Xanthotropis, Almeida & Shelley & Rafael, 2018

Almeida, Thaís Melo De, Shelley, Rowland M. & Rafael, José Albertino, 2018, Xanthotropis, a new genus in the Neotropical millipede subfamily Aphelidesminae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Aphelidesmidae), Zootaxa 4471 (2), pp. 351-360 : 354

Xanthotropis n. gen.

Type -species: Haematotropis media GoloVatch, Hoffman & Spelda, 2004 .

Diagnosis. Distinguished by a sublinear posterior margin of telson ( Fig. 3D ) and elongated, distally expanded and laminate gonopodal acropodite ( Figs. 4A–D ).

Etymology. Derived from the Greek, xanthos = yellow + tropis = keel (feminine), alluding to the yellow paranota.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality of the type species.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Somatic featUres of Xanthotropis media n. comb. A. Head and left antenna, anterior View (right antenna missing). B. CollUm and tergites 2–3, dorsal View. C. Right paranota of rings 2–4, dorsal View; the red arrows denote the anterolateral teeth. D. Rings 17–19 and telson, dorsal View. Scale lines: 1.00 mm.

FIGURE 4. Gonopodal featUres of Xanthotropis media n. comb. A. Left gonopod, lateral View. B. The same, medial View. C. The same, dorsal View. D. Right gonopod, dorsal View (modified from GoloVatch et al., 2004). Scale lines: A–C (0.5 mm), D (1000 µm).