Pandirodesmus rutherfordi Shelley & Smith, 2015

Vandenspiegel, Didier, Golovatch, Sergei I. & Rutherford, Mike G., 2022, The millipede genus Pandirodesmus Silvestri, 1932 in Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean, with the description of P. jaggernauthi sp. nov. from Trinidad (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Chelodesmidae, Pandirodesmini), Zootaxa 5104 (4), pp. 567-576 : 569

Pandirodesmus rutherfordi Shelley & Smith, 2015

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Type specimens: holotype males ( FSCA) ; paratypes 5 adult male, 2 subadult males, 1 female (5 adult male, 2 subadult male, 1 female ( AMNH, FSCA, NCS, UWIZM) N of Charlotteville , Pirate’s Bay Trail, 11.3313 °, - 60.5482 °, 10.VI.2013, M. G. Rutherford leg.; ?? paratypes ( FSCA, NCSM, UWIZM) same locality as previous, 24.VI.2012, M. G. Rutherford leg..

Material examined: 2 males, 2 females, 2 juveniles, all topotypes ( FSCA), TOBAGO, Flagstaff Hill Trail, 11.3337 °, -60.5383 °, 19.IIX.2015, M. G. Rutherford leg.

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FIGURE 1. Pandirodesmus in situ. A: Type locality of P. jaggernauthi sp. nov. showing bench trail passing round the rocky prominence. Surrounding forest is montane with some disturbance, such as the bamboo clump on the right; B: Live Pandirodesmus rutherfordi, typical adult (upper centre) and freshly moulted juvenile (lower left); C: Live Pandirodesmus jaggernauthi sp. nov. at type locality, three individuals were found as shown after the leaf litter layer was removed; D: Closer view of live Pandirodesmus jaggernauthi sp. nov. adult.

FIGURE 2. Pandirodesmus rutherfordi Shelley & Smith, 2015, SEM micrographs of gonopods. A: both gonopods in situ, ventral view; B, C: right gonopod, subanterior and submesal views, respectively; D: details of apical part of right gonopod; E: right gonopod, subcaudal view. Abbreviations: cx: coxa, pb: primary branch, pfp: prefemoral process, sl: solenomere, sb: secondary branch. Scale bars: A = 100 µm; B = 50 µm; C, E = 100 µm; D = 20 µm.

FIGURE 5. Distribution of the genus Pandirodesmus