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<figureCitation id="2C29BA5FDA0106CDC64811FE11E3A914" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Paracortina multisegmentata Stoev &amp; Geoffroy, 2004, male paratype (BG- NMNHS-INV- 000000006261 NMNHS) A head and anterior pleurotergites, lateral view B, C midbody pleurotergites B lateral view C dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1187.113473.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/958786" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">Figs 11</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="4A4C6B5CBE37E0B40189BC16D3476FD7" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Paracortina multisegmentata Stoev &amp; Geoffroy, 2004, male paratype (BG- NMNHS-INV- 000000006261 NMNHS) A head, anterior pleurotergites and legs, frontal view B gonopods in situ, posterior view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1187.113473.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/958787" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">, 12</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="A6C1A236F02227C14C4CA6CC8F60E415" captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Paracortina multisegmentata Stoev &amp; Geoffroy, 2004, male paratype (BG- NMNHS-INV- 000000006261 NMNHS), right gonopod A anterior view B posterior view C lateral view D mesal view. Abbreviations: a = mesal coxal lobe; b = coxal falcate process; pf 1 = prefemoroidal process 1; k = lateral process of the distal part of telopodite; ps = parasolenomere; s = solenomere; T = telopodite." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1187.113473.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/958788" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">, 13</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="E6472CB3C93FECE4EB12AAFAE905AFC4" captionStart="Figure 26" captionStartId="F26" captionText="Figure 26. Modifications on leg-pair 6 and leg-pair 7 in adult males of species of Paracortinidae A, B Angulifemur unidigitis Zhang, 1997, male A leg pair 6 B leg 7 C Paracortina multisegmentata Stoev &amp; Geoffroy, 2004, male paratype leg pair 7 D, E Paracortina thallina (Wang &amp; Zhang, 1993), male D leg pair 6 E leg pair 7. Abbreviations: c = coxa; pr = prefemur; tr = trochanter." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1187.113473.figure26" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/958801" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">, 26C</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName id="5B069449CC92F44063F7E186D60290C8" authorityName="Stoev &amp; Geoffroy" authorityYear="2004" class="Diplopoda" family="Paracortinidae" genus="Paracortina" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Paracortina multisegmentata" order="Callipodida" pageId="0" pageNumber="341" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="multisegmentata">Paracortina multisegmentata</taxonomicName>
Stoev &amp; Geoffroy, 2004: 97, figs 9-17;
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: 139, key.
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<paragraph id="AEA2E1DEDAFF6445861ABBAEC19B3177" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">Material examined.</paragraph>
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<materialsCitation id="33C4E9465AA7F75FA9986D1DCB42649A" collectingDate="1929-12-10" collectorName="Colani" country="Vietnam" elevation="15" location="Moc-Trach Cave" municipality="Ng" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Thanh Hoa Province" typeStatus="paratype">
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ọc Lặc,
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. Stoev det.
<date id="B1C67D1EBED4E6CD09297799FA542195" value="2004-04">April 2004</date>
.
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<paragraph id="616E74F0FFE0EEE63F692E4229D9A83B" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DF559CD412996D694E10C2938F84B046" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">Unique in having the highest number (81-85) of pleurotergites and gonopods with proximally crossing telopodites, distally bent at 90 degrees.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="B14F9EAFBBB32EE5A63039E1F046E9E5" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">Descriptive notes.</paragraph>
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Species with 81-85 PTs + telson, general colour of conserved specimens pale brownish (Fig.
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), head convex, unmodified (Figs
<figureCitation id="0A4B86C876D6B89F97CE37C0757D5528" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Paracortina multisegmentata Stoev &amp; Geoffroy, 2004, male paratype (BG- NMNHS-INV- 000000006261 NMNHS) A head and anterior pleurotergites, lateral view B, C midbody pleurotergites B lateral view C dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1187.113473.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/958786" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">11A</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="EDB17925AEA86AA6C10DAE1524E16FD1" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Paracortina multisegmentata Stoev &amp; Geoffroy, 2004, male paratype (BG- NMNHS-INV- 000000006261 NMNHS) A head, anterior pleurotergites and legs, frontal view B gonopods in situ, posterior view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1187.113473.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/958787" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">12A</figureCitation>
), ~ 40 ommatidia in five or six rows (Fig.
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).
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<emphasis id="0311AB89275F900AAE7B23C0E01FAE6A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">Figure 11.</emphasis>
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Stoev &amp; Geoffroy, 2004, male paratype (BG- NMNHS-INV-000000006261 NMNHS)
<emphasis id="7ECC4FA3571864FF9C408990DCC455CB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">A</emphasis>
head and anterior pleurotergites, lateral view
<emphasis id="0841075E0B563ADC92F312692CB16005" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">B, C</emphasis>
midbody pleurotergites
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lateral view
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dorsal view.
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<paragraph id="EF764A050954378F5AB21EC9DC8601F6" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">Male sexual characters.</paragraph>
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PTs 6 and 7 strongly enlarged, leg-pairs 1 and 2 reduced and more setose than the rest, showing prefemoral and tarsal brushes, leg-pair 2 with the posterior gonopore (Fig.
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), leg-pair 7 with a small mesal spine on coxa and a tuft of setae on trochanter (Fig.
<figureCitation id="A0B10B19FE324A55F91B40FC7A829F26" captionStart="Figure 26" captionStartId="F26" captionText="Figure 26. Modifications on leg-pair 6 and leg-pair 7 in adult males of species of Paracortinidae A, B Angulifemur unidigitis Zhang, 1997, male A leg pair 6 B leg 7 C Paracortina multisegmentata Stoev &amp; Geoffroy, 2004, male paratype leg pair 7 D, E Paracortina thallina (Wang &amp; Zhang, 1993), male D leg pair 6 E leg pair 7. Abbreviations: c = coxa; pr = prefemur; tr = trochanter." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1187.113473.figure26" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/958801" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">26C</figureCitation>
), coxal sacs present on leg-pairs 3-23.
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<emphasis id="52F1B3E6808C9594E8CF12FD1CB7A048" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">Figure 12.</emphasis>
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gonopods in situ, posterior view.
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<emphasis id="535762FDFAB89A6DA9B2A60D401ED738" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">Gonopods</emphasis>
(Figs
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,
<figureCitation id="E04058EC834581ED3E378FE0F643766E" captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Paracortina multisegmentata Stoev &amp; Geoffroy, 2004, male paratype (BG- NMNHS-INV- 000000006261 NMNHS), right gonopod A anterior view B posterior view C lateral view D mesal view. Abbreviations: a = mesal coxal lobe; b = coxal falcate process; pf 1 = prefemoroidal process 1; k = lateral process of the distal part of telopodite; ps = parasolenomere; s = solenomere; T = telopodite." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1187.113473.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/958788" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">13</figureCitation>
). Converging, proximally crossing (Fig.
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). Each gonopod with one slender and distally uniformly setose prefemoroidal process (
<emphasis id="6FA34968A0E016CAE2332EC4147100B6" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">pf1</emphasis>
), reaching to overpassing the mid-length of telopodite (Fig.
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); coxa with a mesal rounded lobe (
<emphasis id="72F455CCA128CA1287FB73858A3B2117" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">a</emphasis>
) connected to a slender falcate mesal process (
<emphasis id="E8B04E1AB0AAA4C778B07754664B0B56" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">b</emphasis>
), latter reaching mid-length of the telopodite. Telopodite (
<emphasis id="D13A904107F6D8F0A29CA94A73571822" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">T</emphasis>
) with uniformly slender stem, distally 90 degrees bent laterad (Fig.
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), distal part expanding and terminating in two asymmetrical branches (Fig.
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): a shorter horizontally leaf-like subapical process, surmounted by a triangular tooth (
<emphasis id="A47C3DC747A1398FB241440AA1445134" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">k</emphasis>
) pointing distolaterad, second branch longer, extending laterad before curving distad, with the apical part terminating in two asymmetrical bulges, the largest accommodating the bifurcated branch with the opening of the solenomere (
<emphasis id="2230F69E9452F6ACEC1062A571513981" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">s</emphasis>
) and parasolenomere (
<emphasis id="79C23E2659332A127D1A8C560C1C3145" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">ps</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
<caption id="782926724682F975F5283BBB87547278" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1187.113473.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/958788" pageId="0" pageNumber="341" start="Figure 13" startId="F13">
<paragraph id="27C32C72C368D85254EB01636E1C96A3" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">
<emphasis id="E025D838A05B7DBBD4B1AD88AC9B5CC3" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">Figure 13.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="5672A68BB8C5F1F01B4DFD322638FE09" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">Paracortina multisegmentata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Stoev &amp; Geoffroy, 2004, male paratype (BG- NMNHS-INV-000000006261 NMNHS), right gonopod
<emphasis id="1B2E4B7C15669C53A3DE08949EEB48D0" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">A</emphasis>
anterior view
<emphasis id="68641EB292774428D1107B583E42F887" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">B</emphasis>
posterior view
<emphasis id="5B0021A81D895DC9FB4F4006D8E04586" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">C</emphasis>
lateral view
<emphasis id="06CF8F156BE9B2112525EDCC4479BA05" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">D</emphasis>
mesal view. Abbreviations: a = mesal coxal lobe; b = coxal falcate process; pf1 = prefemoroidal process 1; k = lateral process of the distal part of telopodite; ps = parasolenomere; s = solenomere; T = telopodite.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="4EA850A99832CE80564B46440B5B2C06" pageId="0" pageNumber="341" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="DC2AB52300D609F54E93AC72D556942E" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6E647F11D20B82FD7D282CD6A2D8F7D1" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">
Ngoc-Lac and Loc Thinh, Thanh Hoa, Vietnam (Fig.
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="27947D5F1A6AC8CDD38E250E574D7B05" pageId="0" pageNumber="341" type="comments">
<paragraph id="1A9CE0DB560D8306CBD9AC4439653AB4" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">Comments.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="08C477082873F6D0326E7A1DA66453B9" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">
This species possesses unique characters within the family, not only by having the highest number of pleurotergites but also in being the only species of
<taxonomicName id="5B3AA917D39DA218A1554F4922840CB6" authorityName="Wang &amp; Zhang" authorityYear="1993" class="Diplopoda" family="Paracortinidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Callipodida" pageId="0" pageNumber="341" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Paracortinidae</taxonomicName>
with telopodites proximally crossing and their distal part being bent to 90 degrees. This combination of characters could justify the description of a new genus to accommodate the species. However, similar to
<taxonomicName id="CB3AAFC80124EDFA159ADC59C6550D4A" class="Diplopoda" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. kyrang" order="Callipodida" pageId="0" pageNumber="341" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kyrang">
<emphasis id="16AE9F560F7F60F644BD71EB4D33354F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">P. kyrang</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, until more material becomes available, we refrain from erecting new genera for these two species and leave them in the genus
<taxonomicName id="81931CCAFF9D6896DB21DA446961D5DD" authorityName="Wang &amp; Zhang" authorityYear="1993" class="Diplopoda" family="Paracortinidae" genus="Paracortina" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Paracortina" order="Callipodida" pageId="0" pageNumber="341" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="13F728FD818A63F050C1F1C0B9C2A6C5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="341">Paracortina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
until further analyses are available.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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