A revision of the Thyropygus allevatus group. Part 1: the T. opinatus subgroup (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida: Harpagophoridae)
Author
Pimvichai, Piyatida
Author
Enghoff, Henrik
Author
Panha, Somsak
text
Zootaxa
2009
2016
17
50
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.185971
1db39382-b4f0-46fa-ae08-dd5e57e0e26b
1175-5326
185971
Thyropygus cristagalli
n. sp.
(
Figs. 15
A–D, 19B)
Material:
HOLOTYPE
male
THAILAND
, Phang Nga Province, Koh Yao district, Koh Yao Noi, 8° 0 6ˏ 45˝ N, 98° 36ˏ 6˝ E.
2 May 2007
. P. Pimvichai and P. Prasankok leg., (
CUMZ
). –
Paratypes
:
7 males
,
8 females
, same data as
holotype
(
CUMZ
),
2 males
,
2 females
, same data as
holotype
(
ZMUC
).
Etymology:
The species epithet is a Latin noun in apposition, meaning cockscomb, and refers to the shape of the lateral process of the anterior gonopod coxal fold (
alp
).
Diagnosis:
A species of the
opinatus
subgroup. Spatulate lobe (
sl
) at the apical part of telopodite rounded, spoon-like. Similar in this respect to
T. inflexus
,
T. bearti
T. chelatus
,
T. brachyacanthus
and
T. loxia
. Differs from all other species of the
T. opinatus
subgroup by having the femoral spine (
fe
) doubled, and by having the laterodistal margin of the lateral process of the anterior coxal fold (
alp
) coarsely serrate, cockscomb-like.
Description:
Adult males with 61 podous rings, no apodous rings. Length ca.
11–14 cm
, width ca.
7.6–7.9 mm
. Adult females with 56–61 podous rings, no apodous rings. Length ca.
8–12 cm
, width ca.
6.6–7.7 mm
. Overall color of living animal (
Fig. 19
B) brown with a longitudinal reddish band mid-dorsally on the body. Legs, head, and antennae darker brown.
FIGURE 15.
Thyropygus cristagalli
, paratype, gonopods. A: anterior view, left telopodite removed. B: posterior view, left telopodite removed. C: left telopodite, anterior view. D: left telopodite, posterior view.
Gonopods (
Figs. 15
A–D): Anterior coxal fold (
ac
) (
Fig. 15
A): lateral process (
alp
) flattened, slightly curved, its laterodistal margin coarsely dentate, terminating in a short, pointed spine; an additional spine-like process (
aip
) between
alp
and
amp
,
aip
in lateral view broadly triangular; mesal process (
amp
) much shorter than
alp
, directed distad, curving very slightly mesad, pointed. Posterior coxal fold (
pc
) (
Fig. 15
B) basally with moderately high lateral paracoxites (
px
), distally truncate, forming shelf (
sh
) for accommodation of telopodite; Telopodite (
Figs. 15
C–D) leaving coxite over shelf of posterior coxal fold; femoral spine (
fe
) duplicated, one spine (
fe
1) much smaller than the other, basally broad and erect, ending in a slender barb, the second (
fe
2) longer and thicker than
fe
1, situated under
fe
1, almost straight, slightly sigmoid, its tip
in situ
resting close to the middle part of
ac
; tibial spine (
ti
) long, slender and recurved, curving in horizontal plane, its tip
in situ
resting at the base of
amp
; apical part: spatulate lobe (
sl
) basally slender, distally expanded, rounded, slightly twisted; a small slender spine (
ss
) at base of apical part, opposite the origin of the tibial spine; palette (
pa
) simple, in the middle with a small lateral lamella, distally with about twelve brownish blepharochaetae (
bp
).
Distribution
(
Fig. 20
): Known only from the
type
locality.