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, p. 160, figs 165171
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. Synonymy by
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,
<bibRefCitation id="EFC14B4BB86C1D360FD7427D5129F9E2" author="Attems" box="[483,539,1584,1607]" pageId="1" pageNumber="58" refString="Attems, C. (1928) The Myriapoda of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, 26, 1 - 431." type="journal article" year="1928">1928</bibRefCitation>
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<bibRefCitation id="EFC14B4BB86C1D360C1F427D51FCF9E2" author="Schubart" box="[555,718,1584,1607]" pageId="1" pageNumber="59" refString="Schubart, O. (1951) Uber einige Diplopoden vom Bergmassiv Air in der Sud-Sahara, gesammelt von L. Chopard und A. Villiers im Jahre 1947. Bulletin de I'Institut Francaise d'Afrique Noire, 13 (1), 116 - 125." type="journal article" year="1951">Schubart 1951</bibRefCitation>
,
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;
<bibRefCitation id="EFC14B4BB86C1D360D11427D50FBF9E2" author="Hoffman" box="[805,969,1584,1607]" pageId="1" pageNumber="59" refString="Hoffman, R. L. (1971) Studies on spirostreptid millipedes. X. Some taxonomic notes on the tribe Triaenostreptini, specific and generic synonomy, and a new species of Triaenostreptus. Revue de Zooogie et de Botanique Africaines, 83 (3 - 4), 207 - 225." type="journal article" year="1971">Hoffman 1971</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFC14B4BB86C1D360DED427D5723F9E2" author="Hoffman" box="[985,1041,1584,1607]" pageId="1" pageNumber="59" refString="Hoffman, R. L. (2008) Two new genera of spirostreptid millipeds from central Africa, with revised terminology for male gonopod structures (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida). Tropical Zoology, 21 (2), 167 - 186." type="journal article" year="2008">2008</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFC14B4BB86C1D360A15427D5786F9E2" author="Krabbe" box="[1057,1204,1584,1607]" pageId="1" pageNumber="59" refString="Krabbe, E. (1982) Systematik der Spirostreptidae (Diplopoda, Spirostreptomorpha). Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg. Verlag Paul Parey, Hamburg, 476 pp." type="book" year="1982">Krabbe 1982</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFC14B4BB86C1D360AF7427D5662F9E2" author="Hamer" box="[1219,1360,1584,1607]" pageId="1" pageNumber="58" refString="Hamer, M. (1998) Checklist of Southern African millipedes. Annals of the Natal Museum, 39, 11 - 82." type="journal article" year="1998">Hamer 1998</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFC14B4BB86C1D360B6B427D56AAF9E2" author="Hamer" box="[1375,1432,1584,1607]" pageId="1" pageNumber="59" refString="Hamer, M. L. (1999) An illustrated key to the spirostreptidan (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida) genera of Southern Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum, 40, 1 - 22." type="journal article" year="1999">1999</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFC14B4BB86C1D360EF3421D52AFF9C2" author="Mwabvu" box="[199,413,1616,1639]" pageId="1" pageNumber="59" refString="Mwabvu, T., Hamer, M., Slotow, R. &amp; Barraclough, D. (2009) A revision of the taxonomy and distribution of Spirostreptus Brandt 1833 (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae) with descriptions of a new species and a new genus of spirostreptid millipede. Zootaxa, 2211, 36 - 56." type="journal article" year="2009">
Mwabvu
<emphasis id="B924EAA8B86C1D360F18421D5250F9C2" box="[300,354,1616,1639]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="52">et al.</emphasis>
2009
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<emphasis id="B924EAA8B86C1D360EA342F0522BF972" bold="true" box="[151,281,1725,1751]" pageId="1" pageNumber="52">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
Proplica approximately 9/10 of gonopod length; end process short and apically convex; telopodite with a tongue-like lobe distal to the origin of antetorsal process.
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Body length
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Apical proplica acute/conical; proplica setose apically/subapically (
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a, 2a); proximal proplica groove flanked by raised edges; proplica aproximately 9/10 of gonopod length.
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Distal metaplica with rounded median hump adjacent to proximal lateral process (
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a, 1b, 2a, 2b).
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process short and apically convex.
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<paragraph id="8BEF36BAB86F1D350EF145EB5649FE65" blockId="2.[151,1436,152,951]" box="[197,1403,422,448]" pageId="2" pageNumber="53">Origin of antetorsal process distal to telopodite knee; antetorsal process long, with a spine at extremity.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B924EAA8B86F1D350EF145805255FE42" bold="true" box="[197,359,461,487]" pageId="2" pageNumber="53">Distribution:</emphasis>
Chire (probably Shire,
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); central
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; northern
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.
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<subSubSection id="C34A6531B86F1D350EF145BE519BFC12" pageId="2" pageNumber="53" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BEF36BAB86F1D350EF145BE5237FD27" blockId="2.[151,1436,152,951]" pageId="2" pageNumber="53">
<emphasis id="B924EAA8B86F1D350EF145BE5273FDA8" bold="true" box="[197,321,499,525]" pageId="2" pageNumber="53">Remarks:</emphasis>
The new records of
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<emphasis id="B924EAA8B86F1D350C0C45B9519DFDA8" box="[568,687,500,525]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="53">P. sulcifer</emphasis>
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from northern
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and its overlapping distribution with
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<emphasis id="B924EAA8B86F1D350EA346575134FD96" box="[151,518,538,563]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="53">Archispirostreptus tumuliporus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFC14B4BB86F1D350C224657519FFD91" author="Karsch" box="[534,685,538,564]" pageId="2" pageNumber="59" refString="Karsch, F. (1881) Neue Juliden des Berliner Museums, als Prodromus einer Juliden-Monographie. Zeitschrift fur die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften, 54, 1 - 79." type="journal article" year="1881">Karsch 1881</bibRefCitation>
)
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and
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<emphasis id="B924EAA8B86F1D350CDB465750E4FD96" box="[751,982,538,563]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="53">Spirostreptus sebae</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFC14B4BB86F1D350DEA46575740FD91" author="Brandt" box="[990,1138,538,564]" pageId="2" pageNumber="58" refString="Brandt, J. F. (1833) Tentaminum quorundam monographicorum Insecta Myriapoda Chilognathi Latreillii spectantium prodromus. Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 6, 194 - 209." type="journal article" year="1833">Brandt 1833</bibRefCitation>
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suggest that the genus is widely distributed and probably occurs in localities (in the savanna) where other giant millipedes have been recorded.
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<paragraph id="8BEF36BAB86F1D350EF146C3519BFC12" blockId="2.[151,1436,152,951]" pageId="2" pageNumber="53">
The shapes and sizes of the proplicae, metaplicae, end processes, metaplical processes and antetorsal processes of the gonopods differentiate the Spirostreptini genera. The gonopods of
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<emphasis id="B924EAA8B86F1D350ABB46F8560EFD6B" box="[1167,1340,693,718]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="53">Plagiotaphrus</emphasis>
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species resemble those of
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<emphasis id="B924EAA8B86F1D350F5846915121FD50" box="[364,531,732,757]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="53">Limnostreptus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B924EAA8B86F1D350C784691503CFD50" box="[588,782,732,757]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="53">Choristostreptus</emphasis>
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more than those of other genera in the tribe. The length of the proplica is approximately 9/10 that of the metaplica; and the antetorsal process is longer with its origin distal to the telopodite knee in these genera, unlike in the gonopods of
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<emphasis id="B924EAA8B86F1D350DD1476457B2FCE7" box="[997,1152,809,834]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="53">Spirostreptus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B924EAA8B86F1D350A88476456A7FCE7" box="[1212,1429,809,834]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="53">Archispirostreptus</emphasis>
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. The distal telocoxite of the gonopods is enlarged and laterally produced into a rounded lobe in
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<emphasis id="B924EAA8B86F1D350ACE471D56A6FCCC" box="[1274,1428,848,873]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="53">Spirostreptus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In
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<emphasis id="B924EAA8B86F1D350E8C473A52A1FC35" box="[184,403,887,912]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="53">Archispirostreptus</emphasis>
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the distal telocoxite extends into a finger-like end process; in addition, the antetorsal processes of the gonopods have distal spikes.
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