Eviulisoma silvestre (Carl, 1909)

VandenSpiegel, Didier & Golovatch, Sergei I., 2014, The millipede genus Eviulisoma Silvestri, 1910 in Kenya, with descriptions of new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae), ZooKeys 459, pp. 11-34 : 23-25

Taxon classification Animalia Polydesmida Paradoxosomatidae

Eviulisoma silvestre (Carl, 1909) Fig. 11, Map 1

Material.

1 ♂, 1 ♂ (incomplete, only last 8 segments present) (MRAC 22627), Kenya, Likhanda Hills, Kakamega Forest, S00°13', E34°54', pitfall traps, 28.IX.2002; 1 ♂ (incom plete, only segments 8-20 present) (MRAC 22628), same locality, pitfall traps, 6.IV.2002; 1 ♂ (MRAC 22629), same locality, pitfall traps, 6.VII.2002, all leg. D. S. Smith.

Remarks.

This is only the second record of this species which has hitherto been known solely from Bakoba, S00°11', E37°28', Tanzania ( Carl 1909). First described as a variety of Eviulisoma fossiger (Carl, 1909), it has since been treated ( Hoffman 1953) as a species of full rank, recently very nicely revised and illustrated by Jeekel (2003) from type material. Even though the new samples, which are in rather poor condition, fully match Carl’s (1909) original description and Jeekel’s (2003) redescription, we provide additional illustrations (Fig. 11) to document the identity of this species. The shapes and proportions of the solenophore (sph), solenomere (sl) and postfemoral process (p) which has a conspicuous, parabasal, unciform branch (h) are quite characteristic. Eviulisoma silvestre appears to be very widely distributed, occurring not only in Tanzania, but also in Kenya (Map 1).