Taxonomy of Paraplatyarthrus Javidkar and King (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Paraplatyarthridae) with description of five new species from Western Australia, and comments on Australian Trichorhina Budde-Lunde, 1908 (Platyarthridae)
Author
Javidkar, Mohammad
Author
King, Rachael A.
Author
Cooper, Steven J. B.
Author
Humphreys, William F.
Author
Austin, Andrew D.
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Zootaxa
2017
4243
3
401
431
journal article
36268
10.11646/zootaxa.4243.3.1
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Paraplatyarthrus australiensis
Wahrberg, 1922
comb. nov.
Fig 4
A–C
Trichorhina australiensis
Wahrberg, 1922
: 189
–195, fig 59.
—
Poore 2002
: 325
–326.
Holotype
.
Wooroloo, Goosberry Hill,
Western
Australia
, Zoology Museum, University of Hamburg [
N.B. Loan
of the
holotype
was denied to be dispatched]
Material examined.
Paratypes
: K-18517, K-18521, K-18522 (gender unknown),
Wooroloo
,
Goosberry Hill
,
Western
Australia
(Zoology Museum, University of Hamburg)
Diagnosis.
Body pale. Eyes with 4–6 developed black ommatidia.
Remarks.
This species has not been recollected in more than 90 years. Unfortunately, the
paratypes
examined were in poor condition which precluded a full redescription. However, the following characters match those for
Paraplatyerthrus
as follows: dorsal body covered with scale setae; cephalothorax with postfrons and profrons fused; outer endite of first maxilla with four outer teeth (including one stout smaller tooth;
Fig. 4
A); maxilla 2 with inner lobe smaller than outer one, a fine suture delimiting lobes (
Fig. 4
B); maxilliped endite with two small arrowlike setae on distal margin (
Fig. 4
C). As the antennae were missing from the
paratypes
, the presence of a capillary furrow on the antennal peduncle could not be observed. However, the characters above provide enough evidence to confirm its generic placement. Additional sampling from the
type
locality and a further morphological examination should be undertaken for this species as a matter of priority.