Grammorhabdus, Carl, 1932

Golovatch, Sergei I., Aswathy, Mathilakath Dasan, Bhagirathan, Usha & Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu, 2021, Review of the millipede tribe Polydrepanini, with the description of a new species from Kerala state, southern India (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae, Alogolykinae), Zootaxa 5068 (4), pp. 485-516 : 505

Diagnosis of Grammorhabdus , stat. revalid.

Gonofemorite slender, long and untwisted, solenophore (sph) complex, with a large lateral lobe (lo) and two separate apicomesal spines or teeth (a and b) lying distal to basal loop (k) of a free solenomere (sl). Base of lo on ventral side forming a protecting shield for basal loop k of sl. Distal half of both sph and sl suberect and directed ventrad ( Figs 3–8 ).

Species included:

Grammorhabdus asperrimus Carl, 1932 (the type species),

Grammorhabdus fissus ( Sankaran & Sebastian, 2018) ,

both from southern India ( Carl 1932; Sankaran & Sebastian, 2018).

Figures

FIGURES 1–5. Grammorhabdus asperrimus Carl, 1932. 1. Male leg 1, lateral view. 2. Male leg 2, lateral view. 3. Entire left gonopod, mesal view. 4, 5. Distal half of left gonopod, lateral view. 1–4: after Carl (1932), 5: after Jeekel (1980B). Abbreviations: a and b, apicomesal spines; ad, adenostyle; ca, cannula; cx, coxite; fe, femorite; k, basal loop of solenomere; lo, lateral lobe; pfe, prefemoral portion; sl, solenomere; sph, solenophore. Drawn not to scale.

FIGURES 6–8. Grammorhabdus fissus (Sankaran & Sebastian, 2018). 6, 7. Right gonopod, ventral and mesal views, respectively. 8. Distal half of right gonopod, lateral view. After Sankaran and Sebastian (2018). Abbreviations: a and b, apicomesal lobes; ad, adenostyle; ca, cannula; cx, coxite; fe, femorite; k, basal loop of solenomere; lo, lateral lobe; pfe, prefemoral portion; sl, solenomere; sph, solenophore; su, distofemoral sulcus. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (6, 7) and 0.2 mm (8).