Archispirostreptus gigas ( Peters, 1855 )

Enghoff, Henrik, 2024, A lesser giant millipede from Tanzania (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae), Zootaxa 5437 (3), pp. 424-432 : 428

Archispirostreptus gigas ( Peters, 1855)

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Spirostreptus gigas Peters, 1855

For full synonymy, see Krabbe (1982)

Figures

FIGURE 3. Archispirostreptus gigas (Peters, 1855), male from Udzungwa Mts Natl Park, Sonjo, NHMD 1184686. Right gonopod telopodite. A. Lateral view. B. Mesal view. Abbreviations: atp = antetorsal process, rl = rounded lobe. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 4. Size, expressed as number of podous rings and midbody horizontal diameter, of adult males of Archispirostreptus divergens Krabbe & Enghoff, 1978, A. gigas (Peters, 1855) and A. microgigas sp. nov., based on specimens in NHMD and VMNH.