Parafontaria tokaiensis, Tanabe, 2002

Tanabe, T., 2002, Revision of the millipede genus Parafontaria VerhoeV, 1936 (Diplopoda, Xystodesmidae), Journal of Natural History 36 (18), pp. 2139-2183 : 2162-2164

Parafontaria tokaiensis n. sp.

(gures 2, 7A, 11D, 13H, 15H, 18, 19)

Diagnosis. Similar to P. shiraiwaensis but diVering in the thicker telopodite of the gonopods and details of the distal part of the gonopods (gure 11D, E).

Male holotype. Gonopodal characters as follows (gures 7A, 11D). Telopodite forming one and a half loops. Femur with femoral bend, without either mesal or lateral teeth. Tibiotarsus bent dorsally near border between femur and tibiotarsus; tibiotarsal process short and acute, located at two-thirds of length, directed mesally, completely visible in mesal view; apical process acuminate; mesal process slender; solenomerite forming small process.

Colour in life (based on male holotype). Tergites orange, with brown stripes along paranotal and posterior margins of metatergites and both anterior and posterior margins of collum.

Female paratype. Coxae and sternite of segment 3 modi ed as in gure 13H. Cyphopodal bellows tube soft, not sclerotized, without at region on posterior surface (gure 15H).

Measurements (in mm, mean (range)). Males (N =6): HW 4.28 (4.1–4.6), MTW 6.75 (6.5–7.1). Females (N =7) HW 4.67 (4.3–5.0), MTW 7.14 (6.8–7.6).

Distribution (gure 2). Honshu: Shizuoka Prefecture.

Etymology. The speci c name refers to the distributional area.

Specimens examined. Shizuoka Prefecture: Kotonomamahachimang û Shrine , 50 m alt., along NR 1 , Yasaka, Kakegawa-shi, 6 August 1987 ( TT), one female . Locality and collector as above, 6 October 1991 collected— cultured— 20 October 1991 xed, male holotype ( NSMT), two male paratypes ( NSMT), one male, two female paratypes ( NSMT), three females. CJ , 50 m alt., near Ôkuni-jinja Shrine, Mori-machi, Shyuchi-gun, 6 August 1987 ( TT), three males .

Parafontaria shiraiwaensis Shinohara, 1986 (gures 2, 7B, C, 11E, 18, 19) Parafontaria shiraiwaensis Shinohara, 1986: 7 , gure 6, male holotype (NSMT, examined),

type locality: Mt Shiraiwa-san, Ôtaki-mura, Chichibu-gun, Saitama Prefecture; Murakami, 1993: 99.

Diagnosis. Similar to P. tokaiensis but separable from that species by the thinner telopodite and details of the distal part of the gonopods (gure 11D, E).

Male holotype. Gonopodal characters as follows (gures 7B, C, 11E). Telopodite forming one and a half loops (see Remarks). Femur with femoral bend, both mesal and lateral teeth. Tibiotarsus bent dorsally near border between femur and tibiotarsus; tibiotarsal process short and spatulate, located at three-quarters of length, completely visible in mesal view; apical process spatulate; mesal process short and acute; solenomerite forming small process.

Colour in life. According to original description, general colour yellowish brown.

Female. Unknown.

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Colour in life (based on male from Shimizudani-machi—Higashihara-machi, Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa Prefecture). Tergites bluish-greenish grey, without stripes. Female (based on female from near Uchikawa Dam, Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa Prefecture). Coxae and sternite of segment 3 modi ed as in gure 13I. Cyphopodal bellows tube somewhat sclerotized in proximal region, with at region on posterior surface (gure 15I).

Variation. Millipedes from near Uchikawa Dam, Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa Prefecture show greyish brown tergites.

Development of the at region of female cyphopods varies among populations and even within a population. One female from Shimizudani-machi —Higashiharamachi, Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa Prefecture, entirely lacks it.

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Measurements (in mm, mean (range)). Males (N =10): HW 4.28 (3.9–4.7), MTW 7.45 (6.8–8.3). Females (N =6): HW 4.82 (4.4–5.2), MTW 7.97 (7.3–8.5).

Distribution (gure 2). Honshu: Gunma, Toyama, Ishikawa and Gifu Prefectures.

Remarks. According to both the original description and the labels attached to the types, the type locality is ‘Turugi Ikaho bei Tokyo’. Miyosi (1968) showed that the type locality was mislabelled, and that the correct localities from where the type series comes are Tsurugi-machi, Ishikawa Prefecture and Ikaho-machi, Gunma Prefecture, which lie 190 km from each other. However, subsequent specimens have been collected from 10 localities near Tsurugi-machi but not from Ikaho-machi nor its vicinity (gure 2). These facts suggest that the correct type locality is Tsurugimachi.

Specimens examined. Gunma Prefecture: types (see synonymy), date and collector unknown . Toyama Prefecture: Nakanokawachi, 360 m alt., Koyabe-kyo Ravine, Fukumitsu-machi , Nishitonami-gun , 21 August 1994 ( NT), one male, one female . CJ, along NR 156, 340 m alt., Hosojima, Kamitaira-mura, Higashitonamigun , 23 July 1993 ( TT), 10 males, 10 females . Ishikawa Prefecture: CJ, 140 m alt., Mt Hôdatsu-san, Oshimizu-machi, Hakui-gun , 24 August 1994 ( NT), four males . CJ, along NR 30 , 70 m alt., Shimizudani-machi—Higashihara-machi, Kanazawashi , 23 July 1993 ( TT), three males, three females . CJ, Kokyo-machi, Kanazawashi , 23 July 1993 ( TT), 14 males , ve females, one 7S male. Near Uchikawa Dam, Kanazawa-shi , 17 May 1980 (H. Tokumoto), one male . CJ, 200 m alt., near Uchikawa Dam, Kanazawa-shi , 22 July 1993 ( TT), one male, two females . CJ, along NR 157, 530 m alt., Dônomori, Shiramine-mura, Ishikawa-gun , 24 July 1993 ( TT), eight males, four females . CJ, Mt Rokuman-san, Shiramine-mura, Ishikawagun , 29 July 1991 (H. Tokumoto), one male, one female . Gifu Prefecture: Ôshirakawa, Shiramine-mura, Ôno-gun , 3 August 1986 (Y. Takai), one male .

Literature record. Ishikawa Prefecture: Uchio, 430 m alt., Kawachi-mura, Ishikawa-gun ( Nishikawa and Murakami, 1994).