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Differs from other species of 
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by the yellowish body with contrasting brown to blackish markings on terga 4–9 (Fig. 
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<label id="D79DD8A94A409BDB2BC65CBE159A5E1F">Figure 4.</label>
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<emphasis id="3CCDD718F6C524BE95B1753BCB9FA27A" italics="true">Rhopalomeris nigroflava</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="31EA5EDD3F33C25F8DEE77DE9039BE58" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, 
<emphasis id="FD042099716530422665C0FCC2E869D0" bold="true">A – C</emphasis>
♂ holotype in 
<emphasis id="06FCF1DDECCAA8D3E685DAD1D5A8D869" bold="true">A</emphasis>
dorsal 
<emphasis id="08CCE2F563B91E615DFB226F5E143DE0" bold="true">B</emphasis>
lateral and 
<emphasis id="CD61844CDE695BE81CE5B094CAA7D4CC" bold="true">C</emphasis>
ventral views 
<emphasis id="F88B77837A0118E410E9A34503146452" bold="true">D – F</emphasis>
♂ paratypes 
<emphasis id="0B552AF3FAFFC64BF29F1AD9E0EE2AD7" bold="true">D, E</emphasis>
dorsal and 
<emphasis id="1A9EA843C1F44069D84A948EA3102F18" bold="true">F</emphasis>
ventral views. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ETSAI" type="description">
<paragraph id="12F54A36A56B09ED53256BB4615F19FD">
<heading id="7934CD82E1458414AAB981EA602646F1" reason="title">Description.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BBAA316B33D326FA2BD67990BA239688">
Body length of unrolled 
<typeStatus id="6C7A84C16686AA33AEB62C063413D025" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
, 
<quantity id="071E5FAF77FFB14DA64F44CFE366DCC2" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.3" unit="mm" value="7.3">7.3 mm</quantity>
, width 
<quantity id="2A6124413E941A0BE05D018C4A7724A0" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.1" unit="mm" value="4.1">4.1 mm</quantity>
. Body length of unrolled 
<typeStatus id="6BB8EE3C028C63A1FAB9A7930DF28813" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
, 
<quantity id="09CE543C8A97EF5FE58627B588F4588A" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.45" metricValueMax="9.3" metricValueMin="5.6" unit="mm" value="7.45" valueMax="9.3" valueMin="5.6">5.6–9.3 mm</quantity>
(
<specimenCount id="64291C0FBD640674199159F7770683CC" count="1" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
), 
<quantity id="95C5803B17838B9EAE7743749CFF2224" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.3999999999999995" metricValueMax="9.7" metricValueMin="5.1" unit="mm" value="7.3999999999999995" valueMax="9.7" valueMin="5.1">5.1–9.7 mm</quantity>
(
<specimenCount id="345849AFD67A186158206D13FB113B39" count="1" type="female">♀</specimenCount>
), width 3.1–4.8 (
<specimenCount id="493254272D1CFEDFBA73BE9E419AFB36" count="1" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
), 
<quantity id="8269C2734284AA8EE3AF7E4A53F49B25" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.65" metricValueMax="4.7" metricValueMin="2.6" unit="mm" value="3.65" valueMax="4.7" valueMin="2.6">2.6–4.7 mm</quantity>
(
<specimenCount id="BD45EA498F93688DE5C81BEB169A2C80" count="1" type="female">♀</specimenCount>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="873EEF5A37213C56118DD04C69116ED0">
Color faded after nine years of preservation in alcohol (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="9B45ED24C9AE8059FA207376D3D617F6" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Rhopalomeris nigroflava sp. nov., A – C ♂ holotype in A dorsal B lateral and C ventral views D – F ♂ paratypes D, E dorsal and F ventral views. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1215.130919.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1154982">4 A – F</figureCitation>
): body yellowish to brown yellowish, with contrasting brown to blackish markings on terga 4–9 (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="C7F5B00553020291375158C3F04B08C0" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Rhopalomeris nigroflava sp. nov., A – C ♂ holotype in A dorsal B lateral and C ventral views D – F ♂ paratypes D, E dorsal and F ventral views. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1215.130919.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1154982">4 A, B, D, E</figureCitation>
); lateral sides of terga 10, 11, and anal shield sometimes with a pair of small, faint, dark paramedian spots, these reaching neither caudal nor lateral edges (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="665FE044D3EB4D6C1B50C23629F4DF67" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Rhopalomeris nigroflava sp. nov., A – C ♂ holotype in A dorsal B lateral and C ventral views D – F ♂ paratypes D, E dorsal and F ventral views. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1215.130919.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1154982">4 A, B, D, E</figureCitation>
); head, antennae and collum brown to dark brownish, only labrum, vertex and Tömösváry’s organ light brown; venter yellow brown to light yellowish; legs pale brown to brownish, with basal part of each podomere whitish (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="2522CC60991AF2A99343807555EC9B62" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Rhopalomeris nigroflava sp. nov., A – C ♂ holotype in A dorsal B lateral and C ventral views D – F ♂ paratypes D, E dorsal and F ventral views. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1215.130919.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1154982">4 C, F</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BD6AC8F9E608F79C6E6E707C1F99710D">
Labrum sparsely setose (Figs 
<figureCitation id="207E27BEDA5BDDF985B814BF7E9E307B" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Rhopalomeris nigroflava sp. nov., A – C ♂ holotype in A dorsal B lateral and C ventral views D – F ♂ paratypes D, E dorsal and F ventral views. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1215.130919.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1154982">4 C, F</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="7C1B8800684E1F533104ACC7DC00C87B" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Rhopalomeris nigroflava sp. nov., ♂ holotype A head and anterior part of body, ventral view B thoracic shield, lateral view C left antenna, frontal view D leg 18, anterior view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A, B), 0.2 mm (C), 0.4 mm (D). Abbreviations: cxl coxal lobe, e eggs, hy hyposchism field, K caudomedial tubercle, sc schism, sn syncoxite notch, sx syncoxite." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1215.130919.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1154983">5 A</figureCitation>
). Gnathochilarium with 2 + 2 palps subequal in length. Eyes blackish, with 6 (7) + 1 (
<specimenCount id="F23C4D9C7A299AC9C3FAC4D6BFFBB0EE" count="1" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
) ommatidia (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="72DBF8385632BCA63DC405BE1FACBF4F" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Rhopalomeris nigroflava sp. nov., ♂ holotype A head and anterior part of body, ventral view B thoracic shield, lateral view C left antenna, frontal view D leg 18, anterior view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A, B), 0.2 mm (C), 0.4 mm (D). Abbreviations: cxl coxal lobe, e eggs, hy hyposchism field, K caudomedial tubercle, sc schism, sn syncoxite notch, sx syncoxite." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1215.130919.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1154983">5 A</figureCitation>
), 6 – (9) + 1 ommatidia (
<specimenCount id="E6872092CDD88E093DD3F7D4BA456364" count="1" type="female">♀</specimenCount>
), cornea convex and translucent. Antennomere 6 rather short, ~ 1.7–1.8 × as long as its height, dorsal margin only slightly curved (Figs 
<figureCitation id="E41C682561B35AAE16B1D9E2A68C84DB" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Rhopalomeris nigroflava sp. nov., A – C ♂ holotype in A dorsal B lateral and C ventral views D – F ♂ paratypes D, E dorsal and F ventral views. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1215.130919.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1154982">4 C</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="71DA72AAE9607FFD2CD84832ECA742BB" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Rhopalomeris nigroflava sp. nov., ♂ holotype A head and anterior part of body, ventral view B thoracic shield, lateral view C left antenna, frontal view D leg 18, anterior view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A, B), 0.2 mm (C), 0.4 mm (D). Abbreviations: cxl coxal lobe, e eggs, hy hyposchism field, K caudomedial tubercle, sc schism, sn syncoxite notch, sx syncoxite." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1215.130919.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1154983">5 A, C</figureCitation>
). Disk of antennomere 7 beset with 22–28 small sensory cones apically (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="DB796E5FB97439F40021C97E602FB714" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Rhopalomeris nigroflava sp. nov., ♂ holotype A head and anterior part of body, ventral view B thoracic shield, lateral view C left antenna, frontal view D leg 18, anterior view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A, B), 0.2 mm (C), 0.4 mm (D). Abbreviations: cxl coxal lobe, e eggs, hy hyposchism field, K caudomedial tubercle, sc schism, sn syncoxite notch, sx syncoxite." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1215.130919.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1154983">5 A, C</figureCitation>
), 16–26 small sensory cones apically (
<specimenCount id="77AD90F7BAC6D7C20DB7E1B51C22A30F" count="1" type="female">♀</specimenCount>
). Tömösváry’s organ typical, horseshoe-shaped, oblong-oval, elongate, ~ 1.6–1.7 × as long as broad (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="A0BFBFED576F1BD2F73219B14BEFB0E5" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Rhopalomeris nigroflava sp. nov., ♂ holotype A head and anterior part of body, ventral view B thoracic shield, lateral view C left antenna, frontal view D leg 18, anterior view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A, B), 0.2 mm (C), 0.4 mm (D). Abbreviations: cxl coxal lobe, e eggs, hy hyposchism field, K caudomedial tubercle, sc schism, sn syncoxite notch, sx syncoxite." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1215.130919.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1154983">5 A, C</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption id="13BC06CF8B2E28B6B34F09A925895ECF" ID-DOI="10.3897/zookeys.1215.130919.figure5" ID-arpha="A8935149-7F21-50E7-A4E7-37B51526D304" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1154983" startId="F5">
<paragraph id="9AA9F23416CF7D657150D4D184BF4CFF">
<label id="FDEA32BC8A2B13125A61179FA13C7C6A">Figure 5.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4130D96A705222C4AAB1C23705AC9A62">
<taxonomicName id="85B0E17B8123336311829A826CB050ED" authorityName="Likhitrakarn &amp; Golovatch &amp; Srisonchai &amp; Jirapatrasilp &amp; Sapparojpattana &amp; Jeratthitikul &amp; Panha &amp; Sutcharit" authorityYear="2024" class="Diplopoda" family="Glomeridae" genus="Rhopalomeris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Glomerida" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nigroflava" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="81084ECC0B5217481A01020F819A0617" italics="true">Rhopalomeris nigroflava</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="834FFF3174FE07E91562DBDF240EB074" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, ♂ holotype 
<emphasis id="494AFD81149D4B2B4055A0BA32C069DD" bold="true">A</emphasis>
head and anterior part of body, ventral view 
<emphasis id="7B4A78C4294B5F6D325F4F8CF9C8EAF7" bold="true">B</emphasis>
thoracic shield, lateral view 
<emphasis id="44C76BE61FBBD17DE451B77BF192602D" bold="true">C</emphasis>
left antenna, frontal view 
<emphasis id="FBAED8EB22F9393144A453D2AE96A138" bold="true">D</emphasis>
leg 18, anterior view. Scale bars: 1 mm (
<emphasis id="A209C50D5EC3688CFB4F9D73D06D8BB1" bold="true">A, B</emphasis>
), 0.2 mm (
<emphasis id="3E38B70CC8CDC610AA108F04C3D43227" bold="true">C</emphasis>
), 0.4 mm (
<emphasis id="1B23C95C771F826D0F254F4F7FF0B6BE" bold="true">D</emphasis>
). Abbreviations: cxl coxal lobe, e eggs, hy hyposchism field, K caudomedial tubercle, sc schism, sn syncoxite notch, sx syncoxite.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="671B1ADB0C10E142CE6D492AB4387177">
Collum as usual, with two transverse striae (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="4B56786483FF6339D459652025DA194E" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Rhopalomeris nigroflava sp. nov., ♂ holotype A head and anterior part of body, ventral view B thoracic shield, lateral view C left antenna, frontal view D leg 18, anterior view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A, B), 0.2 mm (C), 0.4 mm (D). Abbreviations: cxl coxal lobe, e eggs, hy hyposchism field, K caudomedial tubercle, sc schism, sn syncoxite notch, sx syncoxite." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1215.130919.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1154983">5 A</figureCitation>
). Thoracic shield with a small hyposchism field not projecting past rear tergal margin (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="7D340537B19A2F037C0AD565BDF55DFF" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Rhopalomeris nigroflava sp. nov., ♂ holotype A head and anterior part of body, ventral view B thoracic shield, lateral view C left antenna, frontal view D leg 18, anterior view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A, B), 0.2 mm (C), 0.4 mm (D). Abbreviations: cxl coxal lobe, e eggs, hy hyposchism field, K caudomedial tubercle, sc schism, sn syncoxite notch, sx syncoxite." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1215.130919.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1154983">5 B</figureCitation>
). 7–9 mostly superficial striae, only lower 4 or 5 lying above schism, one level to schism, remaining 3 or 4 below schism, 6 or 7 complete, crossing the dorsum (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="4F56337BB089061DB1AA71C90F5A93D0" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Rhopalomeris nigroflava sp. nov., ♂ holotype A head and anterior part of body, ventral view B thoracic shield, lateral view C left antenna, frontal view D leg 18, anterior view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A, B), 0.2 mm (C), 0.4 mm (D). Abbreviations: cxl coxal lobe, e eggs, hy hyposchism field, K caudomedial tubercle, sc schism, sn syncoxite notch, sx syncoxite." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1215.130919.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1154983">5 B</figureCitation>
). Terga 3–7 rather broadly rounded laterally, with two or three striae starting above lateral edge, sometimes middle stria fading away mid-dorsally (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="C85B83DD54D8A3B133A085CC3461B968" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Rhopalomeris nigroflava sp. nov., ♂ holotype A head and anterior part of body, ventral view B thoracic shield, lateral view C left antenna, frontal view D leg 18, anterior view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A, B), 0.2 mm (C), 0.4 mm (D). Abbreviations: cxl coxal lobe, e eggs, hy hyposchism field, K caudomedial tubercle, sc schism, sn syncoxite notch, sx syncoxite." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1215.130919.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1154983">5 B</figureCitation>
). Following terga in front of pygidium concave medially at caudal edge and with one or two striae starting above lateral edge. Male pygidium faintly concave medially at caudal edge (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="47179EBA633BF2E67C724B36E82120BA" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Rhopalomeris nigroflava sp. nov., A – C ♂ holotype in A dorsal B lateral and C ventral views D – F ♂ paratypes D, E dorsal and F ventral views. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1215.130919.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1154982">4 A, D, E</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C0CA33B99964E9C12521BA691BF57D30">
<specimenCount id="247593C797D2C24950AA856BC0730C1E" count="1" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
legs 17 (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="E76313AB50C16CDEE2602B6EB7405EDA" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Rhopalomeris nigroflava sp. nov., A, B ♂ paratypes C – F ♂ holotype A – C leg 17, anterior view D, E telopod, posterior and anterior views, respectively F, G tip of syncoxital lobes (without scaling). Scale bars: 0.2 mm. Abbreviations: cx coxa, cxl coxal lobe, fe femur, fp femoral process, ft femoral trichostele, pf prefemur, pft prefemoral trichostele of telopod, sh syncoxital horn of telopod, sl syncoxital lobe of telopod, ta tarsus, ti tibia, tp tibial process." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1215.130919.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1154984">6 A – C</figureCitation>
) particularly strongly reduced, with a rather small to medium-sized, often irregularly rounded coxal lobe and a 4 - segmented telopodite. Tarsus with 2–4 strong apical spines.
</paragraph>
<caption id="8727DC11FBD64335BDB3CDB16D1A4F0C" ID-DOI="10.3897/zookeys.1215.130919.figure6" ID-arpha="C324D866-E34A-54C0-BE14-BBD914FF762E" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1154984" startId="F6">
<paragraph id="9F088B9F10195E4DFD6F2AE60CBF307B">
<label id="443265A84668F876AD7545375AA955FA">Figure 6.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="52E1BEE47FBF5E4EACFFC0E5BA5656D4">
<taxonomicName id="7EC216EA10033BC92EDA2A1EA7BFFA70" authorityName="Likhitrakarn &amp; Golovatch &amp; Srisonchai &amp; Jirapatrasilp &amp; Sapparojpattana &amp; Jeratthitikul &amp; Panha &amp; Sutcharit" authorityYear="2024" class="Diplopoda" family="Glomeridae" genus="Rhopalomeris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Glomerida" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nigroflava" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="4E34E14FD0E488E5AB2540D7930F315F" italics="true">Rhopalomeris nigroflava</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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, 
<emphasis id="67B2B5EA1FD1B308B621A82FDC2CF742" bold="true">A, B</emphasis>
♂ paratypes 
<emphasis id="7D00BF14218259C745FF68CD0E8A81D6" bold="true">C – F</emphasis>
♂ holotype 
<emphasis id="0BEBC0BF7E5231BF81ABCC81034B94A3" bold="true">A – C</emphasis>
leg 17, anterior view 
<emphasis id="4B21442CD59D8EF9EE2669033A50F465" bold="true">D, E</emphasis>
telopod, posterior and anterior views, respectively 
<emphasis id="5302FEF2B42676B9D30A6DD17E2FAA74" bold="true">F, G</emphasis>
tip of syncoxital lobes (without scaling). Scale bars: 0.2 mm. Abbreviations: cx coxa, cxl coxal lobe, fe femur, fp femoral process, ft femoral trichostele, pf prefemur, pft prefemoral trichostele of telopod, sh syncoxital horn of telopod, sl syncoxital lobe of telopod, ta tarsus, ti tibia, tp tibial process.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="56C2BEF3FA9160A8468877F9A5E83589">
<specimenCount id="9FE4F4BEB7EBEFAE438CA72601B5BCC0" count="1" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
legs 18 (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="159917740F0044D91574BF0DB3947425" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Rhopalomeris nigroflava sp. nov., ♂ holotype A head and anterior part of body, ventral view B thoracic shield, lateral view C left antenna, frontal view D leg 18, anterior view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A, B), 0.2 mm (C), 0.4 mm (D). Abbreviations: cxl coxal lobe, e eggs, hy hyposchism field, K caudomedial tubercle, sc schism, sn syncoxite notch, sx syncoxite." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1215.130919.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1154983">5 D</figureCitation>
) rather strongly reduced, with a rounded ogival syncoxital notch and a 4 - segmented telopodite. Femur with a small, setose, caudomedial tubercle near apex. Tarsus with a small apical spine.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C898322C7C825A63B29DF7BD1260DCED">
Telopods (= 
<specimenCount id="04E9EB9F306C5F065F299AB481BBC7F3" count="1" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
legs 19) (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="3EB583605BFF43B737163DBDBF79F9FF" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Rhopalomeris nigroflava sp. nov., A, B ♂ paratypes C – F ♂ holotype A – C leg 17, anterior view D, E telopod, posterior and anterior views, respectively F, G tip of syncoxital lobes (without scaling). Scale bars: 0.2 mm. Abbreviations: cx coxa, cxl coxal lobe, fe femur, fp femoral process, ft femoral trichostele, pf prefemur, pft prefemoral trichostele of telopod, sh syncoxital horn of telopod, sl syncoxital lobe of telopod, ta tarsus, ti tibia, tp tibial process." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1215.130919.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1154984">6 D – G</figureCitation>
) with a small subtrapeziform, narrowly and roundly emarginated syncoxital lobe, this being flanked by two setose syncoxite horns, each of the latter higher than syncoxital lobe (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="A1907408C30862F83FDC7152D2ACDD80" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Rhopalomeris nigroflava sp. nov., A, B ♂ paratypes C – F ♂ holotype A – C leg 17, anterior view D, E telopod, posterior and anterior views, respectively F, G tip of syncoxital lobes (without scaling). Scale bars: 0.2 mm. Abbreviations: cx coxa, cxl coxal lobe, fe femur, fp femoral process, ft femoral trichostele, pf prefemur, pft prefemoral trichostele of telopod, sh syncoxital horn of telopod, sl syncoxital lobe of telopod, ta tarsus, ti tibia, tp tibial process." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1215.130919.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1154984">6 D, E</figureCitation>
) and crowned by a subapical setoid filament (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="B3DA334FC9C815D6C154CB2BE2F7AC42" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Rhopalomeris nigroflava sp. nov., A, B ♂ paratypes C – F ♂ holotype A – C leg 17, anterior view D, E telopod, posterior and anterior views, respectively F, G tip of syncoxital lobes (without scaling). Scale bars: 0.2 mm. Abbreviations: cx coxa, cxl coxal lobe, fe femur, fp femoral process, ft femoral trichostele, pf prefemur, pft prefemoral trichostele of telopod, sh syncoxital horn of telopod, sl syncoxital lobe of telopod, ta tarsus, ti tibia, tp tibial process." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1215.130919.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1154984">6 F, G</figureCitation>
). Telopodite 4 - segmented. Prefemur (Fig. 
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) rectangular, with a conspicuous, elongated, robust, tuberculiform, distomesal prefemoral trichostele; in anterior view, with a rounded tip, extending to about half or distal boundary of femur (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="1B319A1762AFEA6782C4C60BF4793C48" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Rhopalomeris nigroflava sp. nov., A, B ♂ paratypes C – F ♂ holotype A – C leg 17, anterior view D, E telopod, posterior and anterior views, respectively F, G tip of syncoxital lobes (without scaling). Scale bars: 0.2 mm. Abbreviations: cx coxa, cxl coxal lobe, fe femur, fp femoral process, ft femoral trichostele, pf prefemur, pft prefemoral trichostele of telopod, sh syncoxital horn of telopod, sl syncoxital lobe of telopod, ta tarsus, ti tibia, tp tibial process." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1215.130919.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1154984">6 E</figureCitation>
). Femur (Fig. 
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) rectangular, with a prominent, stout, relatively short femoral trichostele in anterior view, extending apically to ~ 1 / 2–3 / 4 prefemoral trichostele, in posterior view with a rounded, subtriangular femoral process, this being curved anterolaterally and gently tapering into an acuminate rounded tip distally (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="74A1ED3773E1C1917AF1B0584A5253E2" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Rhopalomeris nigroflava sp. nov., A, B ♂ paratypes C – F ♂ holotype A – C leg 17, anterior view D, E telopod, posterior and anterior views, respectively F, G tip of syncoxital lobes (without scaling). Scale bars: 0.2 mm. Abbreviations: cx coxa, cxl coxal lobe, fe femur, fp femoral process, ft femoral trichostele, pf prefemur, pft prefemoral trichostele of telopod, sh syncoxital horn of telopod, sl syncoxital lobe of telopod, ta tarsus, ti tibia, tp tibial process." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1215.130919.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1154984">6 D, E</figureCitation>
). Tibia stout, gently tapering distally and curved apicobasally towards femoral process, with a rather large, distolateral tibial process strongly curved mesad (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="9B2B62BFA965057970B1A138DB4007A2" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Rhopalomeris nigroflava sp. nov., A, B ♂ paratypes C – F ♂ holotype A – C leg 17, anterior view D, E telopod, posterior and anterior views, respectively F, G tip of syncoxital lobes (without scaling). Scale bars: 0.2 mm. Abbreviations: cx coxa, cxl coxal lobe, fe femur, fp femoral process, ft femoral trichostele, pf prefemur, pft prefemoral trichostele of telopod, sh syncoxital horn of telopod, sl syncoxital lobe of telopod, ta tarsus, ti tibia, tp tibial process." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1215.130919.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1154984">6 D, E</figureCitation>
), with a strong anterior seta in anterior view (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="27A070461E19655C12F95B5BCB3494EF" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Rhopalomeris nigroflava sp. nov., A, B ♂ paratypes C – F ♂ holotype A – C leg 17, anterior view D, E telopod, posterior and anterior views, respectively F, G tip of syncoxital lobes (without scaling). Scale bars: 0.2 mm. Abbreviations: cx coxa, cxl coxal lobe, fe femur, fp femoral process, ft femoral trichostele, pf prefemur, pft prefemoral trichostele of telopod, sh syncoxital horn of telopod, sl syncoxital lobe of telopod, ta tarsus, ti tibia, tp tibial process." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1215.130919.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1154984">6 D</figureCitation>
) near base of tibial process. Tarsus the smallest, subcylindrical, moderately sigmoid, strongly curved, narrowly rounded apically, with a robust and small terminal seta (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="A8F3138251473CAE82F254B3DE76E02A" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Rhopalomeris nigroflava sp. nov., A, B ♂ paratypes C – F ♂ holotype A – C leg 17, anterior view D, E telopod, posterior and anterior views, respectively F, G tip of syncoxital lobes (without scaling). Scale bars: 0.2 mm. Abbreviations: cx coxa, cxl coxal lobe, fe femur, fp femoral process, ft femoral trichostele, pf prefemur, pft prefemoral trichostele of telopod, sh syncoxital horn of telopod, sl syncoxital lobe of telopod, ta tarsus, ti tibia, tp tibial process." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1215.130919.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1154984">6 D, E</figureCitation>
).
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<paragraph id="48BCFD0F90418C569D0E4A8DB11F107B">
<heading id="E8E3708EEE6C71B6B55A185CDC2863C7" reason="title">Remarks.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="37BABA30C2B3DA95128221602E548090">
It seems noteworthy that a female and 
<specimenCount id="90BB01932B7A7E15E7AF9AAC99D8C0B9" count="2" type="male">two male</specimenCount>
(Fig. 
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) specimens were found guarding a clutch of eggs near its head, beneath the thoracic shield. This behavior deviates from the typical reproductive strategy so far known in the entire order 
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, where females deposit eggs in specialized clay chambers and leave them to develop independently (
<bibRefCitation id="7F7072835909079BC3A9877439E73BFC" DOI="10.1038/225661a0" author="Thomas" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Thomas" refId="B45" refString="Thomas E, Zahler SA, Carrel JE, Brown DJ (1970) Absence of antimicrobial substances in the egg capsules of millipedes. Nature 225: 661. https://doi.org/10.1038/225661a0" year="1970">Thomas et al. 1970</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="658FAEC5DCABBE3D10FAA809CD9DDE23" DOI="10.3897/zookeys.276.4767" author="Janssen" firstAuthor="Janssen" journalOrPublisher="ZooKeys" pagination="67-75" refId="B17" refString="Janssen R (2013) A curious abnormally developed embryo of the pill millipede Glomeris marginata (Villers, 1789). ZooKeys 276: 67–75. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.276.4767" title="A curious abnormally developed embryo of the pill millipede Glomeris marginata (Villers, 1789)." volume="276" year="2013">Janssen 2013</bibRefCitation>
). This is the first instance of paternal brood care observed in 
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. Therefore, this newly discovered species presents fascinating traits worthy of a dedicated future study.
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<subSubSection id="SECID0EYZAI" type="etymology">
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<heading id="42CD4F73A92124692BCB3DDA2038CEF8" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
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<paragraph id="233AD140982D46389D4D880823158254">
The specific epithet 
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</taxonomicName>
is derived from the Latin 
<emphasis id="07E719797C342567C5E939084E7AA280" italics="true">niger</emphasis>
meaning black and 
<emphasis id="D66D6FEE74E44A68269403B14130BD9E" italics="true">flavus</emphasis>
meaning yellow, in reference to the dark bands on a yellowish dorsum, adjective in feminine gender.
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