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<emphasis id="AB27E7358D401307EB04A43E18B23925" italics="true">Skleroprotopus megistus</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A4F31DEE167E8EF1CE69EF8A85B77A16" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<figureCitation id="1E5444BC2421D76E5EE7E01AC3668952" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Pictures of live animals, photos by Prof. Mingyi Tian from SCAU. A Skleroprotopus change sp. nov.; B Skleroprotopus megistus sp. nov.; C Skleroprotopus longissimus sp. nov.; D Skleroprotopus genjudi sp. nov.; E Skleroprotopus tiankeng sp. nov.; F Skleroprotopus laiyuanensis sp. nov.; G Skleroprotopus incisodentatus sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e136751.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201329">Figures 2 B</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation id="23F479A4773291EC3D0B3370351B62DD" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Skleroprotopus megistus sp. nov. . A, D – J male paratype; B, C female paratype. A, B gnathochilarium; C left vulva, lateral view; D legs 7, anterior view; E legs 1, anterior view; F legs 2 with penis, posterior view; G posterior gonopods, anterior view; H anterior gonopods, anterior view; I anterior gonopods, posterior view; J posterior gonopods, posterior view. Abbreviations: cp, coxal process; cx, coxa; f, flagella; ll, lamella lingualis; ml, membranous lobe; op, operculum; pn, penis; pr, promentum; r, remnant; t 1 - t 4, telopoditomeres 1-4; te, telopodite. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e136751.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201333">6</figureCitation>
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<heading id="63BAF832144EE54434B26FF171CA5084" reason="title">Material examined.</heading>
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,
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,
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<collectorName id="15F5EA22EC447ED6525D683876E94D7E">Tian Mingyi</collectorName>
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,
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<collectorName id="3B71A3A8C734B19A9839171F22B4DB7F">Huang Sunbin</collectorName>
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,
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<collectorName id="ED5F39E42F196031C12EEFE9786755DD">Wang Dianmei</collectorName>
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and
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<collectorName id="F0632CBA0C838FF1E1ED67A2AAC2E974">Yin Haomin</collectorName>
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leg.
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:
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,
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(
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<collectionCode id="1E923C295A047168F0F80DAD2F0F3429">SCAU</collectionCode>
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), same data as for
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<typeStatus id="E6C079E39BFF4C036D0E9BF29CD3A0CD" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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.
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<subSubSection id="SECID0EX5BG" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph id="59F21950C49E0EB5D3073BBA3966B000">
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<heading id="23217CF4D5ABF78396EB7F622B44306F" reason="title">Diagnosis.</heading>
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<paragraph id="86F14A947F494D71413BBE359379BC15">
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Differs from congeners mostly based on the following combination of characters: (1) telopoditomere 3 of male leg 1 particularly broad and bulging in the middle (Fig.
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<figureCitation id="0423FD2EBCBEA9F8D49008F45D2D10C3" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Skleroprotopus megistus sp. nov. . A, D – J male paratype; B, C female paratype. A, B gnathochilarium; C left vulva, lateral view; D legs 7, anterior view; E legs 1, anterior view; F legs 2 with penis, posterior view; G posterior gonopods, anterior view; H anterior gonopods, anterior view; I anterior gonopods, posterior view; J posterior gonopods, posterior view. Abbreviations: cp, coxal process; cx, coxa; f, flagella; ll, lamella lingualis; ml, membranous lobe; op, operculum; pn, penis; pr, promentum; r, remnant; t 1 - t 4, telopoditomeres 1-4; te, telopodite. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e136751.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201333">6 E</figureCitation>
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); (2) penis subequal in height to coxae 2 (Fig.
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<figureCitation id="EFBCEA9076B11A74BCCE70E95F5BF6EC" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Skleroprotopus megistus sp. nov. . A, D – J male paratype; B, C female paratype. A, B gnathochilarium; C left vulva, lateral view; D legs 7, anterior view; E legs 1, anterior view; F legs 2 with penis, posterior view; G posterior gonopods, anterior view; H anterior gonopods, anterior view; I anterior gonopods, posterior view; J posterior gonopods, posterior view. Abbreviations: cp, coxal process; cx, coxa; f, flagella; ll, lamella lingualis; ml, membranous lobe; op, operculum; pn, penis; pr, promentum; r, remnant; t 1 - t 4, telopoditomeres 1-4; te, telopodite. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e136751.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201333">6 F</figureCitation>
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); (3) coxal process of male leg 7 very small, lower than the telopodite (Fig.
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<figureCitation id="D54CAB281E0A277ED0721233939D093F" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Skleroprotopus megistus sp. nov. . A, D – J male paratype; B, C female paratype. A, B gnathochilarium; C left vulva, lateral view; D legs 7, anterior view; E legs 1, anterior view; F legs 2 with penis, posterior view; G posterior gonopods, anterior view; H anterior gonopods, anterior view; I anterior gonopods, posterior view; J posterior gonopods, posterior view. Abbreviations: cp, coxal process; cx, coxa; f, flagella; ll, lamella lingualis; ml, membranous lobe; op, operculum; pn, penis; pr, promentum; r, remnant; t 1 - t 4, telopoditomeres 1-4; te, telopodite. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e136751.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201333">6 D</figureCitation>
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); (4) anterior gonopod with a long coxal process carrying a highly developed, axe-shaped, membranous lobe (Fig.
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<figureCitation id="B3C7A8361C1B6CB8557B5A8AA104C938" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Skleroprotopus megistus sp. nov. . A, D – J male paratype; B, C female paratype. A, B gnathochilarium; C left vulva, lateral view; D legs 7, anterior view; E legs 1, anterior view; F legs 2 with penis, posterior view; G posterior gonopods, anterior view; H anterior gonopods, anterior view; I anterior gonopods, posterior view; J posterior gonopods, posterior view. Abbreviations: cp, coxal process; cx, coxa; f, flagella; ll, lamella lingualis; ml, membranous lobe; op, operculum; pn, penis; pr, promentum; r, remnant; t 1 - t 4, telopoditomeres 1-4; te, telopodite. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e136751.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201333">6 I</figureCitation>
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). — In addition, this new species differs from all other species analyzed in a> 10.3 % uncorrected
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<emphasis id="8FA4C3605BB68D3E071DA3BCCAF24819" italics="true">p</emphasis>
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- distance of the
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<abbrev id="ABBRID0EP6BG" xlink_title="Protein-coding gene sequences">COI</abbrev>
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barcoding gene.
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<label id="4A779C13D02CCB94C5CE854DCE02D315">Figure 6.</label>
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<taxonomicName id="E4BDB9325A084741987B1F866FAEC6E1" authorityName="Chen & Zhao & Golovatch & Liu" authorityYear="2024" class="Diplopoda" family="Mongoliulidae" genus="Skleroprotopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Julida" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="megistus" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="2FC94EAE8F88E0BD1A31665C7E34BDE7" italics="true">Skleroprotopus megistus</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="895A7CD958C0A48178D06F9424073C6B" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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.
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<emphasis id="4DA3ACE1A7833237CF74200CE8442B67" bold="true">A</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="766E81B1373B540043FE96BF98A8C01B" bold="true">D</emphasis>
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–
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male paratype;
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<emphasis id="D228601B3BE96DF691B998057D4A4A9A" bold="true">B</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="F2B2DD5AEB98C324CCC020C7DCCC0B06" bold="true">C</emphasis>
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female paratype.
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<emphasis id="27C888D922308B8241AD42596138B9D0" bold="true">A</emphasis>
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||
,
|
||
<emphasis id="F86CA66E5E273D0F78E17DC840EAC269" bold="true">B</emphasis>
|
||
gnathochilarium;
|
||
<emphasis id="398B97B1D50420CC31BBBB411BDDD4DC" bold="true">C</emphasis>
|
||
left vulva, lateral view;
|
||
<emphasis id="DDE44082B20EC201E1A181F9CF896D24" bold="true">D</emphasis>
|
||
legs 7, anterior view;
|
||
<emphasis id="D20C96D04A21A28D4C27575AD6EAC8F0" bold="true">E</emphasis>
|
||
legs 1, anterior view;
|
||
<emphasis id="6F4B660E09DF59C838378C2549C6BAE5" bold="true">F</emphasis>
|
||
legs 2 with penis, posterior view;
|
||
<emphasis id="BCB2E27C3B39B193B529DE6B4EBFBE47" bold="true">G</emphasis>
|
||
posterior gonopods, anterior view;
|
||
<emphasis id="43924C1893A8074308247F96CEBE4C7A" bold="true">H</emphasis>
|
||
anterior gonopods, anterior view;
|
||
<emphasis id="123C3C0B0A6B9329E53A8F979B8BEBED" bold="true">I</emphasis>
|
||
anterior gonopods, posterior view;
|
||
<emphasis id="7B8BB0E77D319A425333BD9FD13C69C2" bold="true">J</emphasis>
|
||
posterior gonopods, posterior view.
|
||
<emphasis id="536D0A03FBC286B760015AC9DB5B18C3" bold="true">Abbreviations</emphasis>
|
||
: cp, coxal process; cx, coxa; f, flagella; ll, lamella lingualis; ml, membranous lobe; op, operculum; pn, penis; pr, promentum; r, remnant; t 1 - t 4, telopoditomeres 1-4; te, telopodite.
|
||
<emphasis id="E426E692583596D2D95A01C3C14B4C1E" bold="true">Scale bars</emphasis>
|
||
: 0.2 mm.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="SECID0EQBAI" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph id="C72E6607B1735C3B6860A7645BA19F2F">
|
||
<heading id="2205FB25FDCE46EBB68EB034DD054F89" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="DA2ADF67B9D31743F98F215E6FECA103">
|
||
Latinised Greek “
|
||
<emphasis id="4A5EE037FFA8B332E259979AEB59264B" italics="true">megistus</emphasis>
|
||
” is meaning “ large ”. The specific epithet refers to the male leg-pair 1 being particularly large; adjective.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="SECID0EACAI" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="052949F8106D16DC9CB80D9A55D8F04C">
|
||
<heading id="06F39354D37FA0E9F7B7B28C53BC41F0" reason="title">Description.</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="BAE708B6866CC055E17A27AC15197136">
|
||
Length of both sexes ca 31.5–40.0 mm,
|
||
<quantity id="DA9C2F7648DD9FCE11A282A902ED1423" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" metricValueMax="2.2" metricValueMin="1.8" unit="mm" value="2.0" valueMax="2.2" valueMin="1.8">1.8–2.2 mm</quantity>
|
||
in diameter, body with 53–65 podous + 1 apodous rings + telson. Natural coloration generally pale reddish brown (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="7FB51EC5D43ED1DA1C5CF439ED9EB56B" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Pictures of live animals, photos by Prof. Mingyi Tian from SCAU. A Skleroprotopus change sp. nov.; B Skleroprotopus megistus sp. nov.; C Skleroprotopus longissimus sp. nov.; D Skleroprotopus genjudi sp. nov.; E Skleroprotopus tiankeng sp. nov.; F Skleroprotopus laiyuanensis sp. nov.; G Skleroprotopus incisodentatus sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e136751.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201329">2 B</figureCitation>
|
||
), in alcohol marbled yellowish brown. Antennae and legs light yellowish. Eye patches blackish, triangular, arranged in 4–6 irregular rows, altogether about 22–52 ommatidia per eye patch.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="BCDACEEFEEB28276E9C78B628FD2F038">
|
||
Head capsule smooth and hairless, eyes slightly bulged, epicranial suture well-defined. Labral margin with 4 + 4 supra-labral and 12 + 12 labral setae. Antennae very long and slender, reaching behind to middle of ring 5 when stretched dorsally. In length, antennomeres 3> 2> 4 ≈ 5> 6> 1> 7. Antennomeres 5, 6 and 7 each with a distal corolla of sensilla basiconica. Mandibular stipes well-rounded in males, more rounded in females. Gnathochilarium with at least 5 setae on each lamella lingualis (
|
||
<emphasis id="8A494611D5099976932AFAD072FF21B9" bold="true">ll</emphasis>
|
||
); promentum (
|
||
<emphasis id="648CA41DE20AE7C5B053746748CA27B0" bold="true">pr</emphasis>
|
||
) lance-shaped at base, swollen anteriorly, olive-shaped in males (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="D4A3123B850992E77379D8B2762A1E5D" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Skleroprotopus megistus sp. nov. . A, D – J male paratype; B, C female paratype. A, B gnathochilarium; C left vulva, lateral view; D legs 7, anterior view; E legs 1, anterior view; F legs 2 with penis, posterior view; G posterior gonopods, anterior view; H anterior gonopods, anterior view; I anterior gonopods, posterior view; J posterior gonopods, posterior view. Abbreviations: cp, coxal process; cx, coxa; f, flagella; ll, lamella lingualis; ml, membranous lobe; op, operculum; pn, penis; pr, promentum; r, remnant; t 1 - t 4, telopoditomeres 1-4; te, telopodite. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e136751.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201333">6 A</figureCitation>
|
||
), vs a narrow rhomboid
|
||
<emphasis id="C79CB560FAD29893DD4AE5A8E5D37B14" bold="true">pr</emphasis>
|
||
in females (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="85132B2D102726B27DEF908898C34526" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Skleroprotopus megistus sp. nov. . A, D – J male paratype; B, C female paratype. A, B gnathochilarium; C left vulva, lateral view; D legs 7, anterior view; E legs 1, anterior view; F legs 2 with penis, posterior view; G posterior gonopods, anterior view; H anterior gonopods, anterior view; I anterior gonopods, posterior view; J posterior gonopods, posterior view. Abbreviations: cp, coxal process; cx, coxa; f, flagella; ll, lamella lingualis; ml, membranous lobe; op, operculum; pn, penis; pr, promentum; r, remnant; t 1 - t 4, telopoditomeres 1-4; te, telopodite. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e136751.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201333">6 B</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="44FF63B4DA9344D18FC6F96C4173D7FE">
|
||
Collum with marbled brownish spots and 8–10 lower striae laterally, but lowest 3 striae not reaching the anterior margin. Prozona with 3–4 subtransverse striae and metazona with 13–22 longitudinal striae laterally. Suture dividing pro- and metazona very narrow, a regular comb. Ozopores starting with ring 6, lying mid-laterally on sides of metatergites (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="C43FF232FB6F8B55B2EB1EFDF4441DB6" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Pictures of live animals, photos by Prof. Mingyi Tian from SCAU. A Skleroprotopus change sp. nov.; B Skleroprotopus megistus sp. nov.; C Skleroprotopus longissimus sp. nov.; D Skleroprotopus genjudi sp. nov.; E Skleroprotopus tiankeng sp. nov.; F Skleroprotopus laiyuanensis sp. nov.; G Skleroprotopus incisodentatus sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e136751.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201329">2 B</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="E5B68158F100A725E3CA599FA648D2C3">Epiproct slightly protruding caudad, posterior margin with 3 + 3 setae. Paraprocts convex, medially with 1 + 1 setae. Hypoproct eye-shaped, with 1 + 1 setae.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="4B415B8156C74737235B493E98621866">
|
||
Legs medium-sized, about as long as midbody height. Male leg-pair 1 (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="A0054863436148EC0AAC1E5A9C584FB0" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Skleroprotopus megistus sp. nov. . A, D – J male paratype; B, C female paratype. A, B gnathochilarium; C left vulva, lateral view; D legs 7, anterior view; E legs 1, anterior view; F legs 2 with penis, posterior view; G posterior gonopods, anterior view; H anterior gonopods, anterior view; I anterior gonopods, posterior view; J posterior gonopods, posterior view. Abbreviations: cp, coxal process; cx, coxa; f, flagella; ll, lamella lingualis; ml, membranous lobe; op, operculum; pn, penis; pr, promentum; r, remnant; t 1 - t 4, telopoditomeres 1-4; te, telopodite. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e136751.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201333">6 E</figureCitation>
|
||
) hypertrophied, 5 - segmented, tip slightly curved anteriad. Coxa (
|
||
<emphasis id="BB0C1513490860C3D897033249997261" bold="true">cx</emphasis>
|
||
) and telopoditomeres 1 and 2 (
|
||
<emphasis id="3B7FB0E76EC0FCA013F73728305BC2D4" bold="true">t 1</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<emphasis id="C6A931BD932278DBACF54A7022EDB880" bold="true">t 2</emphasis>
|
||
) with some long setae. Telopoditomere 3 (
|
||
<emphasis id="C7872913C298846981DB0C7C5D9B667F" bold="true">t 3</emphasis>
|
||
) widest and largest, bulging in the middle. Telopoditomere 4 (
|
||
<emphasis id="43E60BD0DCF73034D640110C1488E902" bold="true">t 4</emphasis>
|
||
) subtriangular;
|
||
<emphasis id="FCB4247AED62B2E553ED2B69AF890123" bold="true">t 3</emphasis>
|
||
and
|
||
<emphasis id="F6B27EB964F041D247006201C3FD0659" bold="true">t 4</emphasis>
|
||
devoid of long setae. Male leg-pair 2 (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="BC6501BEA720E29625B350563E8040FD" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Skleroprotopus megistus sp. nov. . A, D – J male paratype; B, C female paratype. A, B gnathochilarium; C left vulva, lateral view; D legs 7, anterior view; E legs 1, anterior view; F legs 2 with penis, posterior view; G posterior gonopods, anterior view; H anterior gonopods, anterior view; I anterior gonopods, posterior view; J posterior gonopods, posterior view. Abbreviations: cp, coxal process; cx, coxa; f, flagella; ll, lamella lingualis; ml, membranous lobe; op, operculum; pn, penis; pr, promentum; r, remnant; t 1 - t 4, telopoditomeres 1-4; te, telopodite. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e136751.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201333">6 F</figureCitation>
|
||
) reduced in size; penis (
|
||
<emphasis id="597E154AA3A4AE0C946417B312F33108" bold="true">pn</emphasis>
|
||
) subequal in height to coxae (
|
||
<emphasis id="A3D111A9AAA064BDAEFE9BF4FC01DEEB" bold="true">cx</emphasis>
|
||
), distal part with three long setae. Male leg-pair 7 (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="C1654DF796C627965274FFE486886A77" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Skleroprotopus megistus sp. nov. . A, D – J male paratype; B, C female paratype. A, B gnathochilarium; C left vulva, lateral view; D legs 7, anterior view; E legs 1, anterior view; F legs 2 with penis, posterior view; G posterior gonopods, anterior view; H anterior gonopods, anterior view; I anterior gonopods, posterior view; J posterior gonopods, posterior view. Abbreviations: cp, coxal process; cx, coxa; f, flagella; ll, lamella lingualis; ml, membranous lobe; op, operculum; pn, penis; pr, promentum; r, remnant; t 1 - t 4, telopoditomeres 1-4; te, telopodite. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e136751.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201333">6 D</figureCitation>
|
||
) reduced, with 2 - segmented telopodites (
|
||
<emphasis id="7EB7627D0FB1345614F79B8F44566F51" bold="true">te</emphasis>
|
||
),
|
||
<emphasis id="01C61BD2C70EFB391AF07CC160A11F58" bold="true">t 1</emphasis>
|
||
large and setose subapically; coxal process (
|
||
<emphasis id="959BC83013B6BAD9A4F57F8496045D93" bold="true">cp</emphasis>
|
||
) very small, lower than telopodite (
|
||
<emphasis id="78E29DDF896263D5C484E1AC0E6CDA28" bold="true">te</emphasis>
|
||
), with several long setae distally.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="ABE60C947CDB9CDD05A7605737EF8110">
|
||
Anterior gonopods (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="29EA743B8E5FF0D1246699065B18B020" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Skleroprotopus megistus sp. nov. . A, D – J male paratype; B, C female paratype. A, B gnathochilarium; C left vulva, lateral view; D legs 7, anterior view; E legs 1, anterior view; F legs 2 with penis, posterior view; G posterior gonopods, anterior view; H anterior gonopods, anterior view; I anterior gonopods, posterior view; J posterior gonopods, posterior view. Abbreviations: cp, coxal process; cx, coxa; f, flagella; ll, lamella lingualis; ml, membranous lobe; op, operculum; pn, penis; pr, promentum; r, remnant; t 1 - t 4, telopoditomeres 1-4; te, telopodite. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e136751.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201333">6 H, I</figureCitation>
|
||
) with a very long coxal process (
|
||
<emphasis id="D500E4D76047C72384A8826B1C89AF28" bold="true">cp</emphasis>
|
||
) bearing an oval field of short villi in anterior view, posteriorly carrying with a highly developed, axe-shaped, membranous lobe (
|
||
<emphasis id="C2E2A92EEED9D5D4B9240BDE1C10736D" bold="true">ml</emphasis>
|
||
), slightly lower than
|
||
<emphasis id="45B1F25826244F813264CCB2A1E23F6F" bold="true">cp</emphasis>
|
||
, outer margin of
|
||
<emphasis id="C887C9EFD2256D2D74DEB87690CFAC37" bold="true">ml</emphasis>
|
||
with a large, sharp and triangular protrusion, clearly wider than
|
||
<emphasis id="18AA3D323B122732F509B7C0307E6FC1" bold="true">cp</emphasis>
|
||
. Flagellum (
|
||
<emphasis id="5FE926B943815797AFB2922BD876E627" bold="true">f</emphasis>
|
||
) very long and slender, villose in distal part. Telopodite (
|
||
<emphasis id="ECB33CCAC3B515F8C454D53F1DCC998B" bold="true">te</emphasis>
|
||
) about half as long as
|
||
<emphasis id="10101EFC427D930556944B8EE017810B" bold="true">cp</emphasis>
|
||
, with long setae apically, laterobasally with a minute remnant (
|
||
<emphasis id="C3A54983B0857045C79500EDE9C51F58" bold="true">r</emphasis>
|
||
) of a second podomere.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="0883CDAC1A07291CB758CF94D6EBAB16">
|
||
Posterior gonopods (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="93CF36EF9039464AAD23CD33D7B47C8E" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Skleroprotopus megistus sp. nov. . A, D – J male paratype; B, C female paratype. A, B gnathochilarium; C left vulva, lateral view; D legs 7, anterior view; E legs 1, anterior view; F legs 2 with penis, posterior view; G posterior gonopods, anterior view; H anterior gonopods, anterior view; I anterior gonopods, posterior view; J posterior gonopods, posterior view. Abbreviations: cp, coxal process; cx, coxa; f, flagella; ll, lamella lingualis; ml, membranous lobe; op, operculum; pn, penis; pr, promentum; r, remnant; t 1 - t 4, telopoditomeres 1-4; te, telopodite. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e136751.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201333">6 G, J</figureCitation>
|
||
) stout, anterior branch slender and with a small pointed tip, posterior one semi-annulate and densely setose distally.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="ACB8593786ABA8931BC8C354FF6A3321">
|
||
Vulva (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="62ED7632B7DF26A03617C37172A09FBB" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Skleroprotopus megistus sp. nov. . A, D – J male paratype; B, C female paratype. A, B gnathochilarium; C left vulva, lateral view; D legs 7, anterior view; E legs 1, anterior view; F legs 2 with penis, posterior view; G posterior gonopods, anterior view; H anterior gonopods, anterior view; I anterior gonopods, posterior view; J posterior gonopods, posterior view. Abbreviations: cp, coxal process; cx, coxa; f, flagella; ll, lamella lingualis; ml, membranous lobe; op, operculum; pn, penis; pr, promentum; r, remnant; t 1 - t 4, telopoditomeres 1-4; te, telopodite. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e136751.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201333">6 C</figureCitation>
|
||
) as usual, with two parallel rows of short setae on anterior and posterior surfaces, and two long distal setae on operculum (
|
||
<emphasis id="B938FA0C3B5A2E247B6F52F5E07CA218" bold="true">op</emphasis>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="SECID0EPFAI" type="remarks">
|
||
<paragraph id="9A7455BFA639A8150F6CB04EE0897A41">
|
||
<heading id="08D5D94F47B5C9D9D300DA950794746F" reason="title">Remarks.</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="1B67E2B9F22C0151C3CAD3E8381E716E">
|
||
Lingyun Dong is a karst cave open to the public in the Wangchuan Scenic Area, which is about 500 meters long. Based on the unpigmented body and long antennae,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3B6BB45551F97ABC09455FCA6A8145B9" authorityName="Chen & Zhao & Golovatch & Liu" authorityYear="2024" class="Diplopoda" family="Mongoliulidae" genus="Skleroprotopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Julida" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="megistus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="E2579EE76C6BBE1077171896ADAFE77C" italics="true">S. megistus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="0AC7E556A53250F685730493C771CFBB" bold="true">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="C1B6A3276DDC6A2958C98C2D818686E6" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
is considered a troglobite.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |