Aquattuor udzungwensis Enghoff, 2015

Enghoff, Henrik & Frederiksen, Sara B., 2015, A mountain of millipedes II: The genus Aquattuor Frederiksen, 2013 - five new species from the Udzungwa Mountains and one from Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Odontopygidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 150, pp. 1-25 : 13-15

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2015.150

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3793783

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/60F38BFF-E5EA-4BB0-A691-263DB097502B

taxon LSID

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scientific name

Aquattuor udzungwensis Enghoff
status

sp. nov.

Aquattuor udzungwensis Enghoff View in CoL sp. nov.

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Diagnosis

Diameter 1.44–1.69 mm, 44–50 podous rings. Gonopods: lateral incision of coxa (li) deep with rounded bottom, curving distad; apical palette (pa) rounded-triangular, not longer than broad; telomere describing a c. 270° curve in almost one plane; mesal-posterior lamella of telomere (mpl) high, basally set off by 45–90° angle; anterior margin of telomere without a triangular tooth; telomere tip with smooth to microspiculate margins, internal surface microspiculate.

Etymology

The name is a Latin adjective derived from the Udzungwa Mts, home of this (and several other) Aquattuor species.

Material studied (total: 21 ♂♂)

Holotype

TANZANIA: ♂, Udzungwa Mts, Iringa Region, Udzungwa Scarp FR, above Chita village, 750 m asl, 23 Oct. –14 Nov. 1984, lowland rain forest, N. Scharff leg. ( ZMUC).

Paratypes

TANZANIA: 4 ♂♂, same data as holotype, but 25–29 Oct. 1984, pitfall traps (ZMUC).

Referred non-type material

TANZANIA: Iringa Region, Iringa District, Udzungwa Mts, West Kilombero Scarp FR, montane forest, Frontier Tanzania coll.: 1 ♂, 07°53’19.5” S, 36°23’11.6” E, 1100–1300 m asl, Plot Ukami, 30 Nov. 2000 (ZMUC); 6 ♂♂, 07°53’19.5” S, 36°23’11.6” E, 1111 m asl, 23 Nov. 2000 (ZMUC); 7 ♂♂, 07°53’19.5” S, 36°23’11.6” E, 1126 m asl, plot 17 – Ukami, 25 Nov. 2000 (ZMUC); 1 ♂, 07°50’38.4” S, 36°22’17.6” E, 1390 m asl, 13 Nov. 2000 (ZMUC); 1 ♂, 07°50’38.4” S, 36°22’17.6” E, 1390–1410 m asl, Plot Paradiso, 18 Nov. 2000 (ZMUC).

Type locality

TANZANIA: Udzungwa Mts, Iringa Region, Udzungwa Scarp FR, above Chita village, 750 m asl, lowland rain forest.

Colouration

After 15–31 years in alcohol faded, pale yellowish, head and especially collum contrastingly darker. Traces of paramedian, dark bands flanking a middorsal, pale stripe.

Distribution and habitat

Known from Udzungwa Scarp FR and from West Kilombero Scarp FR. Altitudinal range: 750–1410 m. Habitat: lowland rain forest and montane rain forest.

Coexisting species

In Udzungwa Scarp FR, Aquattuor stereosathe Enghoff sp. nov., Chaleponcus circumvallatus Enghoff, 2014 , C. hamerae Enghoff, 2014 , and C. nikolajscharffi Enghoff, 2014 have been found. In West Kilombero Scarp FR, Aquattuor longipala Enghoff sp. nov., Chaleponcus netus Enghoff, 2014 , and C. circumvallatus Enghoff, 2014 were found in the same sample as A. udzungwensis Enghoff sp. nov. In addition, C. basiliscus Enghoff, 2014 , C. gracilior Enghoff, 2014 , C. ibis Enghoff, 2014 , and C. tintin Enghoff, 2014 were found in West Kilombero Scarp FR.

ZMUC

Denmark, Kobenhavn [= Copenhagen], University of Copenhagen, Zoological Museum

ZMUC

Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen

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