Madagascar’s living giants: discovery of five new species of endemic giant pill-millipedes from Madagascar (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida: Arthrosphaeridae: Zoosphaerium) Author Wesener, Thomas Author Bespalova, Ioulia Author Sierwald, Petra text African Invertebrates 2010 2010-05-31 51 1 133 133 http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0102 journal article 10.5733/afin.051.0102 2305-2562 7911071 Zoosphaerium pseudoplatylabum Wesener, 2009 Fig. 19 Zoosphaerium pseudoplatylabum : Wesener 2009: 54 . Description: Anal shield shape : Well rounded until bottom, where slightly flared and very slightly tapered downward. Female sexual characters : Vulva large, covering more than 3/4 of coxa ( Fig. 19A ). Operculum large, reaching almost to apical edge of coxa, with deep notch apically, sometimes with second tiny notch on lateral half. Mesal plate long and broad, protruding to 1/4 operculum height ( Fig. 19A ). Subanal plate with washboard possessing one weakly developed stridulation rib on each half ( Fig. 19B ). Material examined: MADAGASCAR : Fianarantsoa Prov. : 1ơ 1^( FMNH-INS 7801 ), 13ơ ( FMNH-INS 7913 ) extreme northern limit of R.S. de Ivohibe , along Hefitany R. , ca 7.5 km ENE Ivohibe , montane rainforest, 1200 m , 22°28.2'S : 46°57.6'E , S.M. Goodman , pitfall traps , 3.ix.1997 . Additional material and locality information