Cylindroiulus rifanus Schubart, 1960

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Cylindroiulus rifanus Schubart, 1960

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Cylindroiulus (Phalloiulus) rifanus Schubart 1960: 184 .

No specimens of this species were available for examination but the illustrations of the gonopods and the original description by Schubart are good and show that this species is clearly different to any of those above. For the sake of completeness, a brief description is provided here.

Locality. Morocco: Southern Chauen, Rif.

Descriptiυe notes. Body length 24 mm („) to 25 mm (♀). Diameter 1.9 mm („) to 2.2 mm (♀); number of body rings 53 („) to 56 (♀).

Telson . Not described. Anal valves with five to seven pairs of setae.

Male gonopods ( Figures 26, 27 ). The promerite, mesomerite and flagellum do not appear of particular note. The paracoxal rim seems high. The solenomere and brachite appear separate, but linked. There seem to be at least two other projections from the posterior gonopods that might be synonymous with those termed here X and Y. The anterior view of the posterior gonopods seems to be the clearest for separating this from the other species described here.

Figures

Figures 26, 27. Gonopods of C. rifanus from Schubart (1960). (26) Mesal view. (27) Anterior view of posterior gonopods. Scale bar: 0.1 mm.