long, more than 2 times as long as body height. Southern
China
....
E. longipes
- Paraterga present, up to very strongly developed (
Figs 2
C, J, K, 8D, 11D, 14D & 17D); midbody legs rather short, less than 1.5 times as long as body height............................................................................. 2
2. Paraterga very strongly developed (
Figs 8
B–F, H, 17B–F & H)................................................. 3
- Paraterga rather well to poorly developed (
Figs 2
A–F, J–L, 11B–F, H, 14B-F & H)..................................4
3. Gonopod process
e
spear-shaped, pointed and short, directed ventrad (
Figs 9
&
10
)..................
E. lanceolatum
sp. n.
- Gonopod process
e
long and spiniform, directed forward (
Figs 18
&
19
)............................
E. bispinum
sp. n.
4. Solenomere subspiniform, twisted and bifid (
Figs 15
&
16
).................................................... 5
- Solenomere finger-shaped, expanded apically (
Figs 3
A–C, 4–7, 12 & 13)......................................... 6
5. Solenomere long and clearly coiled, process
e
stout and rather short.
Myanmar
........................ ..
E. spinipleurum
- Solenomere not coiled, process
e
slender, spiniform, and pointed (
Figs 15
&
16
)........................ ..
E. funda
sp. n.
6. Gonopod process
p
large, stout, anchor-shaped (
Figs 12
&
13
).................................
E. anchoriforme
sp. n.
-
Gonopod process
p
pointed, rather short or long (
Figs 3
A–C, 4A, B, 5, 6C & D), up to to broadly lobe- (
Figs 4
C, D & 7) or hook-shaped (
Figs 4
A, B & 6A, B).............................................................
E. zebra
sp. n.