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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.652.12035" ID-GBIF-Dataset="0c02a295-fea0-47df-a950-11e944b2b615" ID-PMC="PMC5345340" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-652-1" ID-PubMed="28331389" ID-ZBK="0471F063053D424FBD82459A234865AB" ModsDocAuthor="" ModsDocDate="2017" ModsDocID="1313-2970-652-1" ModsDocOrigin="ZooKeys 652" ModsDocTitle="Iulomorphid millipedes (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Iulomorphidae) of Tasmania, Australia" checkinTime="1486523750320" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Mesibov, Robert" docDate="2017" docId="02AC9988230EA7AE272B666759A2990B" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 652: 1-36" docOrigin="ZooKeys 652" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.652.12035" docTitle="Atelomastix bonhami Mesibov, 2017, sp. n." docType="treatment" docUuid="BD14A17E-4688-4E7E-AA1D-CF02AC0612F3" docUuidSource="ZooBank" docVersion="5" lastPageNumber="22" masterDocId="FF83FF92FFDCFFFDFFFC7F1EFFE8FFFF" masterDocTitle="Iulomorphid millipedes (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Iulomorphidae) of Tasmania, Australia" masterLastPageNumber="36" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="20" updateTime="1668164032262" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Iulomorphid millipedes (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Iulomorphidae) of Tasmania, Australia</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Mesibov, Robert</mods:namePart>
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<mods:date>2017</mods:date>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="127869810" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:BD14A17E-4688-4E7E-AA1D-CF02AC0612F3" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/02AC9988230EA7AE272B666759A2990B" lastPageId="21" lastPageNumber="22" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/BD14A17E-4688-4E7E-AA1D-CF02AC0612F3" class="Diplopoda" family="Iulomorphidae" genus="Atelomastix" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Atelomastix bonhami" order="Spirostreptida" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bonhami">Atelomastix bonhami</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="19" pageNumber="20">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Figs 9, 10A, C, D
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<subSubSection pageId="19" pageNumber="20" type="holotype">
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<paragraph pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Holotype.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
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Male, White Spur, Tas, -42.7764 146.0369
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100 m [label "DN 211 634" (= 55G 421100 5263400, AGD66)], 320 m a.s.l., 2 February 1994, R. Mesibov, QVM 23:54460.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="19" pageNumber="20" type="paratypes">
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<paragraph pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Paratypes.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="19" pageNumber="20">1 male, 1 female, details as for holotype, QVM 23:54176.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="19" pageNumber="20" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Other material.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="19" pageNumber="20">7 males, 5 females and 5 juveniles from 7 unique localities in Tasmania; details in Suppl. material 1.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="19" pageNumber="20" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Most similar to
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<taxonomicName class="Diplopoda" family="Iulomorphidae" genus="Atelomastix" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Atelomastix gibsoni" order="Spirostreptida" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gibsoni">Atelomastix gibsoni</taxonomicName>
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Edward & Harvey, 2010 from the Ravensthorpe Ranges in Western Australia; both species have a wedge-shaped sclerite
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<normalizedToken originalValue="“b”">"b"</normalizedToken>
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and a non-bifurcate sclerite
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<normalizedToken originalValue="“c”">"c"</normalizedToken>
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. Differences between
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<taxonomicName class="Diplopoda" family="Iulomorphidae" genus="Atelomastix" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Atelomastix bonhami" order="Spirostreptida" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bonhami">Atelomastix bonhami</taxonomicName>
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/
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<taxonomicName class="Diplopoda" family="Iulomorphidae" genus="Atelomastix" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Atelomastix gibsoni" order="Spirostreptida" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gibsoni">Atelomastix gibsoni</taxonomicName>
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: rounded tab present under sclerite
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<normalizedToken originalValue="“a”">"a"</normalizedToken>
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near pseudoflagellum/no tab; anterior corner of distal margin of sclerite
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<normalizedToken originalValue="“b”">"b"</normalizedToken>
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higher than posterior corner/anterior corner lower than posterior corner; sclerite
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<normalizedToken originalValue="“c”">"c"</normalizedToken>
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taller than sclerite
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<normalizedToken originalValue="“b”">"b"</normalizedToken>
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/ sclerite
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<normalizedToken originalValue="“c”">"c"</normalizedToken>
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shorter than sclerite
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<normalizedToken originalValue="“b”">"b"</normalizedToken>
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.
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<subSubSection lastPageId="21" lastPageNumber="22" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" type="description">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="20" pageNumber="21" start="start">Description</pageBreakToken>
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.
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<taxonomicName class="Diplopoda" family="Iulomorphidae" genus="Atelomastix" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Atelomastix" order="Spirostreptida" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Atelomastix</taxonomicName>
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as a genus has been well characterised by
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<bibRefCitation author="Edward, KL" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" pagination="1 - 63" title="A review of the Australian millipede genus Atelomastix (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida: Iulomorphidae)." url="http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/zt02371p063.pdf" volume="2371" year="2010">Edward and Harvey (2010)</bibRefCitation>
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, who described or redescribed 27 species from Western Australia.
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<taxonomicName class="Diplopoda" family="Iulomorphidae" genus="Atelomastix" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Atelomastix bonhami" order="Spirostreptida" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bonhami">Atelomastix bonhami</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. fits the genus description and only key details are noted here.
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<paragraph pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Colour in alcohol variable, dark blueish grey to dark brown anteriorly on metazonites, pale posteriorly; some specimens largely brown. Ocelli 30-40 in 4-5 horizontal rows. Mature males with (37+5) rings, 2.0 mm midbody diameter to (60+1) rings, 2.3 mm. Longitudinal striae on metazonites meeting suture almost at right angle. Female substantially more robust than male with similar ring number, e.g. male with (51+1) rings, midbody diameter 2.2 mm vs female with (52+1) rings, midbody diameter 2.8 mm, both in QVM 23:54140.</paragraph>
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<paragraph lastPageId="21" lastPageNumber="22" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
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Male gonopod aperture with sides slightly raised (Fig. 9A). Anterior gonopods nearly touching along midline. Sclerite
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<normalizedToken originalValue="“a”">"a"</normalizedToken>
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(Fig. 10A) curving posteriorly with pseudoflagellum (Fig. 10A; ps) arising at ca 3/4 gonopod height, extending posteriorly and slightly distally and gradually tapering to rounded apex; a thin, rounded tab (Fig. 10A; t) arising just distal to pseudoflagellum origin along sclerite midline. Sclerite
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<normalizedToken originalValue="“b”">"b"</normalizedToken>
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arising medially at ca 1/3 gonopod height, ca 3x as wide distally as at origin, thickly lamellar with distal half slightly bent medially, the distal margin with rounded anterior corner, sloping posterobasally with small, rounded notch at posterior corner; a double row of small, short setae near distal margin. Sclerite
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<normalizedToken originalValue="“c”">"c"</normalizedToken>
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more or less cylindrical basally, the apex curving slightly anteriorly and spatulate, the concave surface
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<pageBreakToken pageId="21" pageNumber="22" start="start">facing</pageBreakToken>
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anterolaterally; a few long setae on anterior surface of sclerite at level of sclerite
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<normalizedToken originalValue="“b”">"b"</normalizedToken>
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distal margin.
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<caption pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
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Figure 9.
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<taxonomicName class="Diplopoda" family="Iulomorphidae" genus="Atelomastix" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Atelomastix bonhami" order="Spirostreptida" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bonhami">Atelomastix bonhami</taxonomicName>
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sp. n., males. A Left lateral view showing partly everted gonopods; QVM 23:54175 B Ventral view of partly dissected specimen showing legpair 1 in situ; at = anterior tab on prefemur; QVM 23:54174 C Left lateral view of telson; QVM 23:54140. Scale bars: A, C = 1.0 mm, B = 0.5 mm.
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<caption pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
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<paragraph pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
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Figure 10. A, C, D
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<taxonomicName class="Diplopoda" family="Iulomorphidae" genus="Atelomastix" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Atelomastix bonhami" order="Spirostreptida" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bonhami">Atelomastix bonhami</taxonomicName>
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sp. n., male, QVM 23:54174 B
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<taxonomicName class="Diplopoda" family="Iulomorphidae" genus="Atelomastix" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Atelomastix smithi" order="Spirostreptida" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="smithi">Atelomastix smithi</taxonomicName>
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, sp. n., male paratype, QVM 23:24959 A, B Left anterior gonopod, medial view; ps = pseudoflagellum, t = process
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<normalizedToken originalValue="“a”">"a"</normalizedToken>
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tab; dotted line indicates prostatic groove C Posterior gonopods, posterior view D Left leg 1, anterior view; at = anterior tab on prefemur. Scale bars = 0.25 mm.
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<paragraph pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Posterior gonopods (Fig. 10C) appressed basally along midline, 1/3-1/2 anterior gonopod height. Each posterior gonopod basally conical, tapering and with anterolateral extension; extension slightly flattened with a few long, mediodistally directed setae near base of extension on posteromedial surface and a few short setae at ca 1/2 gonopod height on medial surface.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Leg 1 (Fig. 10D) with prefemur wider than long, slightly tapering, with triangular tab (Figs 9B, 10D; at) on anteromedial surface of prefemur; relative lengths of podomeres femur>prefemur>tarsus>postfemur>tibia; tarsus distally excavate on anteromedial surface; prefemur, femur and postfemur with a few small setae laterally. Legpair 1 clearly separated on coxosternite, the latter with a field of long setae anterolateral to each prefemur.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
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Posterolateral margin of preanal ring meets epiproct margin at obtuse angle, making anal valves appear more prominent in lateral view than in other Tasmanian
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<taxonomicName family="Iulomorphidae" lsidName="" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" rank="family">Iulomorphidae</taxonomicName>
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(Fig. 9C).
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<subSubSection pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Known from wet forest, rainforest and scrub over ca 1500 km2 in southwest Tasmania at elevations ca 300-1100 m (Fig. 7D).</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="name">
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<paragraph pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Name.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="21" pageNumber="22">For Kevin Bonham, Tasmanian malacologist and diligent millipede hunter, who collected this species at two remote sites in 2016; noun in the genitive case.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="remarks">
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<paragraph pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Remarks.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
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The posterior gonopod of
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<taxonomicName class="Diplopoda" family="Iulomorphidae" genus="Atelomastix" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Atelomastix bonhami" order="Spirostreptida" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bonhami">Atelomastix bonhami</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. is similar to that of
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<taxonomicName class="Diplopoda" family="Iulomorphidae" genus="Atelomastix" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Atelomastix nigrescens" order="Spirostreptida" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nigrescens">Atelomastix nigrescens</taxonomicName>
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as illustrated in figs 13, 14 and 118 of
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<bibRefCitation author="Edward, KL" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" pagination="1 - 63" title="A review of the Australian millipede genus Atelomastix (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida: Iulomorphidae)." url="http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/zt02371p063.pdf" volume="2371" year="2010">Edward and Harvey (2010)</bibRefCitation>
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, and leg 1 of
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<taxonomicName class="Diplopoda" family="Iulomorphidae" genus="Atelomastix" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Atelomastix bonhami" order="Spirostreptida" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bonhami">Atelomastix bonhami</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. closely resembles leg 1 of
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<taxonomicName class="Diplopoda" family="Iulomorphidae" genus="Atelomastix" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Atelomastix solitaria" order="Spirostreptida" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="solitaria">Atelomastix solitaria</taxonomicName>
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as illustrated in fig. 2 of
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<bibRefCitation author="Jeekel, CAW" journalOrPublisher="Myriapod Memoranda" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" pagination="31 - 41" title="Millipedes from Australia, 24: Iulomorphidae from Victoria, with the description of two new species (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida)." volume="11" year="2009">Jeekel (2009)</bibRefCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
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<bibRefCitation author="Jeekel, CAW" journalOrPublisher="Myriapod Memoranda" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" pagination="31 - 41" title="Millipedes from Australia, 24: Iulomorphidae from Victoria, with the description of two new species (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida)." volume="11" year="2009">Jeekel (2009</bibRefCitation>
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: figs 3, 4) does not show the
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<taxonomicName class="Diplopoda" family="Iulomorphidae" genus="Atelomastix" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Atelomastix solitaria" order="Spirostreptida" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="solitaria">Atelomastix solitaria</taxonomicName>
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anterior gonopod in lateral view, so the shapes of the sclerites are unclear. From
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description of
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<taxonomicName class="Diplopoda" family="Iulomorphidae" genus="Atelomastix" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Atelomastix solitaria" order="Spirostreptida" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="solitaria">Atelomastix solitaria</taxonomicName>
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and his fig. 4, it appears that sclerite
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is sharply bent with an acuminate apex, unlike the smoothly curving, apically rounded sclerite
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of
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<taxonomicName class="Diplopoda" family="Iulomorphidae" genus="Atelomastix" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Atelomastix bonhami" order="Spirostreptida" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bonhami">Atelomastix bonhami</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. and the following species, and is shorter than
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, rather than longer as in
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<taxonomicName class="Diplopoda" family="Iulomorphidae" genus="Atelomastix" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Atelomastix bonhami" order="Spirostreptida" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bonhami">Atelomastix bonhami</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. and the following species.
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