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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.414.7730" ID-GBIF-Dataset="cb8d0204-611a-422a-aa48-8df83b866c0e" ID-PMC="PMC4086051" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-414-67" ID-PubMed="25009417" ID-ZBK="59FA288634C24AEF97833347E5EBC702" ModsDocAuthor="" ModsDocDate="2014" ModsDocID="1313-2970-414-67" ModsDocOrigin="ZooKeys 414" ModsDocTitle="Integrative revision of the giant pill-millipede genus Sphaeromimus from Madagascar, with the description of seven new species (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Arthrosphaeridae)" checkinTime="1451245810054" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Wesener, Thomas, Le, Daniel Minh-Tu & Loria, Stephanie F." docDate="2014" docId="47AE1B0BE5F67A17C67A2CFECD9704FD" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 414: 67-107" docOrigin="ZooKeys 414" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.414.7730" docTitle="Sphaeromimus vatovavy Wesener, sp. n." docType="treatment" docUuid="19F8614B-296B-44A0-A203-F1C38CE54FD3" docUuidSource="ZooBank" docVersion="4" lastPageNumber="79" masterDocId="EC57FFBDFF96FFC30820FFD0FFBE376C" masterDocTitle="Integrative revision of the giant pill-millipede genus Sphaeromimus from Madagascar, with the description of seven new species (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Arthrosphaeridae)" masterLastPageNumber="107" masterPageNumber="67" pageNumber="78" updateTime="1668158604182" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Integrative revision of the giant pill-millipede genus Sphaeromimus from Madagascar, with the description of seven new species (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Arthrosphaeridae)</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Wesener, Thomas</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Le, Daniel Minh-Tu</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Loria, Stephanie F.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:date>2014</mods:date>
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<mods:number>414</mods:number>
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<mods:url>http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.414.7730</mods:url>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.414.7730</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="152053384" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:19F8614B-296B-44A0-A203-F1C38CE54FD3" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/47AE1B0BE5F67A17C67A2CFECD9704FD" lastPageId="12" lastPageNumber="79" pageId="11" pageNumber="78">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/19F8614B-296B-44A0-A203-F1C38CE54FD3" authority="Wesener" class="Diplopoda" family="Arthrosphaeridae" genus="Sphaeromimus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sphaeromimus vatovavy" order="Sphaerotheriida" pageId="11" pageNumber="78" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vatovavy">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="11" pageNumber="78" start="start">Sphaeromimus</pageBreakToken>
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vatovavy Wesener
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="11" pageNumber="78">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Figures 5B, 6, 7, 8, 9
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<subSubSection pageId="11" pageNumber="78" type="material examined">
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<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="78">Material examined.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="78">
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Type material. Holotype: 1 ♂, MNHN
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<normalizedToken originalValue="‘39’">'39'</normalizedToken>
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, Madagascar, Province Fianarantsoa,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Forêt">Foret</normalizedToken>
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primitive de Tsianovoha (=Vatovavy-Fitovinany, Fort Carnot), rainforest, coll. Mission Heim
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<normalizedToken originalValue="á">a</normalizedToken>
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Madagascar, 1934-35, fin Sept. 34.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="78">Paratype. 1 ♀, same data as holotype.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="11" pageNumber="78" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="78">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="78">
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Five stridulation ribs on the male harp, a character only shared with the spiny forest species
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<taxonomicName class="Diplopoda" family="Arthrosphaeridae" genus="Sphaeromimus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sphaeromimus musicus" order="Sphaerotheriida" pageId="11" pageNumber="78" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="musicus">Sphaeromimus musicus</taxonomicName>
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. Shape of female operculum unique, apically recessed. Endotergum with two rows of deeply impressed cuticular patterns and two dense, irregular rows of marginal bristles that protrude above tergite margin.
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<subSubSection lastPageId="12" lastPageNumber="79" pageId="11" pageNumber="78" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="78">Description.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="78">Measurements: Female paratype: 21.1 mm long, 10.2 mm wide (2nd), 5.8 mm height (2nd), male broken, not measured but slightly smaller.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="78">
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Colouration influenced by 70 years in preservative, faded dark brown without any discernable pattern (Fig. 6A). Antennae, legs and pleurites faded olive green, eyes green (Fig. 6
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<normalizedToken originalValue="A–D">A-D</normalizedToken>
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).
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<caption pageId="11" pageNumber="78">
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<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="78">
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Figure 6.
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<taxonomicName class="Diplopoda" family="Arthrosphaeridae" genus="Sphaeromimus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sphaeromimus vatovavy" order="Sphaerotheriida" pageId="11" pageNumber="78" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vatovavy">Sphaeromimus vatovavy</taxonomicName>
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sp. n., female paratype, multi-layer photographs. A head with collum and thoracic shield, frontal view B pleurites C underside of anal shield with black locking carina D tarsus of midbody leg. Abbreviations: AS = anal shield; Co = collum (tergite 1); Gr = lateral grooves of thoracic shield; h = head; pl = pleurite; T = tergite; Ta = tarsus; th-sh = thoracic shield (tergite 2); Tib = tibia.
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<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="78">Head: Eyes with>60 ocelli (Fig. 6A). Posterior margin of head towards collum glabrous (Fig. 6A). Antennae short, protruding laterally slightly past margins of thoracic shield (Fig. 6A). Antennomeres 1-5 with few longer setae, only antennomere 6 densely pubescent (Fig. 7A). Antennomere 6 towards disc with single row of sensilla basiconica (Fig. 7A). Female with 63/65 (Fig. 7B), male with>90 apical cones. Gnathochilarium typical for the order (Fig. 7C), central pads mainly with single type of sensilla (Fig. 7D), rudimentary lateral palpi consisting of three sensilla (Fig. 7E). Mandible with the typical shape of the order, inner tooth 3-combed, with six long pectinate lamellae, condylus with a sharp groove at its apex (Fig. 8).</paragraph>
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<caption pageId="11" pageNumber="78">
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<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="78">
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Figure 7.
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<taxonomicName class="Diplopoda" family="Arthrosphaeridae" genus="Sphaeromimus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sphaeromimus vatovavy" order="Sphaerotheriida" pageId="11" pageNumber="78" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vatovavy">Sphaeromimus vatovavy</taxonomicName>
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sp. n., female paratype, SEM. A right antenna, lateral view B antennomere 6 with disc C gnathochilarium, underside D detail of sensory cones on central pad E rudimentary right lateral palpus. Abbreviations: cP = central pads; Hyp = hypopharyngeal area; iP = inner palpus; LP = rudimentary lateral palpus; St = stipites.
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<caption pageId="11" pageNumber="78">
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<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="78">
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Figure 8.
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<taxonomicName class="Diplopoda" family="Arthrosphaeridae" genus="Sphaeromimus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sphaeromimus vatovavy" order="Sphaerotheriida" pageId="11" pageNumber="78" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vatovavy">Sphaeromimus vatovavy</taxonomicName>
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sp. n., female paratype, SEM. Right mandible. Abbreviations: C = condylus; eT = external tooth; iT = combed inner tooth; mp = molar plate; pL = pectinate lamellae.
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<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="78">
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Collum glabrous, with few setiferous points at its margin (Fig. 6A). Thoracic shield smooth and glabrous, except for margin and lateral grooves (Fig. 6A). Grooves deep, anterior brim swollen. Tergites 3-12 smooth, paratergite tips of midbody tergites slightly projecting posteriorly. Anal shield massive, well-rounded, with single locking carinae, as typical for
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<taxonomicName class="Diplopoda" family="Arthrosphaeridae" genus="Sphaeromimus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sphaeromimus" order="Sphaerotheriida" pageId="11" pageNumber="78" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Sphaeromimus</taxonomicName>
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(Fig. 6C).
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<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="78">Endotergum inner section with numerous short triangular spines and long setae (Fig. 5B). Between ridge and inner area two rows of strongly impressed, circular cuticular impressions. Externally two dense but irregular rows of marginal bristles (Fig. 5B). Bristles long, protruding beyond tergite margin.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="78">First stigma-carrying plate with a well-rounded apex.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="78">Leg 1 with 2-4, 2 with 3-5, 3 with 8 ventral spines. Leg pairs 4-21 with 10-12 ventral spines. Coxa process of midbody legs weakly developed. Femur 1.8, tarsus 3.3 times longer than wide (Fig. 6D).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="78">Male gonopore inconspicuous.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="79">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="12" pageNumber="79" start="start">Anterior</pageBreakToken>
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telopod (Fig. 9
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<normalizedToken originalValue="A–C">A-C</normalizedToken>
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): Harp carrying five stridulation ribs (Fig. 9A). Shape usual for the genus, telopoditomere 4 massive, larger than two preceding joints, with one large triangular spine and 3 or 4 smaller ones (Fig. 9B, C).
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<caption pageId="12" pageNumber="79">
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<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="79">
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Figure 9.
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<taxonomicName class="Diplopoda" family="Arthrosphaeridae" genus="Sphaeromimus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sphaeromimus vatovavy" order="Sphaerotheriida" pageId="12" pageNumber="79" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vatovavy">Sphaeromimus vatovavy</taxonomicName>
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sp. n.,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="A–E">A-E</normalizedToken>
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male holotype, ♀ female paratype, multi-layer photographs. A anterior telopods, anterior view B left anterior telopod, posterior view C left anterior telopod, lateral view D posterior telopods, anterior view E chela of right posterior telopod, posterior view ♀ coxa and prefemur 2 with vulvae. Abbreviations: Cx = coxa; Cx-P = coxal process; EP = external, lateral plate of vulva; IH = inner horns; IL = inner lobes; IP = inner, mesal plate of vulva; O = operculum; Pre = prefemur; syn = syncoxite.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="79">Posterior telopod (Fig. 9D, E): Podomere 3 strongly curved, 3.1 times longer than wide, slightly longer than immovable finger (Fig. 9D). Hollowed-out inner margin with one lobe and four sclerotized spines, posterior aspect with ca. 26 small crenulated teeth (Fig. 9E). Immovable finger only slightly tapering apically, ca. 3 times longer than wide, apically strongly hooked towards podomere 3. Podomere 1 with few setae (Fig. 9D), podomere 2 and 3 glabrous.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="79">Female sexual characters: Coxa process on leg 2 well-developed. Vulva massive. Operculum apically emarginate, protruding up to basal half of prefemur (Fig. 9F). Subanal partly reduced, with shallow invagination at apical margin. Washboard with 10 stridulation ribs on each side.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="12" pageNumber="79" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="79">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="79">
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<normalizedToken originalValue="‘vatovavy’">'vatovavy'</normalizedToken>
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, noun in apposition, referring to the type locality, located in the area of Vatovavy-Fitovinany (Fort Carnot).
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<subSubSection pageId="12" pageNumber="79" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="79">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="79">Only known from the eastern lowland rainforest of Tsianovoha. Satellite images do not show much remaining natural vegetation in the area.</paragraph>
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</treatment>
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