Spirobolus grahami Keeton, 1960

Chen, Hui-Ming, Zheng, Chang-Bin & Jiang, Xuan-Kong, 2023, The millipedes (Diplopoda) in Yintiaoling National Natural Reserve, Southwest China, Zootaxa 5257 (1), pp. 49-81 : 54

Spirobolus grahami Keeton, 1960

Figs 5 , 6

Materials examined: 1 male, China, Chongqing, Wuxi County, Yintiaoling National Nature Reserve, Linkouzi , 31°28’19.47” N, 109°52’58.34” E, alt. 1680 m, 17 August 2022, X.K. Jiang & H.M. Chen leg ; 1 female and 3 juveniles, same locality, 18 August 2022, X.K. Jiang & H.M. Chen leg.

Distribution. This species was reported from Sichuan, Guizhou and Hubei Provinces. This is the first record of this species from Chongqing.

Remarks. The characters of the habitus and the gonopods of this species are shown in Figs 5–6 . All the collected locations of this species from China are near the Yangtze River, implying the species may disperse through the water flow.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Live specimen of Spirobolus grahami Keeton, 1960.

FIGURE 6. Distal portion of anterior gonopods of Spirobolus grahami Keeton, 1960. A.Anterior view; B. Posterior view. Scale bars: A, B = 0.5 mm.