A mountain of millipedes VIII. The genus Aquattuor Frederiksen, 2013 revisited - a new species from the Udzungwa Mts, Tanzania, another from the Nguru Mts, and introduction of the first pair of male legs as a source of taxonomic characters (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Odontopygidae)
Author
Enghoff, Henrik
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2020
2020-04-14
626
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journal article
10.5852/ejt.2020.626
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Aquattuor major
Enghoff, 2015
Figs 1
,
5
A–C, 9
Aquattuor major
Enghoff,
in
Enghoff & Frederiksen, 2015: 10
.
Diagnosis
Diameter
1.97–2.11 mm
, 53–54 podous rings (
Fig. 9
). Differs from congeners, except
A. longipala
and
A. mollilobus
sp. nov.
, by having the gonopodal palette considerably longer than broad, and by having a distal prefemoral lobe on the first pair of male legs, in addition to the normal prefemoral process. Differs from
A. longipala
and
A. mollilobus
sp. nov.
by having a triangular tooth on the anterior margin of the gonopod telomere, from
A. mollilobus
sp. nov.
further by having distinct lateral and mesal incisions on the gonopod coxa and by having the tarsal setae of the first pair of male legs of normal length.
Material studied
(total: 1 ♂)
TANZANIA
•
1 ♂
,
paratype
;
Morogoro Region
,
Udzungwa Mts
,
Mwanihana
FR,
above Sanje
;
1650 m
a.s.l.
;
18 Aug. 1982
;
M. Stoltze
and
N. Scharff
leg.;
pitfall trap
;
NHMD 621644
.
Descriptive notes
First pair of male legs (
Fig. 5
A–C) each with a single, finger-shaped prefemoral process (
pfp
); in addition each prefemur has a smaller, irregular lobe (
dpl
) on the oral side of the distal margin; setae of femur much shorter than corresponding setae on normal walking legs, as in
A. longipala
(see
Fig. 8B
).
Aquattuor major
is very similar to
A. longipala
(see Discussion).
Distribution
Known only from Mwanihana FR in the Udzungwa Mts. Altitudinal range:
1650–1850 m
a.s.l.