Mountains of millipedes. The family Odontopygidae in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida) Author Enghoff, Henrik FB09A817-000D-43C3-BCC4-2BC1E5373635 Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK- 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark. henghoff@snm.ku.dk text European Journal of Taxonomy 2022 2022-03-14 803 1 136 http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.803.1691 journal article 20167 10.5852/ejt.2022.803.1691 af09c8e1-b481-4de0-b9d0-83ba26bf9876 2118-9773 6359066 8B66C8AE-F00A-42F6-9641-26B0ECC49F78 Raduliverpa donatellae sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 640AD516-04DF-433C-8229-7F450593BF5A Figs 52–53 Diagnosis Differs from other species of Raduliverpa by having the limbus only very shallowly lobed, and the metaplical spinelike process ( msp ) very strongly curved, almost like a pig-tail, as opposed to the serrated limbus and much less curving msp seen in other species, see Frederiksen & Enghoff (2015) for R. serpentispina Frederiksen & Enghoff, 2015 and R. mitis Frederiksen & Enghoff, 2015 , Kraus (1960) for R. serrata ( Kraus, 1960 ) and Attems (1935) for R. sicaria ( Attems, 1935 ). Etymology After Donatella Foddai, Italian myriapodologist, former resident of ‘Hotel Dolichoiulus’. Material examined (total 2 ♂♂ ) Holotype TANZANIA • ♂ ; East Usambara Mts , Tanga Region , Muheza District , Mgambo Proposed FR ; 350 m a.s.l. ; Sep. 1996 ; Norbert Cordeiro leg.; NHMD 621759 . Paratype TANZANIA • 1 ♂ ; same collection data as for holotype; NHMD 621760 . Description (male) SIZE. Length 56–57 mm , diameter 2.9–3.0 mm, 70–71 podous rings, no apodous rings in front of telson. COLOUR. Strongly faded after 22 years in alcohol, but faint indications of a medium-broad light dorsal stripe. SUPRALABRAL SETAE. 4–5. Fig. 52. Raduliverpa donatellae sp. nov. A–C . Holotype, ♂ (NHMD 621759). Left gonopod coxa. A. posterior view. B. Mesal view. C. Anterior view. D . Midbody dorsal limbus. E–G . Paratype, ♂ (NHMD 621760), first and second pair of legs (right first legs misshapen/diminished). E. Sublateral view. F. Anterior view. G. Ventral view. Abbreviations: APS = mesapical prefemoral setae; CXS =coxosternal setae; LCS = lateral coxal process; LPS = lateral prefemoral setae; MF = metaplical flange; MP =metaplica; msp = metaplical spinelike process; mtp =metaplical triangular process; PP = proplica. Scale bars: A–C, E–G =0.1 mm; D =0.01 mm. Fig. 53. Raduliverpa donatellae sp. nov. , holotype, ♂ (NHMD 621759), gonopod telopodites. A . Right telopodite, posterior view. B . Left telopodite, subanterior view. C . Right telopodite, disto-mesal-basal view. D . Close-up of right solenomere tip (also with part of post-torsal spine) to show the genuscharacteristic striation. E . Left telopodite, anterior-basal view. Abbreviations: PTS =post-torsal spine; SLM = solenomere; TL =torsotope lobe; TM = telomere; tlm = telomere lamellae; TT =torsotope. Scale bars: A–C, E =0.1 mm; D =0.02 mm. MANDIBULAR STIPES. Ventrodistally produced in strong triangular, slightly mesad process, distal margin very shallowly concave. ANAL VALVES. With with moderate dorsal spine, a protruding ventral ‘corner’, margins raised, each with three setae on poorly developed ravelins. LIMBUS ( Fig. 52D ). Striate, margin with very shallow lobes. LEGS. With postfemoral and tibial pads, covering whole length of podomeres, from leg-pair ca 6, diminishing and eventually disappearing toward hind end. FIRST PAIR OF LEGS ( Fig. 52E–G ). Prefemoral lobes with rounded-triangular in ventral view. Five to six coxosternal seta ( CXS ) close to lateral margin of coxosternum, well separated from prefemoral lobes. Prefemora with 2 of short mesapical setae ( APS ) and 5–12 peglike lateral setae ( LPS ). STERNUM 9. Transversely rounded-triangular (not illustrated). GONOPOD COXA ( Fig. 52A–C ). Slender, straight, almost parallel-sided, distolaterally with an almost equilateral triangular lateral process ( LCS ). Proplica ( PP ) simple, proplical lobe hibben behind fold of metaplica. Metaplica ( MP ) with a poorly delimited mesad flange ( MF ) basally, ca at mid-length with small, mesad triangular, process ( mtp ), distally with long, slender, strongly curved spinelike process ( msp ), process first directed basad then making a smooth 180° turn and projecting distad beyond gonopod tip. GONOPOD TELOPODITE ( Fig. 53 ). Arculus 80º. Torsotope ( TT ) extended, with angular lobe ( TL ) fitting into torsion. A long, stout post-torsal spine ( PTS ) making a full turn around post-torsal narrowing which is hence not evident. Solenomere and telomere originating near mesalmost part of telopodite, flexed back in front of and distal to torsotope. Solenomere ( SLM ) not very long, relatively stout, partially concealed within telomere, terminally flattened, pointed and transversely striate ( Fig. 53D ). Telomere (TM) shaped like an irregular bowl, smooth on the outside and along margins, with several contorted lamellae ( tml ) on the inside. Distribution and habitat Known only from Mgambo FR (formerly: Mgambo Proposed forest Reserve) in the north-east of the East Usambara Mts, altitude 350 m a.s.l. See Oliver et al. (2002) for information on the Mgambo FR.