Ommatoiulus punicus

Akkari, Nesrine & Voigtländer, Karin, 2007, Ommatoiulus malleatus n. sp., a new Tunisian millipede, with notes on the punicus species group of Ommatoiulus (Diplopoda, Julidae), Zootaxa 1400, pp. 59-68 : 66-67

Key to the punicus species group

1 Promerite strongly narrower on its distal third to half (may be reduced to a simple digit­shaped extension) ..................................................................................................................................................................... 2

1* Promerite not or barely narrower distally .................................................................................................... 4

2 Hammer­shaped mesomerite ( Fig. 5 ) ............................................................ Ommatoiulus malleatus n. sp.

2* Different shaped mesomerite ....................................................................................................................... 3

3 Solenomerite long ( Fig. 12 ) ......................................................... Ommatoiulus punicus ( Brölemann, 1894)

3* Solenomerite short ( Fig. 14 ) .................................................. Ommatoiulus aumalensis (Brolemann, 1925)

4 Mesomerite particularly broad distally with fan­shaped apex ( Fig. 16 )........................................................ ......................................................................................................... Ommatoiulus atlanteus Schubart, 1960

4* Mesomerite not or less broad distally without fan­shaped apex.................................................................. 5

5 Mesomerite large, slightly broader distally ................................................................................................. 6

5* Mesomerite slender, slightly narrower distally ( Fig. 17 ) ....... Ommatoiulus quadridentatus Schubart, 1960

6 Paracoxite long with hook­shaped apex ( Fig. 15 ) ............................. Ommatoiulus brandti ( Berlese, 1885)

6* Paracoxite short with rounded apex ( Fig. 13 ) ............................... Ommatoiulus seurati (Brolemann, 1925)

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 5. Ommatoiulus malleatus n. sp., ♂, paratypes: 1. head and collum (lateral); 2. first right leg (lateral); 3. right promerite (anterior), fd folds, l lateral lobe, lpb lateral pointed bump, m median lobe, mrb median rounded bump, n notch, p 1 median protuberances, p 2 lateral protuberance; 4. left promerite (posterior); 5. posterior gonopod (posterior), hy hyaline sheet, ms mesomerite, op opisthomerite, px paracoxite, s solenomerite.

FIGURES 12 – 17. Posterior gonopod: 12. O. punicus; 13. O. seurati (redrawn after Brolemann 1925 a); 14. O. aumalensis (redrawn after Brolemann 1925 b); 15. O. brandti (redrawn after Berlese 1885); 16. O. atlanteus (redrawn after Schubart 1960); 17. O. quadridentatus (redrawn after Schubart 1960).