A mountain of millipedes II: The genus Aquattuor Frederiksen, 2013 - five new species from the Udzungwa Mountains and one from Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Odontopygidae)
Author
Enghoff, Henrik
Zoological Museum, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK- 2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark & Corresponding author: henghoff @ snm. ku. dk & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: FB 09 A 817 - 000 D- 43 C 3 - BCC 4 - 2 BC 1 E 5373635
henghoff@snm.ku.dk
Author
Frederiksen, Sara B.
6DE62DD5-0055-424A-A136-0EF290AF5AFD
Zoological Museum, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK- 2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark & Department of Ecology, Animal Ecology, University of Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch-Strasse 8, D- 35032 Marburg, Germany & Email: sara. frederiksen @ snm. ku. dk & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 6 DE 62 DD 5 - 0055 - 424 A-A 136 - 0 EF 290 AF 5 AFD
sara.frederiksen@snm.ku.dk
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2015
2015-11-06
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journal article
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Aquattuor claudiahempae
sp. nov.
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Figs 1
,
10
Diagnosis
Diameter
1.41–1.58 mm
, 50–53 podous rings. Gonopods: lateral incision of coxa (
li
) poorly developed; apical palette (
pa
) subquadratic, with well-developed meso-basal lobe (
mbl
); telomere describing a
c.
270° curve in almost one plane; mesal-posterior lamella of telomere (
mpl
) low; anterior margin of telomere without a triangular tooth; telomere tip densely microspiculate, margin microserrate.
Etymology
The name is a feminine noun in the genitive, referring to Claudia Hemp, Würzburg, project leader of the DFG research group
Kilimanjaro
, in acknowledgement of her great support.
Material studied
(total:
26 ♂♂
)
Holotype
TANZANIA
:
♂
,
Kilimanjaro Region
,
Hai District
, Mt.
Kilimanjaro
,
03°16’07.05” S
,
37°18’28.68” E
, homegarden plot 2, 1169 m asl,
26 Nov. 2013
,
S.B. Frederiksen
leg. (
ZMUC
).
Paratypes
TANZANIA
:
Kilimanjaro Region
, Mt.
Kilimanjaro
:
8 ♂♂
, same data as
holotype
(ZMUC);
1 ♂
, same data, but
21 Feb. 2014
(ZMUC);
13 ♂♂
, Hai District,
03°13’59.37” S
,
37°16’09.28” E
, coffee plantation plot 2, 1345 m asl,
20 Nov. 2013
, S.B. Frederiksen leg. (ZMUC);
1 ♂
, Hai District,
03°14’34.66” S
,
37°15’03.91” E
, coffee plantation plot 2, 1306 m asl,
11 Mar. 2014
, S.B. Frederiksen leg. (ZMUC);
1 ♂
, same data, but
24 Feb.2011
, J. Röder leg. (ZMUC);
1 ♂
, Rombo District,
03°17’57.57” S
,
37°36’58.59” E
, grassland plot 5, 1303 m asl,
16 Nov. 2011
, J. Röder leg. (ZMUC).
Fig. 10.
Aquattuor claudiahempae
sp. nov.
, paratype.
A
. Gonopods, anterior view.
B
. Right palette, showing well developed meso-basal lobe.
C
. Telomere tip.
D
. Margin of telomere tip.
E
. Gonopods, poterior view.
mbl
= mesobasal lobe of palette;
pa
= palette;
st9 =
sternum of rudimentary 9
th
leg-pair. Scale bars: A, E = 0.1 mm; B = 0.05 mm; C = 0.02 mm; D = 0.01 mm.
Type locality
TANZANIA
:
Kilimanjaro Region
, Hai District, Mt.
Kilimanjaro
,
03°16’07.05” S
,
37°18’28.68” E
,
1169 m
asl.
Colouration
Mostly brown, darker on the dorsal side, with a clear mid-dorsal, yellow longitudinal band, lighter yellowish on the ventral side; legs, head, collum and telson mostly brown (
Fig. 1
).
Distribution and habitat
Known only from Mt.
Kilimanjaro
in habitats disturbed by human activities: chagga homegardens (
Soini 2005
) and coffee plantations. The grassland plot where one specimen was collected is used for fodder harvest and is thus also under human influence. Altitudinal range:
1169–1345 m
asl.