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<mods:title>A revision of the minor species group in the millipede genus Nannaria Chamberlin, 1918 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Xystodesmidae)</mods:title>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="0" pageNumber="1">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 42" captionStartId="F42" captionText="Figure 42. Nannaria stellaradix sp. nov. holotype ♂ (VTEC, MPE 00233) left gonopod A anterior view; red arrow indicates lateral flange; red triangle indicates small medial flange B medial view C posterior view. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1030.62544.figure42" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/531145" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figs 42</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 43" captionStartId="F43" captionText="Figure 43. Nannaria stellaradix sp. nov. holotype ♂ (VTEC, MPE 00233) coloration. Scale bar: 4.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1030.62544.figure43" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/531146" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 43</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 44" captionStartId="F44" captionText="Figure 44. Nannaria stellaradix sp. nov. non-type ♂ (VMNH, NAN 0165) from Pulaski County, Virginia. Red arrow indicates prefemoral process arising from the top of the prefemoral spine. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1030.62544.figure44" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/531147" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
, 44 Vernacular name:
<normalizedToken originalValue="“Starroots">&quot;Starroot's</normalizedToken>
Twisted-Claw Millipede&quot;
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Material examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3071355584" collectingDate="2014-10-17" collectorName="J. Means" country="United States" county="Montgomery County" elevation="773" latitude="36.9662" location="Milky" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="-80.4179" municipality="Riner" specimenCount="♂" stateProvince="Virginia" typeStatus="Holotype">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<typeStatus>Holotype</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
:
</emphasis>
<collectingCountry name="United States of America">United States</collectingCountry>
-
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<collectingRegion country="United States of America" name="Virginia">Virginia</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
<specimenCount></specimenCount>
;
<collectingCounty>Montgomery County</collectingCounty>
,
<collectingMunicipality>Riner</collectingMunicipality>
, 222
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:3F288E87B5BC5BC5AACE32266D3D2755:63AB69309921444FE91F7282C73F0848" country="United States" county="Montgomery County" latitude="36.9662" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="-80.4179" municipality="Riner" name="Milky" stateProvince="Virginia">Milky</location>
way NW, in wetland below lake;
<geoCoordinate degrees="36.9662" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="36.9662">36.9662°N</geoCoordinate>
, -
<geoCoordinate degrees="80.4179" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-80.4179">80.4179°W</geoCoordinate>
; elev.
<quantity metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.7299999999999995" unit="m" value="773.0">
<elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.7299999999999995" unit="m" value="773.0">773 m</elevation>
</quantity>
;
<collectingDate value="2014-10-17">17 Oct. 2014</collectingDate>
; hand collected;
<collectorName>J. Means</collectorName>
leg.; VTEC MPE002331.
</materialsCitation>
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3071355656" accessionNumber="MPE00241" collectingDate="2021-01-01" collectingDateMax="2021-12-31" collectingDateMin="2021-01-01" collectorName="J. Means" country="United States" county="Montgomery County" elevation="773" latitude="36.9662" location="Virginia" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="-80.4179" municipality="Riner" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Virginia" typeStatus="Paratype">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<typeStatus>Paratype</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
:
</emphasis>
<collectingCountry name="United States of America">United States</collectingCountry>
-
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<collectingRegion country="United States of America" name="Virginia">Virginia</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
; same collection data as holotype; VMNH
<accessionNumber httpUri="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/protein/MPE00241">MPE00241</accessionNumber>
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3071355333" accessionNumber="MPE00238" collectingDate="2021-01-01" collectingDateMax="2021-12-31" collectingDateMin="2021-01-01" collectorName="J. Means" country="United States" county="Montgomery County" elevation="773" latitude="36.9662" location="Milky" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="-80.4179" municipality="Riner" specimenCount="3" specimenCount-female="3" stateProvince="Virginia" typeStatus="paratype">
<specimenCount type="female">3 ♀♀</specimenCount>
; same collection data as holotype; VTEC
<accessionNumber httpUri="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/protein/MPE00238">MPE00238</accessionNumber>
</materialsCitation>
-240 •
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3071355315" accessionNumber="MPE00242" collectingDate="2021-01-01" collectingDateMax="2021-12-31" collectingDateMin="2021-01-01" collectorName="J. Means" country="United States" county="Montgomery County" elevation="773" latitude="36.9662" location="Milky" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="-80.4179" municipality="Riner" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="2" stateProvince="Virginia" typeStatus="paratype">
<specimenCount type="female">2 ♀♀</specimenCount>
; same collection data as holotype; VMNH
<accessionNumber httpUri="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/protein/MPE00242">MPE00242</accessionNumber>
</materialsCitation>
, 244.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Other material.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3071355696" collectingDate="1974-10-15" collectorName="R. Hoffman" country="United States" county="Floyd County" latitude="36.9702" location="Floyd County" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="-80.5425" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Virginia">
<collectingCountry name="United States of America">United States</collectingCountry>
-
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<collectingRegion country="United States of America" name="Virginia">Virginia</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
;
<collectingCounty>Floyd County</collectingCounty>
,
<locationDeviation location="Copper Valley">
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.218688" unit="mi" value="2.0">2 mi.</quantity>
SW of Copper Valley
</locationDeviation>
;
<geoCoordinate degrees="36.9702" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="36.9702">36.9702°N</geoCoordinate>
, -
<geoCoordinate degrees="80.5425" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-80.5425">80.5425°W</geoCoordinate>
;
<collectingDate value="1974-10-15">15 Oct. 1974</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName>R. Hoffman</collectorName>
leg.; VMNH NAN0146
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3071355576" collectingDate="1970-04-16" collectorName="B. Coombs" country="United States" county="Floyd County" latitude="36.9615" location="Big Indian Creek" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="-80.5171" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Virginia">
<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
;
<collectingCounty>Floyd County</collectingCounty>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:3F288E87B5BC5BC5AACE32266D3D2755:16AD366AAA2A78705C120D6710323684" country="United States" county="Floyd County" latitude="36.9615" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="-80.5171" name="Big Indian Creek" stateProvince="Virginia">Big Indian Creek</location>
, ca.
<locationDeviation location="Copper Valley">
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.218688" unit="mi" value="2.0">2 mi.</quantity>
S of Copper Valley
</locationDeviation>
;
<geoCoordinate degrees="36.9615" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="36.9615">36.9615°N</geoCoordinate>
, -
<geoCoordinate degrees="80.5171" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-80.5171">80.5171°W</geoCoordinate>
;
<collectingDate value="1970-04-16">16 Apr. 1970</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName>B. Coombs</collectorName>
leg.; VMNH NAN0147
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3071355659" collectingDate="1976-03-06" collectorName="Macks Creek P. O., R. Hoffman, For, Suppl." country="United States" county="Pulaski County" latitude="36.9645" location="Macks Creek" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="-80.6626" municipality="Powhatan Scout Reservation" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Virginia">
<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
;
<collectingCounty>Pulaski County</collectingCounty>
,
<collectingMunicipality>Powhatan Scout Reservation</collectingMunicipality>
, ca.
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.609344" unit="mi" value="1.0">1 mi.</quantity>
E. of
<collectorName>
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:3F288E87B5BC5BC5AACE32266D3D2755:49309F34554AF9173D837B85ECA04C73" country="United States" county="Pulaski County" latitude="36.9645" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="-80.6626" municipality="Powhatan Scout Reservation" name="Macks Creek" stateProvince="Virginia">Macks Creek</location>
P.O.
</collectorName>
;
<geoCoordinate degrees="36.9645" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="36.9645">36.9645°N</geoCoordinate>
, -
<geoCoordinate degrees="80.6626" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-80.6626">80.6626°W</geoCoordinate>
;
<collectingDate value="1976-03-06">6 Mar. 1976</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName>R. Hoffman</collectorName>
leg.; VMNH NAN0165.
<collectorName>For</collectorName>
detailed collection data see
<collectorName>Suppl.</collectorName>
material 7
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Adult males of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Means &amp; Hennen &amp; Marek" authorityYear="2021" class="Diplopoda" family="Xystodesmidae" genus="Nannaria" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nannaria stellaradix" order="Polydesmida" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stellaradix">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Nannaria stellaradix</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. are distinct from other
<taxonomicName authorityName="Chamberlin" authorityYear="1918" class="Diplopoda" family="Xystodesmidae" genus="Nannaria" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nannaria" order="Polydesmida" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Nannaria</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the sympatric
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Ericaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="N. wilsoni" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="wilsoni">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N. wilsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, based on the following combination of characters:
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Gonopods</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Gonopodal acropodite continually curving medially before apex. Distal zone short, directed medially with small triangular lateral flange (Fig.
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, red arrow), not directed caudally with enveloping lateral and medial flanges as in
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Ericaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="N. hokie" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="hokie">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N. hokie</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, or enlarged, laminate, as in
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Ericaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="N. wilsoni" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="wilsoni">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N. wilsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Acropodite with small laminate medial flange (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 42" captionStartId="F42" captionText="Figure 42. Nannaria stellaradix sp. nov. holotype ♂ (VTEC, MPE 00233) left gonopod A anterior view; red arrow indicates lateral flange; red triangle indicates small medial flange B medial view C posterior view. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1030.62544.figure42" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/531145" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">42A</figureCitation>
, red triangle). Basal zone&gt; 1/3 length of acropodite, not &lt;1/5 as in
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Ericaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="N. wilsoni" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="wilsoni">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N. wilsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Prefemur with enlarged prefemoral spine. Prefemur with small, ventrally curving prefemoral process arising dorsomedially from spine, not from top of spine as in
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Ericaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="N. hokie" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="hokie">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N. hokie</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, or long, medially curving, paralleling acropodite as in
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Ericaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="N. wilsoni" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="wilsoni">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N. wilsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Color</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Tergites with light orange paranotal spots (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 43" captionStartId="F43" captionText="Figure 43. Nannaria stellaradix sp. nov. holotype ♂ (VTEC, MPE 00233) coloration. Scale bar: 4.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1030.62544.figure43" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/531146" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">43</figureCitation>
). Dark brown background. Dorsum of collum smooth with orange and white margin.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1030.62544.figure42" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/531145" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 42" startId="F42">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 42.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Means &amp; Hennen &amp; Marek" authorityYear="2021" class="Diplopoda" family="Xystodesmidae" genus="Nannaria" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nannaria stellaradix" order="Polydesmida" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stellaradix">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Nannaria stellaradix</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. holotype ♂ (VTEC, MPE00233) left gonopod
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A</emphasis>
anterior view; red arrow indicates lateral flange; red triangle indicates small medial flange
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B</emphasis>
medial view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C</emphasis>
posterior view. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1030.62544.figure43" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/531146" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 43" startId="F43">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 43.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Means &amp; Hennen &amp; Marek" authorityYear="2021" class="Diplopoda" family="Xystodesmidae" genus="Nannaria" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nannaria stellaradix" order="Polydesmida" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stellaradix">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Nannaria stellaradix</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. holotype ♂ (VTEC, MPE00233) coloration. Scale bar: 4.0 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Measurements.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">♂ holotype (VTEC, MPE00233): BL = 23.8, CW = 2.9, IW = 1.8, ISW = 0.8, B11W = 3.7, B11H = 2.6; ♀ paratype (VTEC, MPE00238): BL = 25.4, CW = 3.4, IW = 2.2, ISW = 0.9, B11W = 3.9, B11H = 2.8.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="variation">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Variation.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Three populations from Pulaski and Floyd counties in Virginia (VMNH, NAN0146, 147, 165) show some morphological variation (Fig.
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) that may indicate a separate species; however, without molecular evidence, specific recognition is not warranted. Notable variations in these populations include a prefemoral process arising from the top of the prefemoral spine (Fig.
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, red arrow) and the lack of an acropodite medial flange.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 44.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Nannaria stellaradix</emphasis>
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sp. nov. non-type ♂ (VMNH, NAN0165) from Pulaski County, Virginia. Red arrow indicates prefemoral process arising from the top of the prefemoral spine. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Known from a linear area in southern Virginia (Virginia: Floyd and Pulaski counties, Suppl. material 7; Fig.
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). Distribution area: 11 km2; status: MRE.
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="ecology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Ecology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Individuals of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N. stellaradix</emphasis>
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sp. nov. were collected from mesic mixed hardwood and pine habitats predominately composed of maple and white pine; individuals were collected from under leaf litter.
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="etymology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
This species is named after the owner of the property from which the holotype was found, an artist named Starroot. The specific name is a noun in apposition derived from the Latin
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">stella</emphasis>
-, star, and -
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">radix</emphasis>
, root.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Type locality.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
United States, Virginia, Montgomery County, Riner, 222 Milky way NW, in wetland below lake,
<geoCoordinate degrees="36.9662" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="36.9662">36.9662°N</geoCoordinate>
, -
<geoCoordinate degrees="80.4179" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-80.4179">80.4179°W</geoCoordinate>
.
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