Lissodesmus catrionae, Mesibov, 2005

Mesibov, Robert, 2005, The millipede genus Lissodesmus Chamberlin, 1920 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Dalodesmidae) from Tasmania and Victoria, with descriptions of a new genus and 24 new species, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 62 (2), pp. 103-146 : 111-112

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.24199/j.mmv.2005.62.4
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8064773
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BDAA31-F548-FFAD-8448-F0B74BEF88C7
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Lissodesmus catrionae
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Lissodesmus catrionae View in CoL sp. nov.

Material examined. Holotype. Male, Australia, Victoria. Mt Cole , 37°16'44''S 143°14'23''E, 900 m, 8.ix.2004, R. Mesibov & T. Moule, NMV K-8968. GoogleMaps

Paratypes. 3 males, details as for holotype, NMV K-8969 to K-8971 , 2 dissected ; 7 females, details as for holotype, NMV K-8972 to K-8978 ; 2 males, Mt Cole , 37°17'09''S 143°14'11''E, 850 m, 8.ix.2004, R. Mesibov & T. Moule, AM KS91169 GoogleMaps ; 3 males, same details, NMV K-8979 to K-8981; female, same details, NMV K-8982.

Description. Male c. 16 mm long, H = 1.3 mm. In alcohol, well-coloured specimens under low magnification with very pale brown body colour, sparse red speckling on metatergites, paranota near-white. Antennae moderately long ( Fig. 69 View Figure 69 cat), about 1.75X a socket diameter apart. Paranota fairly wide, R = 1.5, anterior shoulders projecting forward ( Fig. 70 View Figure 70 cat); posterior corners not turned up. Legs with high, rounded prefemur ( Fig. 71 View Figure 71 cat), tarsus somewhat longer than femur. Telopodite ( Figs 21 View Figure 21 , 22 View Figure 22 ) with abrupt narrowing at prefemoral process origin, with sparse, long setae extending posterolaterally to just distal of tibiotarsus origin, reaching leg 4 when retracted. Solenomere arising at one-third the telopodite height, directed posterodistally at about 45° to telopodite axis and gradually curving distally, terminating with a small subapical projection at one-third to half the prefemoral process height. Tibiotarsus more or less parallel to solenomere, slightly flattened and wider than solenomere and about as long, bending slightly posteriorly at about half its length, flattening and widening apically with a large, rounded notch opening anteromesally and a small, bluntly pointed projection on anterior (distal) surface at about two-thirds the process length. Femoral process a very narrow, tapering rod arising at about half the telopodite length, directed distally and terminating just distal to solenomere tip. Prefemoral process arising from lateral half of telopodite base, a little less than half the width of the base, narrow, very long, bending slightly posterodistally at about half its length and flexing 180° at three-quarters its length to terminate in a bluntly pointed apex not far distal to solenomere tip, the posterolateral edge in the distal half of the process a comb of c. 25–30 long, mainly proximally directed teeth. Uncus large, arising at about one-quarter the length of prefemoral process (just proximal to solenomere tip).