Prionopetalum asperginis Enghoff, 2016

Enghoff, Henrik, 2022, Mountains of millipedes. The family Odontopygidae in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida), European Journal of Taxonomy 803, pp. 1-136 : 82

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2022.803.1691

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8B66C8AE-F00A-42F6-9641-26B0ECC49F78

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6359097

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F15C39-D674-0666-FDD7-FC3CC786F9AC

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Felipe

scientific name

Prionopetalum asperginis Enghoff, 2016
status

 

Prionopetalum asperginis Enghoff, 2016 View in CoL

New material examined

TANZANIA • 6 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀, 2 juv.; Morogoro Region, Kilombero District, Magombera Nature Reserve ; 7°48′55″–7°49′22″ S, 36°57′35″–36°59′28″ E; 263–284 m a.s.l., 28 Jan. 2018 – 15 Mar. 2020; A. Ngute and A.R. Marshall leg.; NHMD 621753 , NHMD 621754 , NHMD 621755 , NHMD 621756 , NHMD 621757 , NHMD 621757 ; ACC.NO. 2020-EN-002 GoogleMaps .

Descriptive notes

The new specimens agree fully with the types from Udzungwa Scarp FR, except that traces of a light dorsal stripe flanked by darker spots are discernible, probably due to the new specimens having spent no more than 2 years in alcohol. The type specimens, which had spent 18 years in alcohol, were reported as being almost uniform light brown without lighter dorsal markings.

Distribution

Previous Eastern Arc records: Udzungwa Mts, Udzungwa Scarp FR, 750 m a.s.l. ( Enghoff 2016b).

General distribution: Udzungwa endemic.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Diplopoda

Order

Spirostreptida

Family

Odontopygidae

SubFamily

Archepyginae

Tribe

Prionopetalini

Genus

Prionopetalum

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